Calling Creative Writers!
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I share guidance, encouragement, and support so you can develop your writing skills and publish your most luminous words.
Working with Rachel Thompson transformed my writing by opening avenues to publications, developing community, and furthering my commitment to craft.
Rachel is a fantastic mentor!
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HELLO, I'M RACHEL!
Author and Literary Magazine Editor
I know you want to share your brilliant writing with readers who adore your words. And I love it, because:
I am here to help you write, publish, and shine!
Find out if we are a good fit…
How can I help your write, publish, and shine?
Lit Mag Love
Publish and Shine With Help From an Editor
Ready for a big “YES” for your writing from lit mags you love? Learn to submit your writing the right way for you in this six-week live course session. The next Lit Mag Love session starts on May 13.
Writerly Love
Write Luminously With Help From an Editor
Craft luminous stories, poems, and essays with expert guidance from a lit mag editor and support from a warm community. Ready to dive deeper into writing craft? The 13-week intensive starts on January 26.
What writers say about my courses…
Rachel deeply cares about helping emerging and established writers. She believes in building and cultivating writing communities—spaces for writers to meet, share work, get feedback, and grow.
Rachel’s kind and wise instruction, learning format, and the beautiful group of writers she attracts will keep you going through the darkest nights of the soul.
My writing life has exploded since taking the Lit Mag Love course! I’ve had five short stories accepted in the space of a few months (along with some inevitable rejections) and I feel I’m really on the right track.
Lit Mag Love was the impetus I needed to get serious and motivated about my submissions.
Rachel is a luminous guide offering equal parts gentle prompts and discerning truths.
I think Lit Mag Love is a winner because it gives practical help for those writers who are ready to leap and just don’t know how. Doing this with a group made it “fun” in a way and it didn’t feel as if I were drudging along in my “room of one’s own.”
Write, Publish, & Shine
A podcast for luminous creative writers.
(5-Star Review)
“[U]seful insight into behind the scenes of lit mag editing. It takes the fear out of submitting and gives much perspective on rejection.”
—Dee PD, on Apple Podcasts
Articles On Writing & Publishing your Work
If you wonder if your voice has a place in the world, struggle to find the time to write, or wonder what you need to do in order to publish your writing in journals, these articles are for you.
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