Hi Friends!
Tons of uni journals are closing up shop for the summer, so — between your vacays at the beach, the pool, and even the yard sprinklers — it’s the perfect time to take a break from submitting and revise. Whether you’re prepping for MFA apps or just polishing up some drafts, we’re here for you with our…
✨LMC Summer Sale!✨
With 60% off ALL membership plans, you can become a Fancy member and revise with Drop-in Coaching and Fire It Up Feedback for only $50/month!
Just use checkout code LMC-SUMMER-26 through Aug 31 for up to 3 months of discounted plans
Still not a member? No problem. We have plenty of offerings open to the public too.
✨Public!✨ Friday Happy Hours w/ AFB
Talk shop, share work, 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! Every Friday, 8-9PM ET
✨Public!✨ Guided Writing Studio
Cozy groups are led through fast, form-oriented prompts to get you shaking off the mental cobwebs and writing new pieces. All levels welcome.
✨Public!✨Chat + Q&A w/ Jinwoo Chong
Chat about writing food and fraught homecomings with Jinwoo Chong, author of I Leave It Up to You and Flux, a New York Times Editor’s Choice and a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
✨Public!✨ Firelight Readaround w/ Jinwoo Chong
Share your work OR something you love by other writers in our online community readings! July’s Featured Reader is Jinwoo Chong so stick around for the optional social time after. All genres welcome.
So come hang out with us!
The public is very welcome but your memberships help us build this community so take advantage of our Summer Sale and…
Programming is hosted in our Discord. All times US Eastern.
✨PUBLIC EVENTS✨
Writing the Return: Chat + Q&A w/ Jinwoo Chong
In I Leave It Up to You, Jack Jr. wakes from a two-year coma into the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, surrounded by family he hasn't seen in years, but with no sign of his fiancé, and no one willing to tell him why. To recover his life, he must return to the place he tried hardest to leave: his parents' struggling sushi restaurant in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and the complicated family with it.
Join us for a conversation with Jinwoo Chong, the acclaimed author of I Leave It Up to You and Flux, on the craft of writing recovery, sushi (!), and reluctant homecomings.
Tuesday, July 21 at 7-8pm ET
In the #public-events channel of our Discord
✨Public✨ Guided Writing Studio
Fun generative sessions led by Editor Autumn Watts to shake off the mental cobwebs and start some new pieces. Invite your friends! All levels of writer welcome.
Tuesday, July 14, 9-10AM ET
Wednesday, July 15, 8-9PM ET
✨Public✨ Firelight Readaround
Monthly! Every last Sunday 8-9PM ET.
Grow your confidence and stagecraft through our online community readings!
This month’s theme: It’s a lovefest for our favorite writers! Want to practice reading out loud but feel shy about sharing your own stuff? Bring a poem or excerpt by any writer you love to read. Or just drop in for the mingle and cozy vibes!
On Sunday, July 26th 8-9PM ET
In the #public-events channel of our Discord
Featuring special guest reader, Jinwoo Chong!
Sign up HERE to claim a reading slot.
OUR CORE PROGRAMMING
✨Public✨ Friday Happy Hours w/ Allison Field Bell
Casual weekly drop-in hangouts for writers to meet, chat, and mingle.
Talk shop, share work, or just get social!
Hosted by Waxwing fiction editor and multigenre writer Allison Field Bell
Every Friday, 7-9pm ET
In the #public-events channel of our Discord
✨Basic Members✨ Accountability Sessions
Independent writing with other members online! No excuses. No distractions.
✨Basic Members✨ Mentored Milestones Check-in
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
Continue the momentum with weekly Progress Studios (Sassy & Fancy), or work through your tracker at your own pace.
Wednesday, July 1, 7-8PM ET
✨Sassy Members✨ Progress Studios
Mondays: 1-2 PM ET
✨Fancy Members✨ Drop-in Coaching
Fridays: 1-2 PM ET
Sundays: 6-7PM ET
COMMUNITY NEWS
RECAP + PRECAP
In June, we chatted with PEN Open Book Award-winning author Nina McConigley about writing and publishing across forms and the tea behind big press vs. small press:
More wisdom from Nina in our info carousel here!
And looking ahead to August, rumors abound that we might be adding more core programming for our poet members soon 👀Keep your eyes peeled!
Okeydoke and that’s it! See you around.