what is an infinity mirror?

An infinity mirror occurs when two reflective surfaces ‘bounce a beam of light back and forth an indefinite (theoretically infinite) number of times’.

Just like the light in an infinity mirror, your creative ideas are a radically renewable resource, available in abundance any time you enter your project.

Infinity Mirror is mentoring for writers who want to work with beauty, illumination, and infinite possibility in order to get tangible results.

Use your creative ideas to sustain a lifetime of projects.

How will we work with the concept of the infinity mirror?

This mentoring programme is inspired by artists who have used infinity mirrors in their work (Yayoi Kusama, Arvo Pärt, Guillame Lachapelle). It is also inspired by Kening Zhu’s concept of the glacier, and the crystal from La Tour de Glace that allows the viewer to look into endless realms.

Infinity Mirror recognises the multitudes that we all contain, and the boundless creativity available to all of us.

It is not always easy to see into the infinity mirror – the silver is sometimes worn, the glass cracked, the crystal dulled.

But, together, we will work with intention and curiosity to allow your project to emerge in its most authentic and radical form.

To illuminate the endless realms that live inside all of us.

What are the tools?

• a map to the glowing, luminous resources that will sustain your dream projects

• biweekly live mentoring sessions

• written feedback on work-in-progress

• tailored book list + syllabus

• optional magical and astrological support

• access to Atmospheres as a space to work on your project in community.

how does it work?

• we outline the map of the project together, finding the specific realm that your work will inhabit.

• you work on the most luminous sections that form the heart of the story.

• I will offer accountability, guidance, and suggestions for revising, and transforming, work in progress.

• you will use the heart sections, and the map, to complete your draft manuscript through biweekly written submissions and feedback on work-in-progress.

• when you are ready, I can provide support with sharing, pitching, and querying your project.

how to begin the process

Infinity Mirror is an intensive individual programme, and it costs £300-£500 per month. You can book one or more months at a time.

I use the green bottle sliding scale designed by Alexis J. Cunningfolk. The highest amount represents the energetic demands of the work, and the lower prices acknowledge that not everyone has the ability to pay the full cost of the programme.

To begin the process, please email me with the following details:

• a little about your current project

• your publishing ambitions

• your desired start date

• a favourite writer or artist

I’ll respond to you within a week with a suggested programme outline, answers to any questions, and further details. I appreciate your interest in Infinity Mirror.

what’s it like to work with Lj?

To sharpen your appetite, you can read my newsletter.

You can read more about my clients’ books here, and hear interviews with many of them on the Ceremony podcast.

My current reading list

I love books that reckon with the complexities, obsessions, and flaws of their characters with compassion and generosity. Some perennial and recent favourites include:

• R O Kwon’s Exhibit

• Tana French’s The Wych Elm

• Brandon Taylor’s The Late Americans

• Julia Armfield’s Salt Slow

• Sarah Hall’s The Beautiful Indifference

• Raven Leilani’s Luster

• T Kira Madden’s Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

• Han Kang’s The Vegetarian

• Vigdis Hjorth’s Is Mother Dead

• R F Kuang’s Yellowface

• Imogen Binnie’s Nevada

• Chelsea Martin’s Tell Me I’m an Artist

• Gwendoline Riley’s My Phantoms

• Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You

• Carmen Maria Machado’s In the Dream House.

Recent Client Projects

Ashley Woo

Wildwood (Harper, 2026) is a Gothic thriller “about a young couple expecting their first child, who unexpectedly become owners of 300-year-old house in Vermont and discover a buried connection to the ghosts of witchcraft accusations centuries before, and neighbors who might desire more than just to take their land.”

“Working with LJ was everything I hoped it would be. LJ was professional, empathetic and absolutely lovely to work with throughout the process. But most importantly, LJ provided the exact feedback my book needed. I knew parts of it needed work, though, after countless revisions myself, felt I had exhausted my ability to solve these particular elements. LJ zeroed in on these and provided the right type of observations and suggestions that allowed me to edit the book in ways that worked brilliantly and still in line with my vision of the story. I would work with them again in a heartbeat!”

Matilde Pratesi

Pig (Corsair, 2025) is “a razor-sharp, disturbing novel about toxic female friendship unlike any other you will ever read.”

“My self-confidence has grown as much as the quality of my writing during this process. I can finally call myself a writer without blushing!”

Naomi Booth

Raw Content (Corsair, 2025) is “set during an atmospheric Yorkshire winter, raw content is the dark, tender and troubled story of a young mother afflicted by compulsive thoughts, whose past has taught her that love and fear are two sides of the same coin.”

“LJ is a brilliant writer, a gifted editor, and an inspiring and generous facilitator. They know how to stimulate creativity, and how to nurture the best and most interesting aspects of writing. There's no one else I'd rather work, write, and read with.”

Helen Jukes

Mother, Animal (Elliot & Thompson, 2025) “will offer a startling new vision of motherhood: diverse, wild, intimate; as contested and extraordinary as the world in which we live. Her premise: that the much overlooked mothering body – both human and non-human – is worthy of our urgent observation and attention”.

“I cannot recommend LJ highly enough. Their insightful, eloquent and in depth feedback has helped me through numerous fiction and nonfiction projects, from ideas stage right through to completion. I'm a better, more committed writer because of them. Thank you LJ!”