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Write it Down! Writing and Drinking Salon
In response to men asking to join my classes the Writing and Drinking Salon is now open to all and we’ve transferred to a new venue and a new night, upstairs @ The Prince on Wednesdays, 8 pm ’till 9.30pm. … Continue reading
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Tagged autobiography, cheese, creative writing, http://www.theprincepub.com/, inspiration, life writing, London, love, Stoke Newington, writing classes
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Desert Island Discs
Listening to Jasvinder Sanghera on Desert Island Discs reminded me of a short story I wrote on my MA course at UCF. ‘Dad, I’m leaving. This morning I watched your friend Lawrence, as he cycled past on the towpath. … Continue reading
Write It Down! Women’s Writing and Drinking Salon
‘It’s like a book club but more fun!’ In response to women returning to work after attending my afternoon Mums and Babies Creative Writing Classes, I’ve started an evening session in a private room above The Lion pub in Stoke … Continue reading
Write It Down! Mums and Babies Creative Writing Classes
Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoons I run creative writing classes for mums and their babies, the youngest baby started at two weeks and the eldest is 14 months. Usually mums come for the duration of their maternity leave but there … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, family, inspiration, London, love, Mums&Babies Creative Writing Classes, new mums, Stoke Newington, toddlers, Write It Down!, writing classes
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Write It Down! Holidays in the South of France
This summer in partnership with chef Suki Pollard, director of http://www.cookingpotes.com/ a brand new cooking school in the Languedoc, I am running two Gourmet Women’s Creative Writing Holidays that will be feasts for the senses. Morning classes, after mindfulness meditation, … Continue reading
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Tagged creative writing holidays, France, gourmet, holidays, inspiration, Languedoc, love, South of France, women's retreats, Write It Down!, writing classes
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Write It Down! Retreat in Mallorca
From October 1-6, I am thrilled to be leading a Women’s Writing and Walking Retreat at Lynne Franks’ beautiful home in Deia, Mallorca as part of her bloom retreats programme. This is a fantastic opportunity, in a supportive environment with like-minded women, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloom Retreats, creative writing holidays, Lynne Franks, Majorca, mallorca, Write It Down!
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Write It Down! Classes 2013
I launched my Write It Down! creative writing classes in 2012 in Stoke Newington, North London as an antidote to the more conventional, novel writing, technique based ‘I want to get published’ agenda. My classes are about you, about pen and paper, … Continue reading
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Tagged London, Mums&Babies Creative Writing Classes, novel, Retreat, Stoke Newington, Write It Down!, writing classes
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The beginning of my novel
It’s two years since my Misery Memoir blogs but before I throw that slice of my life into the greasy pizza box of discarded crusts and start sharing all the new stuff, here’s the unpublished beginning of my novel, written … Continue reading
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Tagged brighton, death, family, London, novel, pizza, University College Falmouth
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The Things They Tell You…
Some quotes on writing… [See key at the end for the guilty party] No one ever makes it alone. MG The best books emerge from the strongest convictions. DB Good story ideas seem to come quite literally out of nowhere, … Continue reading