Writing Your Memoir
There are so many ways to approach writing your memoir. Some can be a compilation of short stories exploring unlinked life events. Others can be the chronological journey through a life. They can be told with humour, or not.
The Best Laid Plans… New Dates for Allegra Huston’s Memoir Workshop
It was with a heavy heart we decided to reschedule the launch of SPARKS FLY retreats until 2023. This year has proven to be too unpredictable, COVID-wise, with increased cases and the wide spread of new variants. It seemed prudent to reschedule since our retreats involved international travel and the possibility of quarantines.
Developing Your Unique Creative Voice: A Creativity Workshop
Hester Schofield designed this program while teaching at Bournemouth University in the U.K., where she found herself dealing with frustrated students who told her, “But I’m not creative!” Hester believes that everyone is creative and that they can be taught how to tap into their individual innate creativity.
The Bluenose Lodge: Our New Venue!
The Bluenose Lodge had been on the market when we first planned our retreats. Last year it was bought, beautifully renovated and re-opened by Mark Trask.
Welcome to Lunenberg, Nova Scotia
We are happy to announce that our first two SPARKS FLY retreats, Memoir Writing and Creativity Training, will take place in May and June of 2022 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
At Long Last…
We started planning our retreats in 2019. The first was to be in Andalusia in the spring of 2020. Then, the world changed. COVID-19 changed every single thing about how we live, including travel and gatherings – dramatically.