Meet the wonderful writers and patrons behind LWS. — Back in the noughties, many of us saw the success of a certain teen vampire romance, read it, and thought “I could do better than that”. The difference between “many of us” and this week’s featured patron is that she followed through — and has a collection of successful YA…

Meet the wonderful writers and patrons behind LWS. — New Zealand’s Covid restrictions were severe; the entire country locked down quickly and decisively when outbreaks first happened. And for UK-born, Wellington-based psychologist Dr Sarb Johal, those days inside rekindled a love of writing. In the two years of the pandemic, he wrote and published three non-fiction books; he now…

Meet the wonderful writers and patrons behind LWS. — Tell the truth about difficult things. That was the advice given to Trina O’Gorman, this week’s featured LWS member, and it’s something she’s taken to heart. Our community’s queen of notebooks, Trina uses her writing to promote reflection, to keep her grounded, and to help her cope and process trauma…

Meet the wonderful writers and patrons behind LWS. — It’s the “selfish joy of tapping into that zing and zap of the universe” that gets this week’s featured member writing. Pittsburgh-based Beth Hendrickson really got going on her writing during the pandemic as a mental and spiritual survival tool, but it’s always been there — she mentions an early…

Meet the wonderful writers and patrons behind LWS. — Once a journalist known for awe-inspiring tales of culture and travel, these days our featured member is more likely found on a Mexican beach thinking about pitching her novel or the successes of her mentees. Susannah Rigg says these days she’s finding her sacred “no”, which is actually a sacred…

Meet the wonderful writers and patrons behind LWS. — Sitting outside amongst the greenery and warmth of a Philippine evening, Andrea Lanuza escapes this world and dives into adventure. It’s a world she’s been carefully crafting for a decade — one to inspire children to dream big — and she joins writers’ hour when her own children are asleep…

Meet the wonderful writers and patrons behind LWS. — You don’t know your High Priestess from your Hanged Man and your Hierophant? Not sure how people look at an image of a person with 10 swords in their back and nod sagely, knowing what it means for them? Then let us introduce you to Chelsey Pippin Mizzi, otherwise known…

Meet the wonderful writers and patrons behind LWS. — Many of us grow up being told stories of times gone by, and can never quite imagine our grandparents getting up to those adventures. This week’s featured member has taken that imagination to the next level: her novel began as a way to imagine the life her grandmother led during…

Meet the wonderful writers and patrons behind LWS. — “It all started after going back to school to earn a degree in sustainable transportation,” says this week’s featured patron, Washington state resident Brad Weed. His newsletter, Interplace, started as a way for him to track his learning journey, and as he went down more rabbit holes and learned more…