Got a reply to my new mail-merge effort to 98 subscribers. What nice news: “I wanted to tell you that I entered a ghost story competition, and my piece was shortlisted. They want to publish it in their upcoming ghost story anthology. I will get a free copy. It blew me away. I wanted to […]
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Woo-hoo! The Online Approaches to Creative Writing course finally got started, but I have just one lovely student and she would dearly like some classmates! The next class isn’t for a couple of weeks (on Monday 3 November), and I can make some nice offers on the price, especially if there are more than one
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UPDATE: I DIDN’T GET ENOUGH STUDENTS TO MAKE THIS VIABLE. IT MIGHT STILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. IN THE MEANTIME I’M EXPLORING RUNNING A COURSE ON A SECOND EVENING AT FOREST HILL LIBRARY. Exciting news – I was out leafleting in Deptford (a place I love) and got such a warm welcome, including from the
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I finally got to grips with this – and, so far, three lovely students have submitted reviews. I’m hoping the influence of Mr/Ms Google will save me from having to pin flyers to lampposts this autumn! Here’s a link, until I work out how to embed GoogleMaps into the website: https://maps.app.goo.gl/m2DFeYxPWj5wkrgy5
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Summer’s still here, but the time has come to plan the Autumn Term! I have some exciting news, which is that I might be returning to my Creative Writing Teaching Roots in sunny Sutton, to run a Weds or Friday morning course. It’s early days, but it may make a nice alternative to Forest Hill
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Due to popular demand, I’ll be starting my courses again, in sync! Course 1: ‘Approaches to Creative Writing’ will be running at Forest Hill Library for six weeks from Tuesday 13 May (5.15pm-7.15pm) and also at The Sunflower Centre, Brockley, from Thursday 15 May (12.15pm-2.15pm). We’ll be covering Fantasy & Transformation; Imagery, Theme, Narrative Voice,
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I’ve just scheduled a free Comedy Writing Workshop as part of the Brockley Max Festival in June. It’s running on Monday 2 June, 2pm-6pm, upstairs at The Brookmill pub, 65 Cranston Road, London SE8 4EJ. You’ll watch some classic clips, learn how to write comedy dialogue and work with a small group to create your
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There’s just time for me to run three consecutive short courses before Easter. You can do them in any order, and I’ll be starting Course 4 at Forest Hill Library on Tues 11 March (evenings); and Course 2 at the Sunflower Centre on Thurs 13 March (afternoons). I’ll also be starting the Course 1 introduction
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I’ve taken the plunge and scheduled a six-week online introductory course, starting on Monday 24 February between 6pm-8pm. The course will cover the same ground as the in-person course at the Sunflower Centre: imagery, narrative voice, ‘fantasy and transformation’, using the senses, dialogue and more. I started teaching Creative Writing online, back in 2020 during
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Life continues to move forward! I’ve now worked as a Creative Writing Teacher at Sutton College for four terms and I’ve also run three short Creative Writing classes in my own community, London’s Forest Hill. The fourth 6-week Creative Writing for Wellbeing course, has now been scheduled. It will run at Forest Hill Library on
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