Hi Friends:
We’re saying so long to summer! …and to Accountability Sessions😭
But don’t worry.
Like teenaged you headed back to school in fresh low-rise Hollister jeans, they’re transforming into something much cooler (soon).
⭐Coming October!⭐ LMC Momentum Groups
In this new accountability system, Groups form monthly to set writing goals — and draw up plans to achieve them — then meet weekly to track progress and chat through the highs and lows.
More friends, more focus. Powered by community.
And, this month, announcing a NEW Free Event for the poetry lovers…
⭐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
And, of course, the return of our faves.
⭐Free!⭐ Generative Workshop: Tarot as Storytelling
Write together, using three-card spreads as generative prompts, drawing upon the archetypes of the major arcana as story elements and characters. Hosted by our Community Manager, Samantha Borek.⭐Free!⭐ Friday Happy Hours w/ AFB
Share work, talk shop, and connect with other writers in these casual weekly hangouts. Cameras on recommended. Hosted by Waxwing editor and multigenre writer Allison Field Bell.⭐Free!⭐ Guided Writing Studio
Write together, using snappy form-oriented prompts to shake off the cobwebs and generate new pieces. Hosted by Editor Autumn Watts.
⭐Free!⭐ Firelight Readaround
Share work by you or your favorite writers aloud in our cozy online community readings. All genres welcome! Hosted by our Events Associate Emily Afifi.
Everyone’s invited to the Free Events above!
But your memberships help build our community. Plus even Basic members can access more of our Discord for perks like Pen Pal Swap: in which you’re matched with fellow writers to trade work and feedback.
Sound good? Feeling pumped? Just click the button to…
MONTHLY CALENDARS
FREE EVENTS
⭐Free!⭐ Friday Happy Hours w/ Allison Field Bell
Weekly drop-in hangouts to share work, talk shop, and connect with other writers. 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, Sep 9
9-10AM ET
8-9PM ET
⭐Free!⭐ Generative Workshop: Tarot as Storytelling
In these 1-hour group writing sessions, we’ll investigate how tarot holds a mirror up to our innermost selves by sharing three-card spreads as generative prompts, drawing upon the archetypes of the major arcana as story elements and characters.
Hosted by our Community Manager, Samantha Borek!
Sunday, Sep 13 8-9PM ET
⭐Free!⭐ Poetry Salon w/ Dani Kuntz
In these 1-hour discussion groups, we’ll share poems by writers who dazzle or confuse us. And get into how they do what they do.
Attendees can take turns as salon leader to facilitate discussion. Or just come to share opinions, make friends, and enjoy some poetry chat.
So pop in and we might make these monthly!
Hosted by the Senior Poetry Editor of Sierra Nevada Review, Dani Kuntz.
No sign-up required. All levels welcome!
Sunday, Sep 20 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.
Sunday, Sep 27, 8-9PM ET
MEMBER PERKS
✨COMING SOON!✨ LMC Momentum Groups
We’ve been cooking up a new accountability experience and we’re pretty excited about it!
In October, we’re launching LMC Momentum Groups.
Each month, writers will pick a goal ➜ make a plan ➜ and meet weekly to keep each other going. For real progress, powered by community.
It’s giving less “I should be writing right now 😓” and more “I know what I’m working on, I know what comes next, and I’m not doing it alone 🥰”
Full details to come soon but this Basic perk will be FREE to the public October through December.
More soon 👀
✨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 accountability boosts 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 stay on track with live weekly Progress Studios.
Tuesday, Sept 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
It’s our quarterly call for Pen Pal Swap in the #work-swap-n-share channel!
Caitlin O’Halloran has a poem in Michigan City Review of Books titled, “He’s Sleeping With the Fishes.”
Albert Abdul-Barr Wang has a piece in Brink titled, “Pamela W.”
Nancy Glowinski has CNF in the L.A. Times
Editor Steve chats with editors from The Sun and Ploughshares about experimental fiction at Forever Workshop.
Okeydoke and that’s it! See you around.