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Final Workshops for 2014!
Want to write your life story or family history? Everything you need to know to write your story – move from procrastination to publication! Sydney Community College & Avalon Recreation Centre...
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Workshop @ Berkelouw Books
I’m thrilled to have been invited to run my ‘Memoir Made Simple’ workshop at Berkelouw Books in Mona Vale! Berkelouw are booksellers in the true sense of the word with a long and amazing history in the...
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On the romance of writing
Don’t romanticise your ‘vocation’. You can either write good sentences or you can’t. There is no ‘writer’s lifestyle’. All that matters is what you leave on the page. Zadie Smith The post On the...
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Berkelouw Workshops
It’s always a little sad when a workshop finishes, as this one did last week. Because these workshops are small and take place around a table (rather than classroom style) people always seem to bond...
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We made the papers!
The post We made the papers! appeared first on THE WRITE WORKSHOPS.
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Productivity Tips
Writing that first word, first sentence is the hardest part – but once you push through and have 500 words, even if your genius has failed to shine through, at least you have something to work with....
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Best gift for aspiring authors!
50 years on and ‘The Elements of Style ‘ – more often referred to as ‘Strunk and White’ – is still the bible of good writing. It’s straight-forward, definite and endlessly entertaining. Read it once,...
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Berkelouw Autumn Fiction Workshop
We had a great six week workshop series at Berkelouw Books in Mona Vale culminating in writerly drinks in Edison’s bar next-door. During workshop time we’re on task so finishing up with social drinks...
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NEXT Workshops…
EXTREME WRITING! July 2015 School Holiday Workshop Two day creative writing workshop for 10 to 14 year olds. **** Tramshed Arts & Community Centre – Narrabeen Two day programme (10am-2pm) Tuesday...
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Evernote – The Writer’s Besty
I never thought I’d be the one to say that a mere app has dramatically changed my life – but it’s true. When it comes to writing, I lean towards old school, not exactly back to the quill but inclined...
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Extreme Writing! Workshop
Just finished my two-day ‘Extreme Writing!’ school holiday workshop for budding young writers – always a heap of fun – and have another running next week. I’m always blown away by the imagination and...
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Jane King – Book Launch
I was very thrilled last night to attend the launch of Jane King’s beautiful memoir ‘Is it Tomorrow Today?’ Jane attended my memoir workshop at the NSW Writers’ Centre more than three years ago and...
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Can creative writing be taught?
Excellent article in The Australian by Tegan Bennett Daylight about creative writing workshops. It really encapsulates my own teaching philosophy of opening up the craft of the subject – without...
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Coming up…
I’m thrilled to have been invited by the lovely Gillian May, Manager of Berkelouw Books Mona Vale, to engage Magda Szubanski ‘In Conversation’ to promote her soon to be released book ‘Reckoning’ in...
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Memoir Made Simple Workshop
My October workshop at Berkelouw Books Mona Vale still has a few places left. As always nice small class max. 8 people – details HERE The post Memoir Made Simple Workshop appeared first on THE WRITE...
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The Swap – Greg Moriarty
This is a guest blog from Greg Moriarty who attended my fiction workshop in 2011 and recently self-published his crime novel. You can find out more about his book HERE Writing & Publishing my...
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Write Your Book in 2016
Now is the time to embark on writing that book you have been promising yourself you’ll do – if only you had the time. I have helped dozens of aspiring writers to complete their books, many of whom...
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Free memoir workshop coming up!
Warringah Council have invited me to give a 3 hour memoir writing workshop on April 19th 2016 as part of Seniors week. Sponsored by Council, it is free – and includes refreshments! All the details...
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Mostly Bulldust by Frank Jordan
Frank Jordan attended my workshop at the NSW Writers’ Centre in 2011 and signed up to my ’12 Chapters in 12 Months’ programme the next year to complete his novel. Somewhere down the track on that...
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Meet the family!
Thought it was about time I made a record of the growing family of books published by my students over the past few years. This isn’t the full collection as some were published via Amazon and went...
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