New events for 2013

Literary Talks & Workshops

Talking to invited guests at Kirkley Hall

In addition to my Literary Talk, I have now added a writing workshop to my program of events for 2013.

Entitled, Good Enough to Publish? this three-hour course is aimed at aspiring novelists who would appreciate guidance on how to fine tune the opening chapters of their manuscript.
For more details please visit the 'Talks & Workshops' page on my website. Can anyone interested in organising an event please contact me via the form provided.

More details are available here: /talks--workshops.html

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Literary Talk 
(One and a half hours)

Historical novelist, Karen Charlton reads extracts from her latest novel, The Missing Heiress, and explains how the chance discovery of a jail-bird roosting in the branches of her ancestral tree catapulted her into creative fiction. Karen reveals her journey into publishing, her research adventures and her publishing highs and lows.

Cost:  £40   The price includes a FREE hardback copy of ‘Catching the Eagle’ for the library – worth £19.99

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Good Enough to Publish? 
Those all-important first 10,000 words

This three-hour course is aimed at aspiring novelists who would appreciate guidance on how to fine tune the opening chapters of their manuscript.

The objective of this workshop is to help the participants develop understanding about the tricky issues of:

        Back story;
        Telling versus showing, and
        The importance of a consistent point of view, in the opening chapters of their novels.

During the workshop everyone:
-         will receive guidance on how to avoid some of the common pitfalls made by aspiring authors with the above;
-         will have the opportunity to question a published author about her experience;
-         will take part in exercises designed to help them improve their writing skills;
-         will showcase their work to the group for peer assessment.

 Cost:  £150   (Group size: 10 – 15 participants.)