So, you need to write a 1000-word short story. Where do you start when you’re struggling for inspiration? Here’s some quick ideas… Your main character witnesses a death Your main character finds a dead body An unexpected phone call sends your main character into a spin Your story centres around a scar (physical or psychological)…Continue reading Short Story – Finding Inspiration

If you want to be a success as a writer of books, you need to become a bit of an expert in marketing. Even if you are published in the traditional way, many book publishers still expect their authors to promote their own works. As a self-published author, you actually have no choice. If you…Continue reading Marketing your Book

Often the worst part of writing is getting started, the actual process of putting fingers to keyboard or pen to paper and committing to writing something. Once we know what we’re going to write about, the process is much easier, we have a starting point and that leap into the unknown is less, well, unknown.…Continue reading Writing – Quick Inspiration

Our April 2019 writer’s retreat will include an optional session on promoting your self-published book. Self promotion is probably the most difficult part of producing a novel or non-fiction book. There’s plenty of ideas out there on the internet for how to approach book promotion, but how many really, actually work? Our evening session on…Continue reading Extra Free Retreat Session – Promoting your Book

Any young writers out there interested in travel? Check this out… Opportunity for young travel writers