Greenacre Writers Workshop - Get Yourself A Reputation - 24th March 2-5pm

Greenacre Writers invite you to a Creative Writer’s Afternoon:
Saturday 24th March 2012 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Chislehurst Avenue, Finchley, London N12

Get Yourself A Reputation.

The workshop will introduce you to some ideas of how to raise your writing profile and get your writing published - suitable for beginners. This workshop is not how to get your book published. The workshop starts way before sending manuscripts to publishers and looks at ways to get a writing reputation.

* Writing exercises
* Ideas for flash fiction and websites
* Online writing forums
* Promoting your writing profile
* Self-publishing
* Talk/Feedback from a self-published author

The aim of the afternoon is to meet fellow creative writers, to work on creative writing exercises, and share your work to receive supportive feedback and ideas in a friendly and stimulating environment.

There will be a small charge to include refreshments:
Members £5; Non-members £10
(Cheques payable to: Greenacre Writers - cancellation available up until 7 days before the event)

For further information or to reserve a place contact: greenacrewriters@gmail.com

Eliza Jane Goes - Fusion

Enjoy the video promoting Eliza Jane Goes' first novel, Fusion

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cby11CP2OTg ...

There's only one way to find out more....buy it and read it!

2011: An amazing year for Greenacre Writers

We’ve had a busy year and are proud of what we‘ve achieved!

The year began with entries coming in for our our first short story competition. Numbers increased as the closing date of 31st March loomed, with a flurry in the last two days. We received stories from all over the country but many came from North London owing to word of mouth. Reading every entry began in earnest for long-listing the best 25. We then went through these in detail - with a few reasoned arguments - to select the short-list of 10, ending up with 12 for our judge, Lianne Kolirin, to make the final decision. The winners were announced on 9th May. Congratulations to all the selected entrants.

Work began on the first Greenacre Writers Anthology which was published in September 2011. Comprising the six winning stories from the competition and nine stories from our Greenacre Writers membership, it is a mixture of story genres and we’ve had some great feedback. If you have a copy, please let us know which were your favourite stories and if you would like a copy, please contact us.

Our Creative Writing workshops have continued, with the first, ‘Have You Lost the Plot?’ in February followed by two in May, which were part of ‘Trinity in May’ Arts Festival in North Finchley. ‘Ways into Writing’ and ‘Life Writing’ both attracted a number of new faces to our workshops some of whom have become paid up members. Our most recent event was the ‘Short Story’ workshop in November.

The regular groups have continued to thrive, resulting in Finish That Novel having a waiting list so we launched the second FTN in September making a total of four groups - the two novel groups, a short story group and the Memoir and Autobiography Club.

Our members have enjoyed writing successes with both founder members, Lindsay Bamfield and Rosie Canning, having work published in Mslexia. Lindsay also won second place in a Writers News short story competition with her story Sad Old Man that she had asked fellow members to critique, as well as winning a competition for her novel’s pitch. Anna Meryt’s poem Bulawayo won first prize in Excel for Charity’s poetry competition. Liz Goes has been busy promoting her second novel The Cosmopolites, while Linda Louisa Dell published and has been marketing her book of short stories The Story Tree.

It has been a rewarding year and here’s to hoping for continued Greenacre Writers’ success to continue in 2012.

All of the books are available through Amazon or directly from the authors. See our links.

GREENACRE WRITERS ANTHOLOGY

Our FIRST anthology is back from the printers - HURRAH!!!!

If you have already paid for a copy of the anthology, it will be in the post this weekend. If you'd like to order a copy it is £7.99. Send a cheque/postal order for £7.99 payable to Greenacre Writers, 25 Chislehurst Avenue, London N12 0HU.

Short Story Workshop

Greenacre Writers invite you to a Creative Writer’s Afternoon:
Short Story Workshop. Dramatic, strange, dangerous happenings with twists, rock stars, remembrance and romance. Intrigued? Come along and find out more.
Saturday 12th November 2011 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Chislehurst Avenue, Finchley, London N12

The workshop will introduce you to the skills needed to think and write a short story – suitable for beginners. The aim of the afternoon is to meet fellow creative writers, to work on creative writing exercises, and share your work to receive supportive feedback and ideas in a friendly and stimulating environment.

There will be a small charge to include refreshments:
Members £5; Non-members £10
(Cheques payable to: Greenacre Writers - cancellation available up until 7 days before the event)

For further information or to reserve a place contact: greenacrewriters@gmail.com

From Thunderbirds to Pterodactyls

Greenacre Project and Greenacre Writers present:

Join us for an evening of film and fun.

Tuesday 29th November 7.30pm.

Shane Rimmer has featured in over 50 films and was the voice for Scott Tracy of Thunderbirds. This event combines film extracts and fascinating autobiographical insights. Shane will talk about the ideas behind his latest autobiography: 'From Thunderbirds to Pterodactyls', and about the writing process.

Trinity Church, 15 Nether Street,

North Finchley, London N12 7NN.

Suggested donation: £3.00

Congratulations to Anna Meryt

Anna is on the Excel for Charity Wall of Honour.

Excel for Charity is an international writing competitions series run by Eastern Light EPM International raising money for charities whilst rewarding creative excellence with cash prizes and literary honour.

Well done Anna!!!!

You can find out more about Excel by clicking on this link: Excell Charity Wall of Honour

See the winning poem here: Anna Meryt