For details of all available writing courses, including full courses and mini courses and challenges see below.

Courses

The Ultimate Novel Writing Course

Do you have a novel idea and don’t know where to start? Or maybe you’ve started writing your novel but don’t know where to go with it next.

The Ultimate Novel Writing Course is just what you need to get you on the right track and keep you there. The course will take you from the wisp of an idea to having a completed book that’s selling.

Modules include everything you need to complete your book and get it into the hands of your readers including:

·         Planning and Preparation

·         First Draft Writing

·         Editing and Rewriting

·         Publishing – both traditional publishing and self-publishing modules

·         Marketing

You will receive full lessons that will simplify every area of the process plus downloadable check lists and printable templates to use to complete the course and your novel.

Want to know more?

Look here for more information and to enrol on the course.

No Nonsense Guide to Book Marketing (Free)

Are slow book sales getting you down?

Do you feel like you spend so much of your time and effort on marketing your book yet never see the benefits?

Or do you just freeze up when it comes to promoting your book, unsure where to start?

If you’ve said yes to any of the above, then the FREE five day No Nonsense Guide to Book Marketing challenge is for you. Over the five days, we’ll take a look at marketing strategies, how to target the right people and more, leaving you equipped to put together an effective marketing plan that will help you sell books.

What are you waiting for? Enrol now and watch your zero sales turn into hero sales.

Click here for more details and to sign up.

Introduction to Ghost Writing (Free)

One of the questions I get asked the most when I tell people I’m a ghost writer is how I got started. The answer to that is through a lot of hard work and trial and error.

But with the right resources, getting started as a ghost writer doesn’t have to be difficult. In fact, it can be an easy, painless process.

Our free five-day course will teach you everything you need to know to get started as a ghost writer including how to build your confidence, how to create your portfolio and how to write a winning pitch letter.

So whether you are a stay at home parent who wants to bring in an income without having to leave the house, a full time office worker who is sick of the daily grind, or a part time worker who wants a side hustle to boost their income, this course is for you.

Join me, Debbie, a full time ghost writer, author and blogger, and Janet, a teacher and writer with a master’s degree in creative writing.

Click here for more details and to sign up.

Ghost Writing 101

Do you want to be a ghost writer but keep hearing negative people telling you that you can’t make money from writing?

If this is you, then keep reading, because I am here to tell you that’s absolute rubbish. The only people who say you can’t make money from writing are the people who didn’t work hard enough at it.

I’ve been making a full time living from ghost writing now for almost three years – and it’s really not that hard.

Ghost Writing 101 will share with you everything I’ve learnt on my ghost writing journey, and set you up to make your first £10,000 as a ghost writer.

Ran by myself and Janet Cooper, a teacher with a degree in creative writing, the course will cover:

· How to choose the right jobs

· How to get repeat business

· How to write in multiple genres and voices

· How to plot

· How to edit and proof read your work

· How to market yourself as a ghost writer

· How to have all of your legal things in place

And much, much more.

Ghost Writing 101 is the only course of its kind, and it’s essential for anyone who is serious about making money as a ghost writer.

Click here for more details and to sign up.

Introduction to Editing

Are you a writer who wants to submit a novel to an agent or publisher?

Do you want to self-publish a novel?

Are you a freelance writer who ghost writes novels for clients and wants to send them good quality work with no plot holes, perfect prose and good grammar?

If you answered yes to any of those questions, then the Introduction to Editing course is for you.

While editing your own work will never fully replace the need for a good external editor, having your work as good as it can be before submission is still a damned good starting point.

On this six week course you will learn the difference between the kinds of edits, and how to successfully navigate your way through them with practical working examples, advice and support the entire way through.

You will also have a chance to have your work further critiqued to see exactly how the editing process can turn a reasonable piece into a stand out piece that will wow readers and agents and make them hungry for more.

Click here for more details and to sign up.

How to Smash Self Publishing on Amazon

A step-by-step guide to get your book formatted, uploaded and selling.

Do you want to self-publish on Amazon but think the process will be too complicated?

This course will show you exactly what you need to do, step-by-step, in non-tech speak, taking you from a bog standard Word document to a published book the easy way.

Learn how to:

· Correctly format your book for both Kindle and KDP Print

· How to upload it to Amazon and what to include in every box through the upload process

· How to let people know that your book exists

Work through each step at your own pace and stop worrying about the techy side of publishing – you’ve got this.

Click here for more details and to sign up.

Free Challenges

#NaNoWriMo Preparation Challenge

Doing #NaNoWriMo and want to make sure you do it right? The key to succeeding at #NaNoWriMo is all about the preparation and the completely free #NaNoWriMo Preparation Challenge will take you through all of the steps you need to complete to get set up the right way.

The challenge will run over five days. Each day will have short tasks that will put you one step closer to being ready to smash #NaNoWriMo. You will get free charts and work sheets to fill in to ensure you know your plot, your characters and your timeline.

Here’s what you can expect from the challenge:

· Day One – Signing up to #NaNoWriMo and genre choosing

· Day Two – Outlining your central theme and characters

· Day Three – Start piecing together your story

· Day Four – Chapter goals, conflict resolution and plot holes

· Day Five – Updating your #NaNoWriMo profile and setting goals

Taking part in the free challenge will not only teach you some useful tricks for staying on track with #NaNoWriMo, it will also ensure you’re in a supportive environment with other people who get the struggles of writing a novel this way and you can benefit from help and advice from someone who has done this before.

Once you’ve completed the five-day challenge, don’t worry, you won’t be on your own. Stay in the Facebook group for support and encouragement all throughout November.

The challenge will be running in October. Once sign ups are open, this page will be updated.

The Looking Back and Looking Forward Challenge

Want to really nail your goal setting this year and make sure next year is the year where you absolutely smash it?

Join me for the three day FREE Looking Back and Looking Forward Challenge where you will assess this last year, and then plan out realistic, measurable writing goals and track exactly when and how you will achieve them.

This challenge will be running in December. Once sign ups are open, this page will be updated.