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Updated: 31 December 2022

Last day of 2022!

I hope you’ve had an enjoyable time with family and friends in the past few weeks. I had a much needed holiday in a nearby hotel and the diet has already started to make up for all I ate. I have a week or so before ‘real’ work starts …

I email my list at most once a quarter or so with a summary of the news and advance notice of special offers. If you’d like to be one of the first in the know, click here.

STARTING 18 JANUARY 2023

If you want to start/complete a novel (or collection of work) in 2023, join my Nine Online group of nine writers. We will meet on Zoom nine times in 2023 and, between us, complete those projects.

AVAILABLE NOW!

I have a short story called The Shell Necklace in this anthology. It’s based at Harlyn Bay, a place close to my heart in many ways.

Click here for the Kindle and paperback version via Amazon.

RedPen Editing

Keen to start editing?

You are welcome to join the RedPen Editing Facebook group where I post an editing tip every day ….

And you can learn all about my RedPen Editing cycle in my book: Editing the RedPen Way: 10 steps to successful self-editing.

Click here for details.

And my courses are available in my Shop.

RedPen Mentoring

Space within the RedPen Mentoring group is limited. For details of what’s available, at what price, click here.

Dates for your diary

WEDNESDAY WRITERS ONLINE

These Zoom workshops are hosted by me, Anne Rainbow, and presented by novelist Kerry Hadley-Pryce, a creative writing lecturer at Wolverhampton University who specialises in psychogeography.

10am-12.30pm BST/GMT (ie UK time).

£30/class. Full details here.

2023 programme:

1 February: Flash Fiction – using creative restraint
1 March: Creative NonFiction – Biography / Autobiography
29 March: Writing the Everyday
26 April: Show and Tell
24 May: Creating a Villain
21 June: Writing the Uncanny
19 July: Genre Writing
6 Sep, 4 Oct, 1 Nov, 29 Nov

SIMPLY SCRIVENER SPECIALS

For one-on-one help, book a 30-minute Zoom session with me via the RedPen Shop.

Further details of how to book and what’s provided are here.

Hope Cove Writers’ Retreat

23-26 March 2023

Needing time away from everyday life, to make progress on a writing project?
Looking for good company, fellow writers, to help you to find your muse?
Excited by the prospect of a few days of unadulterated writing?

The Hope Cove Writers’ Retreat Weekend is designed for you!

Places limited to 12. Taking bookings now. Full details here.

Links: in case you missed them …

WORLD CLASS PERFORMER?

Read all about my short life lessons on the World Class Performer’s website.

In discussion with Jo Parfitt on 2 July

Using Scrivener for Memoir, Fiction and Non-Fiction: click here to see the recording.

In discussion with Jo Parfitt on 4 June

60 mins talking about Story Arcs and Themes in Fiction and Memoir – and answering questions. Hosted by Jo Parfitt.

To see the slides, click here. To watch the recording, click here.

In discussion with Jo Parfitt on 7 May

60 mins talking about editing – and Scrivener – and answering questions. Hosted by Jo Parfitt. Click here for the recording.

Scrivener 101

On 21 April, I spent an hour with Lisa Lepki (Director of Marketing at ProWritingAid) presenting my slides on how to get started in Scrivener, how to use Scrivener when editing/publishing, and answering questions.

Join the ProWritingAid Facebook group to view the recording.

Interviews on SoundArt radio

Christine Cooke and I visited Dartington to talk about Wednesday Writers with Dave Clarke (iamthehow.com) on SoundArt radio . You can listen to that interview here.

Autumn 2019, I was interviewed by Dave Clarke and we talked about writers’ retreats. You can listen to that interview here.