Events planned or attended.
This year’s National Writing Day takes place Wednesday 21 June 2023.
Head over to the First Story website for the annual celebration of writing for pleasure and self-expression. As usual, First Story has laid on free activities to inspire your creativity. Share your writing online using #NationalWritingDay. …
The plot summit, Escape the Plot Forest, returns October 22nd, hosted as always by Daniel David Wallace.
If you’ve missed previous events, this is a virtual summit-slash-writers’ conference with presentations, interviews and workshops for aspiring writers. …
Find Your Readers Summit 2022 returns this weekend, delivered entirely online. The summit runs Friday 22nd through Monday the 25th, hosted by Daniel David Wallace. I attend all his events. …
ProWritingAid is hosting Crime Writers’ Week 2022, this week June 20-23. This online writers’ event promises to “unlock the secrets for writing, editing, and publishing a crime story.” …
This Revising and Editing Workshop is another event from writing coach Daniel David Wallace. To give its’ full title , Revising and Editing: The Writing Workshop runs from May 11-14, 2022. …
Under this year’s theme ‘Let’s Connect!’, Mental Health Awareness Week 2022 is happening between 9 to 15 May. The official theme this year is ‘loneliness.’ …
23 April is UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day. ‘Celebrate the importance of reading, foster children’s growth as readers and promote a lifelong love of literature and integration into the world of work.’ …
Three days of training in writing style, it’s the Style and Voice Writers’ Summit 2022, April 2nd – 4th.
“Take your writing to the next level and discover your true writing voice in our supportive, welcoming online event.” …
October 16-19 marks this Autumn’s Escape the Plot Forest Writers Summit 2021.
Under Daniel David Wallace’s expert curation, a community of independent authors comes together in four days of craft sessions and writing prompts to tackle the difficult issue of plotting a novel. …
This week I’m attending the ProWritingAid Crime Writer’s Week 2021. Not because I’m crafting a police procedural or whodunnit, or even because we read a lot of crime writing. ProWritingAid’s first ever Crime Writer’s Week for crime and thriller authors has a lot of valuable content for any writer. …