Just seven sleeps to go… our FREE Winter Writing Workshop starts in six days and we’d love you to join us!
If you have a secret dream to write a book, publish a blog, pitch to write for a magazine, or you just want to get into regular writing in your journal, or create poetry for fun, then this course is for you. We have teamed up with Frances Booth, author of The Distraction Trap, to bring you seven days’ worth of exercises to help you discover your inner writer and make real progress on your chosen project.
As part of your daily dose of writing inspiration we’ll be sharing practical tips from the experts – successful authors, journalists and bloggers who know all about freeing creativity, getting started and sticking with it – and we’re excited to announce them here…
Kari Chapin is the author of four books, most notably, The Handmade Marketplace. She produces a weekly podcast focused on productivity and mindset called AIM with Kari Chapin. She lives with her family in Portland, Oregon.You can learn more about her and her books, listen to her podcast or see if she’s speaking or traveling near you soon by checking out her website.
Mary J. Dinan joined a radio station in her early teens and by the age of 17 she’d become a TV presenter with RTE and won a Jacobs Television Award. Now, in addition to her day job in a special needs school, Mary writes features for her local newspaper and does radio interviews for Garden County Radio Wicklow. In 2013, Mary signed a book deal with an international publisher and her travel book, The Global Suitcase became an Irish Times top 10 best seller. To find out more, visit her website, or find her on Facebook or Twitter.
Christina Rosalie is a writer, strategist and mixed media artist. She author of A Field Guide To Now: Notes On Mindfulness and Life In The Present Tense. Her work has also appeared in Artful Blogging, Kinfolk, The Sun, Mothering, and the Los Angeles Review. Christina lives in Portland, Oregon, and is currently working on her second book. To find out more, visit her website,or find her on Twitter or Instagram.
M. Sharon Baker is a moderator in the Freelance Writers Den, a journalist and a B2B Content Writer living north of Seattle, WA. She writes for magazines, newspapers, corporate clients and for her family, and is waiting for the right book idea to present itself. For more information visit The Freelance Writer’s Den or Sharon’s own website.
Elizabeth Craig writes the Southern Quilting mysteries for Penguin/NAL, the Memphis Barbeque mysteries for Penguin/Berkley, and the Myrtle Clover series for Midnight Ink and independently. She blogs at ElizabethSpannCraig.com/blog, which was named by Writer’s Digest as one of the 101 Best Websites for Writers. For more information visit her website or find her on Twitter.
Susannah Conway is the author of This I Know: Notes on Unraveling the Heart (SKIRT! Books). A photographer, writer and teacher, her classes have been enjoyed by thousands of people from over 50 countries around the world. Co-author of Instant Love: How to Make Magic and Memories with Polaroids (Chronicle Books), Susannah helps others reconnect to their true selves, using creativity as the key to open the door. For more information visit her website or find her on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram.
Rebecca Davies is a journalist and author who writes about children’s books for The Independent. She is currently working on her own Young Adult novel and is a regular writing mentor at the Ministry of Stories. Find more information about Rebecca on her blog.
And don’t miss our blog post on the 27th December which features a special teaser tip from the amazing Angela Clarke, author of the Amazon Fashion Chart’s number one bestseller: the hilarious fashion memoir Confessions of a Fashionista. Angela has written for numerous publications including The Guardian, The Independent, The Daily Mail, Cosmopolitan, Writing Magazine, LifetimeTV, and You Magazine. Angela performed at Camp Bestival, appeared on air on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, has given talks at bookshops, and has been interviewed on local, national, and international radio stations. A short film based on her script Drift is due for release in 2015. Her debut play The Legacy was staged at the Tristan Bates Theatre December 2014. When she’s not working, and even when she should be, she can be found on Twitter. For more information please visit her website.
The Winter Writing Workshop runs from December 29 to Jan 4 and it’s the perfect way to kick start your writing dream in 2015.
Click here for more details and to book your place. Please tell all your friends too!
