And other lessons from London Writers’ Salon’s interview with Rebecca Schiller. In 2017, author, journalist, writing coach, and women’s rights campaigner Rebecca Schiller moved to a rural smallholding in search of a simpler life. …

Notes from London Writers’ Salon’s interview with Emma Reed Turrell. — After ten years working in business, Emma Reed Turrell pivoted her career to explore an earlier love: psychology. …

Since lockdown hit the world and two Londoners decided to open a Zoom room for writers at 8am GMT every weekday, Writers Hour has become a global phenomenon. (If we do say so ourselves.) Now extending to 8am in four different time zones — and maybe more on the way…

Meet the wonderful writers and patrons behind LWS. — Don’t be fooled by the super serious look on this face: this week’s featured member also describes herself “the little woodstove that warms the cabin”. Yes, Jyn (J.) Hall is a SoCal gal so effused of the sun that her gentle tones and warm welcomes have very much brightened the…

Meet the wonderful writers and patrons behind LWS. — Sapphic vampires. Queer ancient Greeks. Cookies and micro-zines. Canada. What do all these things have in common? It’s only one of our newest writers hour hosts, Phoebe Hancock! This spritely Canadian student writes both YA fiction and academic papers, and has been known to show up on a conference stage…

Meet the wonderful writers and patrons behind LWS. — While her heart lies in literary fiction, this week’s featured member is more often found in non-fiction. Courtney Tenz is an essayist with a specialty in European travel, arts and culture, and women’s rights. When you see her in writers hour, she may also be working on her narrative non-fiction…

Meet the wonderful writers and patrons behind LWS. — She writes “wherever my dogs will settle down”, creating in all sorts of forms and genres, inspired by the nature surrounding her in Nova Scotia. This week’s featured member is Lois Ann Dort, a poet, essayist and short fiction writer who takes inspiration from Haruki Murakami’s habit of mashing together…

Meet the wonderful writers and patrons behind LWS. — She’s a fast one, this patron. Sarah Elliott is both a poet and an afficionado of the shortest of the short: flash fiction in all its forms. She loves the short stuff so much she volunteered to lead the new Flash Fiction Writing Room in the LWS community portal. But…

Meet the wonderful writers and patrons behind LWS. — Gold LWS members went on a journey this year, traveling alongside this week’s featured writer. They watched and cheered as she turned a major setback into a reason to flip a novel on its head and make it even better, even more compelling, even more everything. And when this writer…