This month I went to speak to one of the U.K.’s top selling authors, see below for Lord Jeffrey Archer’s top tips on becoming a best seller. Mark Dawson’s renowned self-publishing show returns to London this summer. Link below. And a summary of our dates still available this Spring. Only a couple of spaces left […]

Sorry to report that January is now completely full. Looking forward to welcoming our first guests of 2023. Newsflash – can you come on February 21st? En suite available due to cancellation, be quick! Four nights, own cosy room tucked away to just write, all food and drinks taken care of? Beautiful thatched house surrounded […]

I do hope you had a nice Christmas and a happy New Year. We had some drama – frozen pipes meaning a flood in the utility room! Thank goodness our holiday let guests didn’t mind the shenanigans. Think we’ll be fine by the time of the next retreat I believe, which is… in two weeks […]

What’s the best idea ever for a little Christmas present, for an author wanting to be published? Can you guess? See below. We had an exceptional writers group recently, eight people who got on like a house on fire have now formed a WhatsApp group, two of them already have booked for next year. Did […]

Hi! Guess what? Our new themed events and retreat calendar for January through June 2023 is about to go up online. You will be the 1st to see it (here). Special treat for regulars, 2022 pricing held for early bird bookings.– One retreat per month, so book early!– Will include three of our top tutors– […]

**UPDATE: (Feb ‘23) Due to huge increase in interest rates, we have now renewed a fixed rate mortgage so will not necessarily be looking to sell in the near future. If the right person with the right proposition wanted to talk to me about buying, and would continue building our success story here, there’s a […]