Upcoming Online Workshops

Here are some details of my upcoming online workshops. With both if you pay early (details below) you make a saving. There are only 15 places available on each workshop (to keep numbers managable) and the Pocket Novel workshop has already got one participant, so there are actually only 14 places left on that workshop at the moment. For the second workshop, you do need to be able to buy The Weekly News magazine as it forms part of the research.

Contact me, stating which workshop you are interested in, for payment details. There is a paypal option available.

Commencing Saturday 9th June 2012

Online Pocket Novel/Sweet Romance Workshop – I will once again be running my popular online pocket novel workshop from 9th June 2012. The course will run for 6 weeks + one week either side for intros and catch up. That is a total of 8 weeks (starting 2nd June and ending around August 4th – please note you do not have to be online at specific times in order to take part in the workshop.). Whilst concentrating on writing for My Weekly and The People’s Friend, this workshop will also be useful for anyone who wishes to write sweet,  traditional romance. Covers guidelines, morality, heroes and heroines, conflict, kisses, secondary characters, plots and subplots. Cost £50. However if you book and pay by April 30th 2012, you can pay a reduced fee of £45. A paypal option is available. Please contact me for payment options and/or to book. (please state clearly which workshop you are interested in). Please note: space on this workshop is limited to 15 participants. 14 places left. This will be the last time I present this workshop in 2012. The next one will be run in early 2013.

Commencing Saturday September 8th 2012

Online workshop – Writing for Women’s Magazines with emphasis on The Weekly News – The workshop will run for six weeks, with one week either side for introductions and catch up (a total of 8 weeks). Open to both men and women, the workshop will cover research (using The Weekly News so you must be able to get hold of a copy), What is a short story? What isn’t a short story, common faults, overused themes, how to get ideas and more. It will also include a critique, by me, of one story from each participant of under 1200 words (the current Weekly News word length for stories – the critique will be done at the end of the course, based on work you have created during the course). The skills honed in this workshop will help you learn how to write for other women’s magazines. Cost £80 (this includes the critique). If you book and pay by the 1st August you can pay a reduced fee of £70. There is a paypal option available. Please contact me for payment options and/or to book (please state clearly which workshop you are interested in).  Please note: space on this workshop is limited to 15 participants. This will probably be the last online workshop I run in 2012. Details of 2013 workshops will appear in due course.