Join our free interactive webinar on 19 January to clarify your writing intentions for 2026. No resolutions, no pressure – just honest reflection and practical strategies with experienced writing [...]
Our Venice Writing Retreat returns for its ninth year in November 2026. Work with expert mentors Richard, Fred, and Jo-Anne in a 16th century palazzo. Daily workshops, one-hour individual [...]
Last month, I found myself helping my half-Mauritian friend set the table for a lunch with her relatives in Point d'Esny – and getting it all wrong. This simple mistake taught me everything about [...]
Unlock gripping stories by understanding the power of what your character wants! Jo-Anne Richards shares essential writing craft tips for fiction & memoir to create compelling characters and [...]
Here's why observation is the secret weapon of successful storytellers: A book doesn’t simply consist of plot, or even character. You want to spirit your readers into another world: make them [...]
Had you met me in my first year of school, you would never have pegged me as a future writer. Besides my awkwardness and social difficulties, I could not learn to read. My brain could not form [...]
I’m not sure that anything I’ve ever resolved to do at the start of the year has come to fruition. Something about the demands made by new year’s resolutions, the way they wag their fingers in my [...]
