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Jenny Hilborne, centre, with writing workshop participants
Jen, who has had two novels last year, found the workshop con-
published by a traditional publisher tent invaluable, and commented:
as well as self-publishing her third, “It’s been brilliant, and I now feel I
provided attendees with lots of new can start to make sense of all the
ideas and food for thought to get social media sites to get my book
their writing out to the world, with out there.”
particular emphasis on using social Owing to the popularity of the ses-
media as a promotional tool. sion Jen has agreed to run another HAPPY NEW YEAR
Children’s author Angela James free writers’ workshop on 2 Febru-
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Explaining her book topic, Juliet “Now I’m keen to deepen the
said: “I have always kept a journal experience by spending longer on
in some form or other, and have each of the exercises and tech-
found this kind of writing practice niques and provide more writing
extremely motivating and inspiring. time. There is absolutely no obliga-
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saw the potential of reflective writ- yet there’s something very special
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Juliet has delivered two well re- The 8 week course costs £80
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