Revising and Editing Workshop May 11-14
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. …
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Mental Health Awareness Week 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.’ …
Event: UNESCO World Book Day April 23
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.’ …
Style and Voice Writers’ Summit 2022
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.” …
Celebrating World Book Day 2022
Celebrating World Book Day 2022: an event backed by book retailers, publishers and UNESCO to promote reading for pleasure, and foster a love of books and shared reading. …
Works in Progress – January 2022
Somehow 2021 has gone and 2022 is here, with multiple works in progress showing signs of, well, progress. It’s been an interesting couple of months; delivering classes, taking courses, a couple of events, some family health dramas, getting the builders off-site. And writing. It was a struggle at times, but the routine is re-established. …
National I Love to Write Day
There’s a day for everything, and Monday 14 November is National I Love to Write Day.
Delaware author John Riddle wanted a day set aside so that everyone could spend some time writing. “It doesn’t matter what people write, as long as they write what they want to.” …
Escape the Plot Forest Writers Summit 2021
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. …
Listening to The Everywoman (BBC Radio 4)
We’re currently listening to The Everywoman (BBC Radio 4) and BBC Sounds. This neat two-part documentary poses the question:
If there is an ‘Everyman’ in literature, can the experiences of a female character also be universal?
Novelist Sarah Hall (Burntcoat, Sudden Traveller, Madame Zero, The Wolf Border and others) goes in search of the Everywoman. …
A re-boot for 2021
The website has a re-boot for 2021. This is mainly to re-focusing on writing and creativity. There’s a whole stack of new material in progress as 2021 heads toward a major shift toward fiction writing and publishing. …