Posts Tagged ‘writing retreat’
Interview with Sarah Ilaria Northe, author of Find Your True Northe
Sarah Ilaria Northe made the decision to write her book when we met at a book launch party in York in July 2017. As the MC at the event, before introducing my author, Emma Heptonstall, I asked the audience whether any of them wanted to write a book. Sarah’s hand shot up. Within two months,…
Read MoreKaren’s rules for book writing
22,653 words, thousands of steps and four and half days of retreating. This week, I took myself away to the edge of the New Forest to write my next book. I know that I write at my best in big chunks of time and everything aligned for me, allowing time away to get a lot…
Read MoreWhy I travelled 5,469 miles to go on a retreat
At the time of starting to write this blog post, I was sat in my hotel room in Avila Beach on the central California coast. And I’d travelled 5,469 miles to come on a three-day retreat. Why? You might be asking? So let me give you an insight. Since I started out in business in…
Read MoreGo on a writing retreat or a holiday to write… What’s the difference?
When I started to pen this blog, we’d been on our writing retreat in Spain for less than 24 hours. And we’d already seen a shift in our clients. Two were here last year, and came back for a top up. One wanted to leave with a first draft completed. The other wanted uninterrupted time for…
Read More5 excuses that will stop you from writing a book
Last week I attended The Best You Expo in London, and something one of the speakers said really resonated with me. This was the gist of it: “So many people put off doing what they want to do. There’s always an excuse… They’ll do it when they’ve achieved something else first. They’ll blame other people…
Read MoreWhy go away to Spain to write a book?
Every year some of my team and I travel to a beautiful white-washed village, nestled in the Andalucian Mountains, for one of our writing retreats. I am often asked: What do you do? Why do writers have to go away to write a book? How structured is it? Can I get my book written in…
Read MoreI didn’t write one book, I wrote two!
When Helen Monaghan became a client to write her first book, she didn’t just write one book, she wrote two! Now’s she’s writing a third and an accompanying workbook to her second book. Like many of my clients, Helen has dreamed of writing a book for many years. She knew that she wanted to help…
Read MoreFed up with putting your book on the back burner?
In September 2017 we take our annual trip to South West Spain for our writing retreat – 5 days in the sun to focus on your book. I’d like to give you advance notice of this event, so that you can schedule it into your diary! Here’s the link to more information: www.writingretreats.co.uk. If, like many people,…
Read MoreA plan for writing a book
Do you have a plan for writing a book? As Benjamin Franklin supposedly once said, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” You’ll know this is true if you had a grand plan for writing a book this year, and it simply hasn’t happened. There are all sorts of things that can get in the way – not…
Read MoreYou can't write a book in a weekend
If you started this January with the thought that you were going to write a book this year and get it published, how’s it going? There are a lot of people talking about writing a book at the moment. And there are many people claiming to say that they can help you. I’ve lost count of the number…
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