Alison says: 'When I moved from writing for pleasure to writing as my career I was incredibly excited. It was something I had dreamed of for years so achieving that … Continue reading "Rediscover Your Creativity and Find Your Voice"
Creating Character will take you through creating and developing engaging characters for your novel. Conflict will explain what on earth conflict is and why novelists bang on about it so much, and … Continue reading "Online Workshops: Creating Character and Conflict"
Do you want to know how to use Canva to make marketing images for your book? You can make nice looking flat lays and nifty animations - all using Canva … Continue reading "Canva for Authors – part of The Writing Gals online conference"
Plot & Story Structure will take you through developing your story ideas, understanding the structure of a novel and identifying the key elements in your plot. Planning a Novel is … Continue reading "Online Workshops: Plot & Story Structure and Planning a Novel"
Setting & World-Building will explore ways of communicating the world of your novel to your reader and will look at how setting influences plot and character throughout a story. Finding … Continue reading "Online Workshops: Setting & World-building and Finding Your Voice"
Writing with Emotion is all about how to put emotion on the page in a way that grabs your reader's attention and makes them laugh, cry and fall in love … Continue reading "Online workshops: Writing with Emotion and Show Don’t Tell"
Theme will look at how to get to the heart of what you're writing about and identify your themes, and then we'll discuss how to use that knowledge to deepen … Continue reading "Online Workshops: Theme and The Dreaded Synopsis"
Editing Your Novel will help you work out your process for what comes next after you've finished your first draft. Everyone agrees that editing is vital - this workshop will … Continue reading "Online Workshops: Editing Your Novel and Common First Draft Problems"
The Business of Publishing is a whistle-stop tour of the basics of the publishing industry. We'll look at pros and cons of self-publishing vs the traditional route. We'll talk about … Continue reading "Online workshops: The Business of Publishing and Agent-Hunting"
Grab a cuppa and get to know the incoming Chief Executive of the Society of Authors, Anna Ganley. Anna will be in conversation with Jeevani Charika, SoA member and Chair of the SoA’s Authors … Continue reading "Afternoon tea with Anna Ganley – Jeev will be hosting the Q&A with the SoA’s new chief executive"
Authors are often expected to make their own marketing graphics (especially once the launch buzz is over). Canva is a graphic design program aimed at complete beginners. It is very … Continue reading "SoA At Home – Professional Development – Canva Tips for Authors"
A 5-week online course taught by award-winning author Alison May, over 5 live and interactive sessions. This course will run on Tuesdays from 17th February – 24th March 2026 from … Continue reading "Writing Romantic Fiction"