Hi Friends!
We’re coming up on August, which is National Sandwich Month, so first let’s all make a big sammy and toast 😉 I’m going with ham and jam. OK all set? Or do you hunger for more?
Perhaps for ways to write, share, learn, and connect with other writers?
Well lucky you! We have some tasty new offerings this month...
⭐Free!⭐ Generative Workshop: Tarot as Storytelling
Share a three-card spread as a generative prompt, drawing upon the archetypes of the major arcana as characters in our lives. Hosted by Samantha Borek.⭐Free!⭐ Craft Quickie: On Transformative Exposition
Editor Steve Chang leads this generative workshop on writing backstory that reframes ongoing action AND produces suspense.
…to pair with our classics.
⭐Free!⭐ Friday Happy Hours
Share work, talk shop, and chat with other writers in these casual weekly hangouts. Cameras on recommended. Hosted by Waxwing editor and multigenre writer Allison Field Bell. Nonmembers welcome!⭐Free!⭐ Guided Writing Studio
Editor Autumn Watts leads you through fast form-oriented prompts to shake off the mental cobwebs and start writing new pieces. All levels welcome!
⭐Free!⭐ Firelight Readaround
Share work by you, or your favorite writers, aloud in our cozy online community readings. All genres welcome!
And if you’re not a member yet, no problem. You can still access some limited areas of our Discord and attend our free events — they’re open to all writers, any level, and won’t cost you a dime — but your memberships help us build this community and offer more goodies.
PLUS members can access more Discord channels and offerings like Work-Share Wednesdays: for little boosts in accountability and informal feedback.
So use code LMC-SUMMER-26 for 60% off ANY membership plan — for up to 3 months! — and…
MONTHLY CALENDARS
FREE EVENTS
⭐Free!⭐ Friday Happy Hours w/ Allison Field Bell
Weekly drop-in hangouts to share work, talk shop, and mingle. Hosted by Waxwing fiction editor and multigenre writer Allison Field Bell.
Every Friday, 8-9pm ET
⭐Free!⭐ Guided Writing Studio
Lively generative sessions led by Editor Autumn Watts to shake off the mental cobwebs and start some new pieces. Invite your friends! All writers welcome.
2 sessions on Wednesday, Aug 12
9-10AM ET
8-9PM ET
⭐Free!⭐ Generative Workshop: Tarot as Storytelling
In this 1-hour group writing session, we’ll investigate how tarot holds a mirror up to our innermost selves by sharing a three-card spread to use as a generative prompt, drawing upon the archetypes of the major arcana as characters in our lives.
Sunday, Aug 23 8-9PM ET
⭐Free!⭐ Craft Quickie: On Transformative Exposition
What’s exposition? Typically, it’s just the backstory behind ongoing action and how it’s told, but thoughtful expo is more than an explainer — it’s a reveal that both invites reevaluation AND produces suspense. In other words, a single beat of backstory can get readers thinking Ohhh…! about ongoing action. And Uh-oh! about what’s to come.
In this 1-hour generative workshop, we’ll dive into the craft behind transformative expo beats and where and why we’d want them.
We’ll read setup snippets by Aimee Bender and Melissa Bank with those beats obscured and break down what they did. And then we’ll practice writing our own.
Sunday, Aug 16 8-9PM ET
⭐Free!⭐ Firelight Readaround
Grow your confidence and stagecraft in our online community readings!
Share a poem or prose snippet by you OR any writer you love. Or just pop in for the mingle and warm supportive vibes.
Sunday, Aug 30, 8-9PM ET
MEMBER PROGRAMMING
✨Basic Members!✨ Accountability Sessions
Independent writing with other members online. No excuses. No distractions.
✨Basic Members!✨ Work-Share Wednesdays
On Wednesdays, any time of day, share a snippet of the WIP and let the community geek out over it. Got questions about your work? Ask away! And if you're feeling it, talk about your project and how it's coming along.
For casual boosts in accountability, confidence and supportive informal feedback.
✨Basic Members!✨ Mentored Milestones
Convert those Big Writer Goals into actionable steps!
Map out plans in our Milestones Journals
Leave with scheduled next steps in your Action Steps Tracker
Sassy and Fancy members can continue the momentum with live weekly Progress Studios
Wednesday, July 1, 7-8PM ET
✨Sassy Members!✨ Progress Studios
Weekly check-ins to convert Writing Life goals into plans. Problem-solve for Mentored Milestones or just pop in!
Mondays, 1-2 PM ET
✨Fancy Members!✨Drop-in Coaching
1-on-1 video chats with our editors for story development and problem-solving.
Fridays, 1-2 PM ET
Sundays, 6-7PM ET
COMMUNITY NEWS
Emily Blair will be in residence at Jentel!
Eleanor Ball has flash CNF in the Stonecoast Review!
Catherine Buck has a hybrid piece in LIT Magazine!
Nancy Glowinski has CNF in the L.A. Times!
Caitlin O’Halloran has a prose poem in -ette !
And Justin Gibson is a Pushcart Prize winner with “Rasputin Loses Employee of the Month” originally published in Pinch!
RECAP
In July, we chatted with Jinwoo Chong about writing joy, messy homecomings, and sushi!
If you’ve forgotten what made writing fun in the first place…
See the whole carousel here
Okeydoke and that’s it! See you around.