Are you stuck? Not sure if your writing is ready to be published?
Or maybe you just can’t find time to work on the book that’s been simmering away on the back burner of your mind for so long.
That’s where Yvonne Maximchuk was last May. Now her memoir, Drawn to Sea is being published by Caitlin Press. “Paula’s writing retreat got me over the last hurdle of finishing my book,” she said. “Her advice was brilliant.”
In July, the Courtenay & District Museum is hosting Boot Camp for Authors with author Paula Wild at their award-winning heritage home vacation rental, Capes Escape.
The four day workshop is limited to six people ensuring each writer gets lots of personal attention.
Every day features stimulating group sessions, writing exercises guaranteed to kick-start your creativity and time to write.
Participants will also meet privately with Wild to discuss their work and enjoy dinners, presentations and casual conversation with a variety of published authors.
“It’s an opportunity for people to flex, strengthen and tone their writing muscles,” said Wild. “And it gives them time to invest some sweat equity in their manuscript.”
“People are often amazed at how escaping their regular routine allows them to take their writing to the next level,” she added. She credits a week-long workshop that provided professional feedback on her work, a chance to spend time with like-minded people and having time to write as the turning point in her career.
That was in 1976. Now Wild has written more than 1,000 articles for national and regional magazines and newspapers including Beautiful British Columbia, Reader’s Digest and The Beaver: Canada’s History Magazine.
She is also an award-winning author of five books, three of which made the B.C. Bestseller list soon after publication.
For more information about Boot Camp for Authors visit www.paulawild.ca/workshops or call 250-338-7740.
