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A LITTLE BIT OF NON LITERAL THINKING!

Where do you call home? Last week, during the Creative Writes Workshop at the Leluu Supper Club venue – we did some non literal thinking! The writers really enjoyed being asked to think differently. The first exercise was to write a list of words and phrases that you associate with Summer and then I asked the...

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Inspirational St Pancras!

Creative Writes & Mendham Writers workshop, St Pancras International Station, Creative Writing Workshop, Jan 2012 We had a wonderful, creative day on 21 January at St Pancras Station!  We were inspired by hearing about the history of the station from Rochelle at Mendham Writers.  We then armed our writers with lots of ideas as they...

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Kings X here we come!

In addition to the Heathrow airport workshop on 5th November 2011, I will also be working in partnership with Mendham Writers to bring you a creative writing workshop on 21st January 2012.  I spent an exciting and inspiring afternoon at the new Kings X St Pancras International Station yesterday – surrounded by the words of...

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No prep required!

Hello,  I hope this finds you well on this sunny Autumn Monday! I was  chatting to somebody today about Creative Writes (as I often am!) and I had a thought that people interested in the creative writing workshops may be under the impression that they need to prepare something beforehand. The beauty of Creative Writes...

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Do you have anything to declare?

Do you have anything to declare?  A Creative Writing Workshop at Heathrow Terminal 5 with Mendham Writers & Creative Writes. We will mingle with passengers, staff and crew in Departures & Arrivals, take off on imaginary journeys, develop characters, begin stories and play with poetry & words. We will round off our day in the tranquillity of...

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A day of creative writing research!

After the lifeguards have left – Lido Beach, Summer 2011 It was a great day with Rochelle Scholar from Mendham Writers at Heathrow Airport today! We were plotting & planning wonderful creative writing adventures! Watch this space for Creatiive Writes/Mendham Writers workshop details…Thanks!

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A word on book groups!

Brooklyn art – summer 2011 In my last blog, I talked about the women authors I have been reading recently and the book I had just started, which is the Diary of Rachel Johnson, after her first year as Editor of ‘The Lady’ Magazine. I would not be reading this book had it not been for...