Memory Keepers’ Workshop

25th October – 1st November 2011

The Workshop

Join Joan Fallon and J G Harlond (Jane) for a workshop holiday dedicated to recording memories and writing about true events. The group we take is a maximum of twelve participants.

Is it the holiday for you?

Do you have a story to tell? We live in a fast-changing world and it is so easy to forget what life was like when we were young. Our children and grandchildren would not recognise the places that we knew so well.

All of us have something to say about life back then, so wouldn’t it be nice to have a written account to pass on to future generations; it could be of your childhood or early working life, or maybe something about your travels or life abroad. Perhaps you have lived through events that ought to be recorded or know someone whose story should be told. Whatever your ideas, we can help you write about them.

This workshop is designed to help you unlock those memories and write them down in a clear manner. Our tutors, both professional writers, will help you organise and record your thoughts and give you some guidelines on how they can be published in the printed form so that you can distribute them to family and friends or maybe even sell them.

No previous experience of writing is required but you will find it helpful if you write down your ideas before you arrive and bring some notes with you. A portable computer is handy, but not essential. We will provide basic writing materials.

Although Memory Keepers is a writing workshop we are keen to emphasise that it is also a holiday and there will be the time and opportunity to relax and enjoy this convivial setting. If you feel in need of exercise you can wander around the spacious grounds of the Finca del Nino and, for the more energetic, the beach is only half an hour’s walking distance away.

The Tutors

The workshop is run with two tutors for a maximum of twelve participants. Sometimes we will work with the whole group and at other times we will split the group into two halves. The tutors will also provide you with individual feedback and coaching.

Joan Fallon

Joan is the author of a social history “Daughters of Spain” and the novel “Between the Sierra and the Sea”. Both books are published by Pegasus Elliott Mackenzie and available from bookshops and on-line. She has lived in southern Spain since 1998. You can find out more about Joan by going to her website www.joanfallon.co.uk.

 

J G Harlond

Jane is the author of historical novels “The Magpie” and forthcoming “The Chosen Man”; she also writes educational material under her married name. Jane is married to a Spaniard and has lived in a number of different countries. You can find out more about Jane by visiting her website www.jgharlond.name

For more information on the Memory Keepers’ Workshop email Joan on jfalloncook@yahoo.es

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