And a last-minute space for this Monday 10th, four nights, no chores, own room, all food; wine at supper. Or an Aug 3+3 nt ‘Just Write’ weekend. CREATE A CHILDREN’S STORYBOOK – OCTOBER 16th If you’ve got, or had young children in your life whose eyes lit up when you read them their favourite picture […]

July is nearly full. Our only weekend Retreat is already booking up in August. Plus standby for our first cosy crime retreat in September!  And more… I just came back from a smashing week away on my own writing retreat! My 8th visit I think, to Chez Castillon, what I call our ‘sister retreat’ near […]

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 […]