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Hello writers Jo-Anne has been having a wild time on our Writing Safari in Zimbabwe, Richard has been recovering from a difficult but amusing time in hospital with cellulitis, so […]

May newsletter: We, at All About Writing, are always on the lookout for ways to help you achieve your dreams. So, here are ten take-outs from the London Book Fair, which we hope will be useful to [...]

Take the time you need to write something worthwhile  A distinguished reporter, the author of long, ferociously researched articles, stopped by to see me one day in great excitement, to […]

Six years ago I sat at a table at All’Armoria, a restaurant perched on the lip of the quay overlooking the Guidecca Canal in Venice enjoying the late summer sun […]

Resolutions just make us all feel bad. Let’s rather fix our writing intentions for the year. Intentions are slightly different. They’re not as strict.   Resolutions are the bullies on the […]

It’s the month of holidays, so this newsletter will celebrate holidays and gift-giving – and look forward to a new year packed with writing holidays (because we know how badly […]

Holidays should present you with time to do exactly what you please and concentrate on yourself, but they seldom do.   Writing holidays are different. These provide a time out of time for you [...]

It’s been another difficult year and, if I have any advice, it’s not to dwell on what you haven’t done. Celebrate what you’ve managed and look ahead.  Your frustrations and […]

Venice is always full of surprises. When we opened the lists for our first two-week-long retreat, back in January, we had no idea that we’d fill every vacancy within a […]

When Peter Benchley first visited Venice, he wrote to his editor at the New Yorker: “Streets full of water. Please advise”. Venice has both fascinated and repelled writers for centuries, and [...]

Welcome to this month’s newsletter Many of our community, it seems, have earmarked 2018 as their year for writing. We’ve had so many requests for help and support, we’ve decided […]

What would our fourth annual Venice Writing Retreat give you? That’s easy, if we quote one of our past participants, who called it “a life-changing experience”. It will certainly provide […]