The stars are aligning – everyone interested so far can do 5.15pm-7.15pm on Monday evenings, and Forest Hill Library has availability in its community room on a Monday! It makes up for all the shenanigans getting the Workshopping group started in the spring! So, the new course will start on Monday 5 October and run
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It’s always so lovely to get good feedback, and two of my students sent me some yesterday, at the end of the latest six-week course (Course 3, ‘A la Carte’ 1). Here’s what they said: “Thanks very much for hosting the creative writing course. I found the experience very stimulating and marvelled at all the
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November 2025: 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
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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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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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I found myself commissioned to write a news story this summer! As in, it turned out that there was a story, and it wasn’t just about the excellent Mad Professor exhibition I was asked to cover. Do get along to see it if you can! Scroll down the following link: https://dropdabiscuit.co.uk/mad-professor-2
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Do you love good, descriptive writing and long to do your own? If so, the Approaches to Creative Writing, Developing Characters and Writing Fiction courses could just the thing for you. You’ll be introduced to the work of wonderful authors such as Kei Miller, Tim Winton, Rose Tremain and Andrea Levy, and learn about writing through the
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