Robin Sparks organizes writing retreats and workshops all over the world, and this October I am the speaker at her Bali writer’s retreat. Many writers would like to make time for this type of break, so I thought you might like to hear more about Robin and Bali.

Tell us a bit about you and the vacations you run

I have a Turkish based company called Oneworld Ltd. I set up writing workshops around the world, most recently in Bali and Turkey, two of my favorite places on the planet. I provide private flats for short term rent to global travelers in San Francisco, Istanbul and Bali. I am a freelance writer currently writing a book about my search through 4 continents and 12 countries for a new home.

Why are writing retreats important?

Writing retreats are a time to focus solely on your writing accompanied by other authors and top notch instructors. They are an excellent way to recharge and kick your writing up a notch.The perfect vacation for me and many people I know is one with a purpose – where you can relax, learn and be inspired. I began organizing writing retreats in 2002 because it was on a photography retreat 15 years ago where I found the inspiration to write for a living – and where I learned from the other writers there, how to do that.

Bali landscape

Can you tell us a bit about the Bali retreat in October?

This retreat is for writers who are boggled about how to get the book out of their head and out into the world. It will be full of information about how to bypass the traditional publishing bottleneck in a way that will grab the attention of traditional publishers, should one wish to go that route. Current conditions are such that publishers are looking for authors who have already established a platform and following. We will show authors how to prepare a platform and create buzz so that their book will take off and be launched successfully into the world, with or without major publishers.

What is Bali like as a holiday destination? What is so special about it?

Bali is a magical place – beautiful, peaceful. It is but a tiny speck on an atlas, yet, it is known world wide for its idyllic nature. I myself have searched the world for 10 years for the perfect place for a home away from home. Bali comes as close as any. It is warm and tropical, with beauty etched into every inch. Architecture that integrates the indoors with the outdoors.

It has a culture that remains unchanged from hundreds of years ago. Ubud, where the retreat is based, means healing, and true to its name it is a healing mecca where the energy is very conducive to change. The Balinese still observe spiritual rites and practices putting them above all else.

Is Bali a safe destination?

Entirely safe. Bali is Hindu. Hinduism is tolerant of all religions and beliefs. Women can walk anytime day or night and never have to worry about their safety. You are much safer here than in most western countries. Physical assault is virtually unheard of on the island. People leave their doors unlocked…we hear nothing of the muslim oriented goings ons in the rest of the world. Bali is sort of a bubble where tradition and culture go on as they have for hundreds of years, oblivious to what is transpiring in the rest of the world.

What is the resort like?

You can see photos of the resort here. It is gorgeous, quiet, private…rooms are surrounded by magnificent gardens. Seemingly away from it all, while only 5 minutes from the center of Ubud. The staff are quiet and attentive. It is luxurious without being ostentatious . There are regular shuttle buses into town. At the Kumara Sakti Resort, you’ll be blown away by the natural beauty….all your worries will be taken care of, leaving you free to write and learn.

Each room is different, and each private, surrounded by garden and some with rice paddy views. Each has a terrace and guests may choose to dine alone or with the group in the outdoor dining area. There are two pools and a yoga pavilion where we will hold our class meetings. It is situated on a hillside – the rooms are graduated on a hill. It is on the grounds of a Balinese prince’s home. Some shared rooms, some private with all the conveniences of a fine hotel – A.C. (although not necessary), hair dryers, refrigerator. Outdoor dining area.

What is the food like?

Delicious, organic, and healthy. Bali is very health conscious and there are numerous organic farmers. There are many international restaurants with cuisine that rivals that of some of the world’s most classy cities. It sets a high bar for quality and at Kumara Sakti, the trained chefs are well versed the preparation of food that is of the highest quality.

What kinds of cultural events will we be doing during the retreat?

We will attend a Balinese dance performance at the local temple. Participants will receive one free massage and can opt for more at the on-site spa. We will take a walk through achingly lovely rice paddies to the fabulous open air restaurant perched high above the rice paddies for a luncheon. The rest of the time we will be discussing our books and how to get them out in to the world. There are oodles of things to do for those who wish to come before or after the workshop. And if anyone wishes to go to the market or attend the many other activities in Ubud, they only need as the hotel staff to help them.

Beautiful Bali

The Ubud Writer’s Festival is on after the retreat finishes. Ubud inspired the last section of Eat, Pray, Love because of its magical qualities and the place where Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love. The Ubud Writers Festival promises to feature some amazing authors and people in the publishing business..keep an eye on their website as the full program will be up in early August. This is to be the fourth year of the writers festival. Last year featured Vikas Swarup, author of Q& A, which went on to be made into the movie Slumdog Millionaire. The students of Write and Sell That Book Now! will get 10% off the package price for the Writers Festival.

The theme is of this years writers festival is Harmony in Diversity. The International Publishers Forum will run a ‘Meet the Publishers’ area for 3 days, where writers will have access to international publishers, agents, designers, and other industry representatives. There will be an emphasis this year on Digital Publishing, the perfect segue to our workshop. Other workshops will cover writing craft, self-publishing, online promotion, and blogging.

What will the teaching sessions be about?

The workshops are focussed around themes (more detail here), and Joanna will be speaking on the following:

Write Your Book: How to get creative and find inspiration, the psychology of writing, dealing with blocks, writing exercises. Plus how to practically write your book: tips and techniques for writing, outlining, editing and structuring your book.

Publish Your Book: The publishing quadrant including: traditional publishing, self-publishing, print-on-demand, ebooks and digital publishing – what’s right for your book. Detailed session on how to publish ebooks, getting your book on the Kindle and more.

How to Build Your Author Platform: The Author 2.0 Model and how to build your platform so book buyers  (and even publishers) will come to you. WhySimon & Schuster want you to blog, social network and use video - and how to do it better than most other writers so you stand out. Plus, Author Tech Masterclass when you can build that blog, hands on help with social networking, videos and more.

Making Money as a Writer: How to build a business online as an author, multiple streams of income, tools and techniques for selling on the internet.

There will also be informal sessions every evening to share and discuss your work in progress, as well as wonderful food and time to relax.

Basically the retreat is for people who want to get their book finished, jumpstart their author platform building and actually make a business from writing.

How much will it cost?

$1575 for shared room and $1875 for single room (flights not included). Includes all classes and workshops, accommodations, meals and events. $300 discount to all who sign up before August 1. As this is an exclusive retreat, when we reach 15 participants, we will close registration.

How can people book?

Just click here for more information and to reserve your place. We look forward to seeing you in Bali!

Images: All images from Robin Sparks, Joanna Penn or Kumara Sakti resort.

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I'm in Oxford, UK for Christmas - where are you?

Happy Holidays to you all!

I’m freezing in England enjoying Christmas with my family, but back to the warmth of Australia soon.

I hope you have a happy time too. Remember to celebrate your writing successes this year as well as enjoying time with family and friends.

Let’s look forward to coming achievements in 2010!

Image: Flickr CC Marianovsky

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This is an inspirational podcast! Alastair Humphreys is the author of 3 books, an adventurer and inspirational speaker based in London, England. He spent 4 years cycling around the world – 46,000 miles across 5 continents for charity. An amazing story and full of tips for writers as well.

In this podcast you will learn:

• How Alastair made it round the world over 4 years for very little money
• Learning how to write by reading and just getting on with it
• Writing a diary on the road and then turning it into a book (and how his Mum typed them all up over the years!)
• On the inspiration of Steinbeck and Hemingway (and is Ayn Rand “Atlas Shrugged” life-changing?)
• Loneliness vs. solitude in the life of a traveller and writer.
• How honest writing can really connect with your audience. Travel writing is not just about beautiful scenery.
• The use of fictional techniques in ‘truthful’ non-fiction writing
• Alastair’s publishing journey
• Being an evangelist for self-publishing and print-on-demand
• “Setting small targets to achieve outrageous goals”: How to write a book as well as cycling round the world!
• Make a bold statement of your goal – and then take the small steps to get there.
• On giving books away for free in an attempt to drive print book sales
• Internet book marketing is critical if you are self-publishing. Interesting, regularly updated blog and social networking are top tips.
• Your internet following will grow over time – it is not a ‘get rich quick’ solution but you will get there!
• Making a living with speaking and how books help that career
• The next outrageous goal: an unsupported return journey across the South Pole

You can read Alastair’s books online or Purchase them here. He is also available for Speaking events (or contact him for phone interviews!)

His website http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/ is packed with fascinating information and is a great resource for any aspiring travel writers.

He also has a Flickr site for photos and you can watch his videos online here. You can contact Alastair on his website or through Twitter @Al_Humphreys

Here’s a brilliant video – around the world in 3 minutes.

Round the World in 3 Minutes from alastair Humphreys on Vimeo.

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I’m back from my UK trip and have been to some wonderful places! Here is a quick round-up of my impressions and experiences in the hope of inspiring you on your next literary trip! I have added a new category of Literary Travel to the blog as I fully intend to continue this series.(Literary Venice for New Year I think!)

The Bodleian Library, Oxford

The Divinity School, Bodleian Library

The Rad Cam at the Bodleian was my library but there are lots of different sections and I had never actually done the official Bodleian tour. So I finally visited the Duke Humphrey’s Reading Room, one of the oldest in Oxford. It is quite impractical but very beautiful. Most of the tomes are for show only but they resonate with history (it must be the layers of dust and grime from many student fingers!).  They have one chained book there still from the times when readers had to use a lecturn for the huge volumes chained to the shelves. I also didn’t know that under Edward VI (16th century) all the books in the library were burned just in case any of them were papist. How devastating that must have been for the librarian at the time!

The Bodleian was designed for all book-lovers, not just for students so you can apply to be a reader there if you have research to be done. I am sorely tempted to return when Bruce Chatwin’s diaries are released in 2010. You can also become a Friend of the Bodleian if you would like to give extra support.

I had a marvellous walk around the town on one beautiful day, walked through Christchurch Meadow, visited old literary haunts like the Lamb and Flag (where Tolkien drank) and the Oxford University Press.

Library at Mansfield College, Oxford

At the wedding of 2 dear friends I also popped into my old college library, Mansfield. More Pictures from the Oxford trip are here on Flickr. If you go to Oxford, be sure to visit Blackwells Bookshop which is cavernous and The Covered Markets for lunch.

Oxford students also haven’t changed much since I was there – overheard in one cafe “You mean I can’t use Wikipedia for my essay?”

The British Library, London

I was stunned by the British Library. I lived in London for 3 years and haven’t been before – I definitely missed out!

It sits in an unassuming building next to Kings Cross/St Pancras station and is easy to miss. But definitely a must see for biblioholics in London! In one huge room, they have literary treasures that make your jaw drop.

Important documents like the Magna Carta from 1215,  as well as one of Gutenberg’s first printed Bibles. Both volumes of the Codex Sinaiticus were on display and I could actually read it which was brilliant! (I did ancient Greek with theology so it is not so unusual!).

They also had an amazing collection of written diaries and books including Captain James Cook’s journal, Virginia Woolf’s notebook for Mrs Dalloway, Sylvia Plath’s handwritten poems, pages from Leonardo Da Vinci’s notebook and even handwritten lyrics from the Beatles – an eclectic mix!

One of my favourite pieces was a handwritten draft from Thomas Hardy. It was heavily edited in his own hand with only a few sentences remaining unchanged. He had also changed the title from “A daughter of the D’Urbevilles” to “Tess of the D’Urbevilles”. If you haven’t read Hardy, he is English literature at its finest so highly recommended. This particularly encouraged me as it shows the editing process is something all writers have to do, however great their finished work seems.

They also had a Henry VIII exhibition – for anyone who is enjoying The Tudors it forms a great historical backdrop! I was also quite taken with the Audio archives. You can sit and listen to great voices of history. I heard the voice of Albert Einstein for the first time, and also enjoyed Sigmund Freud, Martin Luther King and JFK’s “Ich bin Berliner” speech. Ernest Hemingway in his 1954 Nobel Prize acceptance speech said “A writer..must face eternity – or the lack of it – each day”. I have only just discovered how much I enjoy hearing people’s voices in order to connect with them and their work. Listening to these people made me more determined to continue podcasting – and authors, get your voices out there!

In terms of supporting the Library, they have a fantastic Adopt a Book program. A great present for bibliophiles! (and something I am investigating for this blog!)

More pictures from London are here on Flickr.

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The British Library has so much knowledge held within it that it is an overwhelming (but exciting!) place to visit! It is the national library of the United Kingdom and holds over 150 million items.

The marriage of print texts and beautiful physical books with technology, allowing search and access, is remarkably demonstrated on the network of websites within the Library.

Here are just some of the treasures that you can access online as well.

It is the home of the Magna Carta, a parchment from the year 1215 that documents the justice system of the time and places limits on the King’s authority. You can view it online.

Read some of the most famous books online including Leonardo Da Vinci sketches, Lewis Carroll’s Alic in Wonderland, Henry VIII’s psalter (prayer book). You can also check out the Gutenberg Bible – the earliest printed book, as well as Thomas Malory’s Morte D’Arthur , Chaucer and Shakespeare manuscripts.

Check out some of the resident blogs here, including Henry VIII blog (anyone else love The Tudors!)

It is part of the Codex Sinaiticus Project – the handwritten Bible over 1600 years old – you can view the entire manuscript online (what’s left of it anyway!)

Here is a brilliant gift idea for bibliophiles – Adopt a Book and help preserve physical books

The Library also embraces technology – they are on Twitter @britishlibrary and on YouTube as well as Facebook

Photo: Flickr Creative Commons SteveCadman

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The Bodleian Library, Oxford is a marvellous place for bibliophiles! Above ground, it is gorgeous architecture and towering shelvesof books. Below ground, it is vast corridors of underground stacks where ancient writings whisper together.

The Radcliffe Camera, Oxford

As a student, I studied in the gorgeous Radcliffe Camera, (the Rad Cam), a rotunda with high windows and lots of theological texts. In the early 90s, we still requested books by finding them on a green screen computer and then writing a paper slip to give to a librarian. The book would be searched for and might appear hours or days later. The Rad Cam is just one of the Reading Rooms you can study in within the Bodleian.

The Duke Humfrey’s is the oldest reading room in the Bodleian and contains special and rare book collections. Only pencils are allowed in this room! It was used as Hogwart’s Library in the Harry Potter movies.

Oxford is renowned for it’s traditional outlook, and yet the Bodleian is looking to the future of digital archiving for its book collection. The futureArch project is developing a system for hybrid archival collections as well as addressing material that is born digital. The Bodleian receives a copy of every book published in the UK so they must be looking at ebooks and archiving copies of those too! They are also looking back at preserving manuscripts and understanding old texts, so don’t worry if you love the old ways.

Click here for some images of the rare and famous books that the Bodleian has.

Bodleian Quad

There is also a Bodleian podcast including The Magna Carta at Oxford, celebrating Milton and the Creation story as told in the Bible, Torah and the Qur’an. Wonderful stuff!

Images: Rad Cam by Flickr CC Prabhu B

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Oxford, England is one of my most special places and I am returning this week for a wedding so I thought I would share some of it with you. It is an amazing city full of layers of history. In the next few weeks I will share places and people associated with Oxford, as well as some video and audio I will post while I am there.

Mansfield College, Oxford

I first fell in love with Oxford when reading of Christminster as Jerusalem in Thomas Hardy’s “Jude The Obscure“. These cities combine in my head to form a romantic, literary heaven (far from actuality but they are still magical!). I studied Theology at Mansfield College, University of Oxford between 1994-1997. It was a fantastic time and my love of Oxford endures.

JRR Tolkien, author of “The Lord of the Rings” studied as an undergraduate at Exeter College, and later lived and worked in Oxford. He used to meet with C. S Lewis, author of “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe” at the Eagle & Child pub, and then later The Lamb & Flag. English pubs in Oxford are a hotbed of literary activity – particularly in the winter with some mulled wine!

T E Lawrence started writing “Seven Pillars of Wisdom” whilst at All Souls College. I love that book and this quote is one of my favourite.

“All men dream: but not equally.Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.”

Oscar Wilde also went to Magdalen College, Oxford. He wrote “The two great turning points in my life were when my father sent me to Oxford, and when society sent me to prison”. He wrote many poems while he was there, and graduated with a double first in Greats.

Shelley Memorial

Other poets who studied at Oxford include Percy Bysshe Shelley, who wrote Ozymandias and was sent down (expelled) for writing “The Necessity of Atheism” and Gerard Manley Hopkins who went to Balliol College.

For more literary figures who went to Oxford colleges, check out this listing.

Image: Flickr Creative Commons Nomadical

The following video is aimed at students who would like to study at Oxford so has a funky soundtrack, but the images are pretty good!

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This is a brief interlude post because I am off the UK tomorrow for 12 days. All the way from Brisbane, Australia through Brunei, Dubai to London, England. You probably know I am English but have spent the last 9 years in New Zealand and Australia. I am going ‘home’ for a friends wedding, and also to see my family and old friends.

I am also taking the opportunity to share literary travelling with you. I have some scheduled posts on Literary Oxford (my spiritual home) and Literary London, and I will also be posting mini-audios, pictures and video on places and people you might be interested in.

I will be tweeting as I go as well @thecreativepenn . If you’re not on Twitter, my FriendFeed will have it all as well.

I’d love to know what YOU want to know about literary Oxford and London – so please leave a comment here or on one of the upcoming blog posts.

I also have some speaking events, live and online over the next few months you might be interested in. I’d love to connect with any of the readers of my blog – we share such a fundamental interest!

Just published: Audio podcast with me and Kirk Biglione on BookSquare University : Using Web 2.0 tools to build your author platform

INTERNATIONAL: Wed Aug 26th @8pm EST – I am presenting at VIP Author Talks Teleclass on “How to use Web 2.0 to write, publish, sell and promote your book” with host Shelley Lieber. This is a FREE teleclass that anyone can join – just sign up here for details

BRISBANE: Tues 1 Sept 6.15 – 9pm I’m doing a workshop on “How to write, publish and sell your own book” at the Brisbane Woman Networking event – details here.

BRISBANE: Fri Sept 11 9.30-12.30 Brisbane, Mt Coot-tha : I’m speaking at the Women’s Writers Group run by Bev Ryan from Women’s Publishing Network

BRISBANE Writers Festival weekend 11-13 September. I am going to a number of the Writers Festival events so tweet/email if you will also be there. I shall be doing blog reports on the sessions as well – incl: Making movies from books, Literary Mashups and Self editing.

BYRON BAY Wed 30 Sept evening session as part of the “Write for your Life” tour with Jeremiah Abrams, Jungian Therapist and Author.
More details here.

I am available for speaking, teleseminars and other events – I love to share so just email me: joanna@TheCreativePenn.com

Here’s a little audio of me talking about the upcoming trip.

Image: Flickr Creative Commons Umang Dutt

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I spent last week in Bali, Indonesia, and thought I would share some thoughts and pictures with you. I also read Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestseller Eat, Pray, Love when I was there, and found that it broke some of the so called “literary rules”, so I have shaped my thoughts around examples from and about this lovely book. As a brief overview, it describes a year of change in her life, from divorce and depression in America, to pleasure in Italy, finding God in an Indian ashram and love in Bali. The pictures are my own from Bali, and there is a little audio at the end about my trip. Enjoy!

1) Allow time to be fallow. Bali is a rural country with a few key tourist cities, but you can be in the paddy fields within minutes from the beach, the lush green stalks in terraces across the interior. I spent a week there on my (delayed) honeymoon and decided to unhook myself. No internet, no email, no iPhone, no Twitter or Facebook, no blog. We scuba dived on the islands between Bali and Lombok, swam and slept, visited the Hindu temples and ate a lot of wonderful Indonesian food. I read lots of books but didn’t think too much about anything – just enjoyed life. It was a fantastic break. In a rural sense, this is leaving a field fallow, without crops, while it recovers its ability to grow again. This is what I experienced, and also what “Eat, Pray, Love” describes – the need to recover from life sometimes, to be away and refocus. I find myself now brimming with ideas and my brain has kicked back into high gear. I love my ‘working’ life, but I needed that time to be fallow. Do you need some time as well?

2) Cross Genre Writing. We are told that it is best to write within a genre, to be able to box our writing into a specific category. For the bookstore, for the catalogue, for the consumer to find us more easily. I had thought “Eat, Pray, Love” was a novel as I have seen it stacked as such in bookshops, but actually it could be described as narrative non-fiction/memoir with a splash of spiritual/new age and travel writing. It is criticised in the Bali Lonely Planet Travel guide as not showing the ‘real’ Bali, of leaving out the warts n’all view of the town of Ubud, choosing only the beautiful, perhaps giving the wrong impression. Bali is indeed a country of many faces, but so are we, and by rising above genre, we can write our complex selves.

3) Show, Don’t Tell. This must be one of the top 5 writing commandments, but I find it broken in “Eat, Pray, Love”, mainly in the section on India where Liz is in an ashram for months seeking God. It is hard to “show” communion with the divine, so she has to tell it. She also chooses to stay in the ashram to travel inside herself, as opposed to in the Indian country, so she has less to show about that period. It reads as confiding in us and telling a personal truth. I like the style of her writing, and the sections on meditation and divine experience are probably all the more believable as they balanced with enthusiastic over-eating in Italy, and fantastic sex in Bali. This is a woman who lives the spectrum, so you don’t get sick of the holy sections! Sometimes telling is better than showing.

4) Real Life Writing. I love that this book is so popular, because it contains the complexity of life. It is very honest, a portrayal of a seeker and her adventures from pleasure-seeker to ascetic spirituality. It has deserved success because so many will see a reflection of themselves in Liz. It encourages me because writing in that diary form is what I have always done, and assumed it was not acceptable. I didn’t write down all the details like travel writing, or true non-fiction, but choose beauty and remember that only.

Balinese Hindu Guardian - Black and white is for balance of good and evil

5) Hustle to Survive.

The Jakarta bombings happened at the end of the week, and we didn’t hear about it until we were leaving. Our taxi driver was lamenting the effect on tourism and his business, explaining how previous bombings have affected the island which mainly lives by tourism. It explained the constant selling that goes on there (similar to India) with people trying to sell souvenirs, transport, massage and more. It was annoying sometimes and I hated to be rude and ignore people, but I learnt that these people do have to hustle to survive. There is no other way. It is almost a numbers game as well – if you ask 50 people to look in your shop, someone will eventually say yes. For authors, we may not need to hustle to survive, but we certainly need to hustle to sell, and be less upset with rejection.

Here is a little audio (2 mins) about my trip.

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