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We had a fun creative writing webinar which we ran from our ​Venice Writing Retreat.​ Jo-Anne, Richard and Fred answered questions on aspects of writing, publishing, and the creative process. [...]

I’ve been having that feeling again. The sense that you exist on another plane from other people. That there’s no one on earth who can truly understand where you are right now. For the longest [...]

You’re invited to join us for a webinar on the A to Z of Memoir with author, editor and publisher, Joanne Hichens. Joanne will start the webinar by chatting about the process of writing and [...]

Ever asked yourself  any of these questions? What exactly does a professional book editor do? How does development editing differ from copy-editing, for instance? What’s really involved [...]

Don’t feel guilty for focusing on your creative needs – your life may depend upon it My mother was raised a Calvinist, so I was taught that time taken for myself was indulgent, a selfish waste of [...]

I love being able to do this – it’s like offering you a magic carpet, and transforming you into a Venetian writer, practising your craft in a 16th century palazzo. Now in its eighth year, our [...]

There’s a flat, yellow rock I swim out into the ocean to touch each day. It’s where I acknowledge what I have, give thanks … and beg favours of the creative muses. I’ve always been a bit [...]

And a very happy, if belated New Year to you, too! I love new years and the opportunity they afford us to start afresh with new projects, new determination and a tankful of refurbished energy. [...]

All About Writing’s first webinar of 2024, Plan your Creative Writing Year, will help you start your writing year on the right foot.  Join us to ask any questions you have on: Growing good [...]

Every writing  journey comes with obstacles, lessons and victories. We know this.  But this year let’s remember that we learn a lot from them. Let’s carry these lessons into the new [...]

– Fred de Vries ‘Dear boy, what will you do with all those records?’, my late mother used to say. And that was when I was still in my early twenties and had only just started acquiring LPs [...]

Maybe because of my struggles with my own writing, I’m highly sensitive to the struggles of other writers. I  love mentoring, because like a midwife, I enjoy the immense satisfaction of helping [...]