What's coming up: Spring - Season of Growth
March, April and May for Notes from the Margin Paid Subscribers
Can you smell it? Spring - on the breeze, underfoot, scent of growth, lighter mornings, birdsong. It’s time to look towards the new season, and grow.
Below you’ll find my extra offerings for paid subscribers in March, April and May.
I am still navigating my mum’s cancer treatment and care, so please be aware that these dates might change at the last minute.
March
Saturday 15th March 2025 10am to 12pm UK TIME.
Paid subscriber half day drop in : Spring Growth Session
Via ZOOM
Come for an hour, come for two, drop in at any point or stay for the full session. Bring a long term project to work on, or take inspiration from prompts, quotes, poems and creative non fiction extracts.
I’m thinking of these sessions as places of organic growth, where you can plant the seeds of your creativity and come away energised and grounded in your creative practice. Although I will, in the future, be running sessions that are aimed at anyone wishing to connect themselves to their ancestry, landscape, nature etc, this session will work best if you are hoping to write, in whatever form that might take, including journalling.
There is no set way of working within the structure of the session, just bring whatever creativity you wish to grow. There will be two half hour prompt and quiet writing sessions and two growth sessions in which we’ll chat about the practical skills of writing - in this session we’ll be looking at pruning your work for better growth.
If you are a paid subscriber to Notes from the Margin you do not need to do anything, the zoom link will be in the body of a substack post like this one, delivered directly to your inbox.
April
April Write-Along
It’s that time of the year again! Every day in April, as a paid subscribers you will receive a writing prompt delivered direct to your inbox and access to the closed facebook group. This is a great way to boost your creativity, kick start your motivation and GET WRITING. I have used this format to work towards poetry collections and to motivate myself to finish book chapters. If your new year writing goals are starting to droop, this might be just the ticket to get you writing again.
May
Dawn, Lunchtime and Dusk write-Along sessions
Thursday 8th May 2025 - 7am to 8am UK Time - Breakfast Write Along
Thursday 15th May 2025 - 12.30pm -1.30pm UK Time - Lunch Time Write Along
Thursday 22nd May 2025 - 5.30pm - 6.30pm UK Time - Tea Time Write Along
Join me on zoom for an hour of communal writing. We’ll begin with a reading, an optional prompt and then we’ll settle down to some writing in the zoom room. Feel free to bring along a long term project, or use the space in another creative way. This is a place to be creative together, a gentle accountability to your creative self. If you are a paid subscriber to Notes from the Margin, you don’t need to do anything, your zoom link will appear in a paywalled substack post just before the event.
I hope I’ll see you there!
Until next time