Universities, Colleges, Museums, Galleries, Gardens, Stately Homes, and all places of learning - please contact Patricia to discuss your course requirements. [email protected]
Ongoing Mentoring - creative writing mentoring is tailored to your needs, tackling procrastination and creative blocks, it builds your confidence as a writer by offering a period of structured development, leading you to enter competitions regularly, look for funding opportunities, and examine routes to publication. Cost (2025) £70.00 per hour minimum 2 hour session once a month, one hour of which is my reading time and one hour contact time. Three sessions are booked and paid for in advance. Mentoring takes place in person, via Zoom or by telephone. If travel is involved, there is a mileage pre-agreed transport fee.
One Off Mentoring Session - with guidance on an agent approach - Fee 2025 £140 divided into £70 reading fee, £70 one-to-one in person or online. (Novel or Memoir 3 chapters, one-page synopsis.) Short fiction or Flash Fiction, up to up to 8,000 words in total). £70 one-to-one mentoring session in person or online.
Writing Retreats at The Artist's Studio - Norfolk Please contact Patricia by email to arrange a bespoke writing retreat. Website: www.norfolkcoastalretreats.co.uk to book email [email protected] or call Alex on 07919 093 941 Instagram: @theartistsstudio
Short story critiques - by email - a structured written critique of individual short stories. Up to 3,000 words £70 (£10 per thousand words thereafter). Creative enterprise mentoring - if you require help with a creative business start-up, need to write a business plan or proposal, source funding, or tackle the myriad tasks that a creative entrepreneur start-up requires, I can guide you each step of the way. Short Courses and Workshops - My workshops are small, friendly, and firm friendships often form. For tailored short courses or one-day workshops at your venue (Universities, colleges, galleries, museums, nature reserves, gardens, stately homes, visitor attractions, and all places of learning). £65 per person 2025. Workshop places are limited and spaces go quickly, so please book early.
As a member of The Society of Authors, I accept and adhere to their recommendations on remuneration rates for author workshops, teaching, mentoring, and appearances. I also support the Creative Rights Alliance in its campaign to protect creators' incomes and copyrights, especially in the light of current developments in AI. For further information on creators rights please use the link below. https://www.creatorsrightsalliance.org/