A panel discussion led by Rachael Donovan, Publisher (HQ Fiction, Mira & Escape), Harper Collins Australia. Featuring award winning authors Janet Gover and Penelope Janu. Rural romance has a strong and devoted following. Is it the cowboys, the strong women, the beautiful landscapes, the family drama or all of those? As part of the Romance … Continue reading "Roadmap to Rural Romance"
Best-selling author Katie Fforde is hosting this Writing Workshop at her home in Rodborough, along with fellow writing experts Janet Gover and Alison May. During the day, students will be divided into small groups, each of whom will have a session with each tutor. There will be plenty of time for questions and general mixing. … Continue reading "Writing Workshop with Katie Fforde"
This will be a tutor-supported retreat. That means that, as well as having lots of time to write, you'll get an individual one to one session with Alison May to discuss your work in progress and she'll be available throughout the weekend to brainstorm, offer a sounding board and answer questions about writing and publishing. … Continue reading "Tutor supported retreat with Alison"
Starting a new book, editing a finished one or stuck somewhere in the middle? Take your writing to a new level with a weekend dedicated entirely to writing, under the guidance of two highly regarded tutors – both multi-published award-winning authors. Arrive on Friday to meet the tutors and your fellow authors. There's time to … Continue reading "Autumn Novel Writing Weekend"
Ally/Alison will be appearing at the Dark Side Light Side Festival in Alcester to discuss romcoms. The festival runs from 10.15am to 4pm. The romcom panel will be at 2pm. Tickets free but you can reserve a place in advance here.
If writing your novel sometimes feels like you’ve hit a wall, then this retreat is for you. Maybe you feel stuck, but you’re determined to carry on. Maybe you’re so overwhelmed that you’re wondering if you want to carry on at all. Maybe you want some strategies for working through the block the next time … Continue reading "Break Through Your Novel Block"
Join Alison for this 90 minute workshop at South Warwickshire Literary Festival Tickets are £18 for this workshop plus access to the day long festival, including Alison's talk on Submitting to an Agent or Editor. Tickets here: https://www.southwarwickshireliteraryfestival.com/
Join Alison at South Warwickshire Literary Festival for this talk on submission and getting published. £10 or £18 to attend this session as part of the festival and also come along to Alison's Starting Your Novel workshop.
Starting a new book, editing a finished one or stuck somewhere in the middle? Take your writing to a new level with a weekend dedicated entirely to writing, under the guidance of two highly regarded tutors – both multi-published award-winning authors. Arrive on Friday to meet the tutors and your fellow authors. There's time to … Continue reading "Autumn Novel Writing Retreat"
Whether you’re just starting out, or already have stories out in the world, this retreat will help you lift your writing to the next level with an in-depth look at what readers and publishers want in a commercial novel, and how to give them exactly that. There will be workshops every morning, and afternoon and … Continue reading "Writing Commercial Fiction"