Write Now Podcast at the Writers' Colony
Since opening its doors to writers in 2000, The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow has made a lasting impact on the arts and literary communities providing uninterrupted residency time for novice and accomplished writers of all genres, including culinary, composers, and artists, without discrimination. Our podcast features some of the over 1,400 writers from 48 states and 12 countries who have stayed at The Writers' Colony, and it delves into their lives and what writing means to them.
Write Now Podcast at the Writers' Colony
Haints for Halloween with Gotham Writers Workshop Instructor Lyndsey Ellis
Lyndsey Ellis is a writer, editor, and teaching artist who crafts speculative fiction and longform essays that explore regional history as well as intergenerational dynamics in the Midwest. She is author of Bone Broth, a story about Justine Holmes—widow, former activist, and funeral thief, who is mourning her husband's death during the aftermath of the Ferguson unrest in St. Louis, Missouri. Lyndsey's essays appear in The New York Times, Kweli Journal, Shondaland, Narratively, Catapult, The Rumpus, Literary Hub, Electric Literature, and other anthologies.
Lyndsey is a recipient of several awards, including the Friends of American Writers Literature Award, San Francisco Foundation’s Joseph Henry Jackson Literary Award, and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund.
In 2023, Lyndsey launched the workshop series PlainTalk: Intergenerational Voices of St. Louis. She’s an online instructor at Gotham Writers Workshop and the founder of Show-Me Stories, LLC., a literary consulting resource that helps new writers develop their ideas into full projects.