Don’t die with your music still in you. That was a quote from the late great Wayne Dyer. For many, the memoir ends up being “one day, sometime, never.” But here are some ways to begin yours. (By the way, stop press! – we have a rare weekend in an ensuite bedroom for three days just writing, […]

STOP PRESS – one last place for our rare seven night retreat (£124pn) October 14th – press reply and say ‘October’ to find out more!  Plus, many of you may know Joanna Penn but if you don’t, see below for another recommendation for a fabulous writing resource, publishing resource, and more; including secrets on selling […]

Thought you might like these three tips which Harry Bingham from ‘writers workshop’ said I can send you – anyone stuck with their edit, do read on! And, stop press, a room has become free for our July memoirs week. Want to take a break from your novel writing, and tell your own story? As […]

Do you ever look at successful published authors and wonder how they did it? Want to do the same? I discovered BBC Maestro awhile back and have been amazed at some of the top authors involved in their online offerings. See below. One of our tutors also talks about what it takes to write a […]

The bad news? Our memoirs retreat is now totally sold out with Marnie, but we’ve booked one for next year! But, the other good news – we are proud to present our very first ‘personal essays’ retreat, a workshop on micro-memoirs: a gateway into seeing your work in print without having to finish a whole […]