Hi Friends!
Spooooky how quickly a year has passed — can you believe LMC has been around for 13 (gasp) months?!
We now have 200+ writers in our Discord and we’ve learned and grown so much as a community.
Help keep us on the right track with this super quick survey and keep YOUR writing going with our newest offering: Momentum Groups!
⭐Free!⭐ Momentum Groups
Ready for supported 4-week writing intensives?
In this new accountability system, Groups form monthly to set writing goals — and draw up plans to achieve them — then meet weekly to chat through the problems and process.
For real progress, powered by community.
And we’ve heard your requests for more craft! So this month, we’ll have…
⭐Free!⭐ Craft Quickie: Converting Description into Plot
Worried that your descriptions are beautiful but useless? Practice making them NECESSARY by converting them into plot points in this 1-hour generative craft workshop.
Plus our beloved classics return!
⭐Free!⭐Friday Happy Hours
Talk shop and share work or lit world hot takes in these casual weekly hangouts. Cameras on recommended. Hosted by Waxwing editor and multigenre writer Allison Field Bell. Nonmembers welcome!⭐Free!⭐ Poetry Salon
Discussion groups for poems that dazzle or confuse us. Or both. Hosted by the Senior Poetry Editor of Sierra Nevada Review, Dani Kuntz⭐Free!⭐Generative Workshop: Tarot as Storytelling
Share three-card spreads as generative prompts, drawing upon the archetypes of the major arcana as characters and other narrative components. Hosted by our Community Manager, Samantha Borek.⭐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!
Everyone’s welcome to attend our Free events and even invite friends.
But our community is built on memberships. Help us offer you more goodies by signing up for Basic.
Or, if you’re serious about revising and publishing, try Fancy to access Editor On-Call — a Discord channel for all your writing and lit world questions — as well as Feedback, Coaching, or Custom Lists of lit mags tailored to your work and goals.
Check details on our site and use code FANCY-PANTS for a 🎃scarily🎃 good month of Fancy at $50.
MONTHLY CALENDARS
FREE EVENTS
⭐Free!⭐ Momentum Groups
Ready for supported 4-week writing intensives?
Momentum Groups form monthly to set writing goals and make plans to achieve them. Then meet weekly to talk through the highs and lows, and troubleshoot our projects and process.
For real progress, powered by community.
Groups run for monthly 4-week cycles
1st Sundays: Monthly Kickoff Meet-Up
Following 3 Sundays: Weekly Check-Ins
Morning Sessions: 8-9AM ET
Evening Sessions: 7-8PM ET
This Member perk is currently FREE for everyone from October through December.
⭐Free!⭐ Friday Happy Hours w/ Allison Field Bell
Weekly drop-in hangouts to talk shop and share work or gossip about lit world hot takes.
Hosted by Waxwing fiction editor and multigenre writer Allison Field Bell.
Fridays 8-9pm ET
⭐Free!⭐ Poetry Salon
In these 1-hour discussion groups, we’ll share poems by writers who dazzle or confuse us. And dive into how they do what they do.
It's OK to have questions about poems! Let's talk it out.
Attendees can take turns as salon leader to facilitate discussion. Or just come to share opinions and enjoy some poetry chat.
Hosted by the Senior Poetry Editor of Sierra Nevada Review, Dani Kuntz.
Sunday, Oct 11 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.
Two sessions on Wednesday, Oct 14
9-10AM ET
8-9PM ET
⭐Free!⭐ Generative Workshop: Tarot as Storytelling
In this 1-hour group writing session, we’ll share three-card spreads as generative prompts, drawing upon the archetypes of the major arcana as characters and other narrative components.
Hosted by our Community Manager, Samantha Borek
Sunday, Oct 18 8-9PM ET
⭐Free!⭐ Craft Quickie: Converting Description into Plot
Ever worry your descriptions are beautiful... but useless?
In this 1-hour generative craft workshop, we’ll practice making descriptions NECESSARY by converting them into plot points.
We’ll start 3 new pieces as we cover the principles behind decorative indulgence vs. load-bearing narrative architecture, including concepts like Entering With Desire, Looking For vs. Looking At, and Exiting With Consequence.
Hosted by Editor Steve Chang
Wednesday, Oct 21 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 a writer you love. Or just pop in for the mingle and warm supportive vibes.
Hosted by our Events Associate, Emily Afifi
Sunday, Oct 25, 8-9PM ET
MEMBER PROGRAMMING
✨Basic Members!✨ Work-Share Wednesdays
On Wednesdays, 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.
✨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
PRECAP
On Sunday Nov 15 8-9PM ET, we’ll be hosting a FREE generative craft workshop with PEN/Bellwether Prize-winning writer of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry… Gayle Brandeis!
No sign-ups required, just pop into our Discord and check the Events tab for info.
Okeydoke and that’s it! See you around.