Leon has given seminars on creative writing and unlocking your creative inspiration. She enjoys teaching, editing and coaching both early-stages and experienced writers.
UK Ghost Story Festival
Hour long craft presentation as part of the festival on creating uncanny and even unearthly atmosphere and how concrete objects and locations can be used to spectral ends
Literaturhaus Berlin
Writing the Unsaid: Absence, Secrecy and Negative Space in Fiction
90 minute in-person workshop on creating mystery, depth and tension for Literaturhaus Berlin, in cooperation with the British Council and the Centre for British Studies
The Reader Berlin
A six-hour intensive in-person seminar on unlocking character motivation through conflict
Mendocino Coast Writers Workshop
Beginnings, middles and endings in the short story
A two-hour remote session for the group on managing information and creating atmosphere
Leon is also available for freelance editing and paid manuscript consultations on an ad hoc basis. She brings both her extensive editorial experience and empathy for other creative practitioners to the process.