Hi Friends!
March has entered the chat 🌷
And she’s brought a lot with her: Ramadan, Women's History Month, and Irish-American Heritage Month!
There’s plenty to celebrate — like more Friday the 13th for the spooky among us — so we’re spreading the yay with a FREE month of LMC membership. Just sign up for Basic Monthly here and apply coupon code LUCKY at checkout. It's valid through March so you can access all of this month’s programming like…
Revise With Purpose: Revision Workshops
Last chance to level up revision skills in our final (for now) workshop!Crooks & Detectives: A Craft Masterclass
In March, think of characters as Detectives and narratives as ‘investigations’ in these generative craft workshops — as we cover why you’d want to.
Author Chat + Q&A with Tolani Akinola
Cooking up a debut novel? Let’s get into what (not) to expect.
Mentored Milestones
Convert hazy Writing Life goals into action items we can knock out, together.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
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Finish (and Sell!) that Debut Novel: Chat + Q&A w/ Tolani Akinola
The path to publishing that first novel can get pretty twisty so pop in for some honesty on what (not) to expect from a debut author who doesn’t mind sharing.
We’ll chat with Tolani Akinola about how she actually finished and sold Leave Your Mess at Home, out April 14! We’ll chat about writing, querying, selling, revising, and promoting — so bring your questions if you wanna hear what authors rarely say in public.
Sunday, Mar 15 @ 12-1PM ET
Crooks and Detectives: A Craft Masterclass
Led by Editor Steve 👋
In these generative craft workshops, practice thinking of characters as Crooks and Detectives to cover the fundamentals of storytelling in more intuitive and thorough ways.
In February, we covered the figure of The Crook and 5 elements of a crime.
In March, we’ll cover the figure of The Detective and how the framework of investigation can add more tension, depth, and propulsion to any narrative.
Come prepared to think, share, and write. Leave with new perspectives and concepts as well as multiple ‘case files’ you can build into full pieces.
Tuesday, Mar 24 @ 8-9PM ET: The Detective (Part 1 of 2)
Tuesday, Mar 31 @ 8-9PM ET: The Detective (Part 2 of 2)
Revise with Purpose: Revision Workshop #3
Free for everyone! Non-members welcome
Have a promising draft but something’s not right?
In this 3rd of 3 live group sessions, we'll help writers resolve common issues in drafts by addressing the work and questions submitted by you, the registrants. We'll build mini-craft chats around your concerns and demo some concepts, on the spot, to get you revising with purpose, in ways that matter to you.
Saturday, Mar 28 @ 1-2pm ET + Q&A
OUR CORE PROGRAMMING
Accountability Sessions
Write with other members online! No excuses. No distractions.
Drop-in Coaching
Fridays: 1-2PM ET
Sundays: 6-7PM ET
Progress Studios
Mondays: 1-2PM ET
Mentored Milestones Program
On Sunday, March 1 @ 7PM ET, join our Mentored Milestones Monthly Check-In to transform those sprawling abstract goals into actionable items.
• Map out goals in our Milestones Journals.
• Leave with scheduled items in your Action Steps Tracker.
• For weekly check-ins, Sassy and Fancy members can attend Progress Studios.
• Or work asynchronously at your own pace.
Guided Writing Studio
Tuesday, March 10 9AM ET
Wednesday, March 11 8PM ET
Prompts
Generative prompts from flash fiction superstar Kathy Fish on the 1st and 15th!
Firelight Readaround
On Sunday, Mar 29 8PM ET, share your work with our warm supportive community! Here’s the link to sign up.
COMMUNITY NEWS
September Story Chat guest speaker Aaron Burch has published TACOMA with Autofocus Books!
David Elliot Eisenstat has poems in Skipjack Review AND in Gleam!
Joseph Linscott has a story in The Harvard Advocate!
Catherine Buck’s story “In Waiting” from Lost Balloon has been nominated for Best Small Fictions!
Social Media Associate Samantha Borek is now a Fiction Reader at Okay Donkey!
And Prompts Guru Kathy Fish will run a Flash Immersion Extravaganza on her Substack: 22 days of prompts and peer feedback from Mar 2 - Mar 23.
RECAP + PRECAP
ICYMI: In February, we chatted with National Book Critics Circle President Adam Dalva about why we should all review books and champion book criticism.
Check out the carousel here or the convo in #treasure-chest
ICYMI: We also got some Real Talk about the pros vs cons of a low-res MFA from Rob Roensch and Anna Vangala Jones
Check out the carousel here or the convo in #treasure-chest
And if you missed our Mentored Milestones kickoff, dry your tears and sign up here. Admissions are rolling, so roll on in!
And looking ahead to April…
We have so many cool things in the works for National Poetry Month
And rumors abound we might be chatting with a certain White House Champion of Change about changing minds and capturing hearts via narrative
Plus… who knows? Check our socials!
Okeydoke and that’s it. We’ll see you around✌️