STANDARD SPA MIAMI BEACH - New dates Coming soon

​Author's Workshop:
Three Questions Authors Dread with Ellen Frazer-Jameson

Three Questions Authors Dread with Ellen Frazer-Jameson Three questions authors dread. How is the book coming along? What’s it about?  What makes you think anyone would want to read it? As we work together to craft a unique ‘elevator pitch’ you will provide the answers to these questions and focus your mind on the main elements of your book.  Is it a memoir, a novel or a work of non-fiction?  What is your genre?  What age group are your potential readers?  Are you planning to produce a print book, an e book or an audio book – or all three?  We look at advantages and disadvantages in each publishing field.   Armed with insight to the main characteristics of your book, you can confidently answer, ‘The book is coming along just great, thanks for asking.’ 

Author's Workshop:
​To Plot or Not to Plot with
​Ellen Frazer-Jameson

To plot or not to plot. Some writers plan every detail of their books. They draw up spreadsheets, structure chapter headings, cross reference, index and follow a formula from start to finish. Others fly by the seat of their pants. They allow the story to roam free, change direction, create and eliminate new characters at will. Which is best? Do you like vanilla or chocolate ice cream?
Both offer pathways to creativity within the writing project but there are questions about which method best allows your particular brand of creativity to flourish. Learn the techniques that best serve different methods of developing and coordinating a narrative and timeline for your book. ​

Author's Workshop: Don't Worry About Getting it Right with Ellen Frazer-Jameson
Don’t worry about getting it right – just get it written. Editing as you write produces unnecessary stress as you try so desperately to find exactly the right words. At the early stages of producing words on paper, to analyze is to paralyze. All books need to go through several draft processes where you revise and adapt and fine tune one word at a time. Re-reading what you’ve written in a wider context illuminates areas that may have held you up or even discouraged so much you wanted to give up and start again. We examine the various processes of editing and also take a look at writer’s tools from thesauruses to spellcheck.   The only successful method of writing a book – sit at your working space and produce words on the page. What causes writer’s block and how to overcome it. ​

Author's Workshop: 
Does Your Work Answer Five Essential Questions?

Does your work answer the five essential questions?  Who, what, where, when and why?  Ask this of all your people, places and things.   Story lines, characters, locations and dialogue come to life when they are authentic. How much research is enough? The map is not the county. Readers hate fake. How to make your work truthful and unique. Why to write what you know delivers an emotional experience to the reader. Every book needs a message, If you expect people to engage with your writing, they need to have a value point with which to relate. What’s your message?  Your book has the potential to change lives – even your own. Ensure that your words are authentic and carry meaning.  Even a joke book has a purpose – to make it meaningful it has to be funny.  Your story is unique because you are unique, only you have experienced your life and felt the emotions, learned the lessons and earned the right to pass on what you know to enrich the lives of others.   What’s your story? Writers Unite at the Standard Spa. Bring your ideas, analyze writing problems, learn tricks of the trade.    The secret that no one will reveal.  It is a fact that there is one four-letter word that will kill your novel’s chance of being a bestseller. Join the Writers at the Spa and I’ll let you into the secret.  $7
Q&A -  ?Questions? - We have answers  ​

​NEW CLASSES - ONLINE
SIGN UP NOW -  author's-quest.thinkific.com
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SUMMER WRITING SESSIONS AT THE
STANDARD, MIAMI BEACH - to be confirmed
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Write YOUR Book  - Aspiring Authors, 
The time has come to share your thoughts, dreams and experiences with a wider audience. Whether you want to write a family history, a self-help book or a novel, or even a blog, you can achieve it.  With a little help .....

The Writer's Group at the Spa at the Standard Hotel on Miami Beach, resumes next Wednesday.  From 7-8.30pm you will be guided and inspired by author and broadcaster Ellen Frazer Jameson and the other aspiring authors in the class to write YOUR book. 

Writers from the last season have already published their books.  

Following a tried and tested process, you could have YOUR book on the coffee table by New Years.  How amazing would that feel?

Places are limited to ensure time for 1-on-1 instruction, so please sign up direct at 
thespa@standardhotels.com  305 704 3945 
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Each class comes with a FREE spa day pass - the perfect place to retreat and write YOUR book. 
IF  'TO WRITE A BOOK'  is on YOUR Wish List.  Do it NOW!


An overview. -  AUTHOR RETREAT - DATES TO BE CONFIRMED 

The three-day workshop is designed to give new authors a kick start and a game plan to pursue their publishing dreams.  My intention is to guide writers towards the practicalities of becoming an author and identifying a niche market for their books. 
One-on-one work ensures that we start from where you are now – and provide a pathway to where you want to go. 
 
FIRST SESSION Friday night is all about getting to know you and learning the areas in which you require direction.  We will discuss your objectives and read any written material you already have for consideration.   

Saturday sessions - with free time after lunch - will focus on techniques, tips and planning models to get your book written.  The late afternoon session will answer questions and identify roadblocks or the obstacles stopping you from reaching your goal.  Daily, weekly and monthly writing disciplines are put in place.  Words count.  Methods of structuring your ideas and focusing on the big picture and, if you are near to publication, current options for publishing success.
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Sunday morning we focus on the ways and means for you to progress your book from  idea to publication.   
 
The Standard Spa is the perfect place to relax and whether you are resident or not, you will have time to pamper yourself and enjoy the excellent facilities. You will receive a Spa Day Pass (value $75) for each of the three days of the Author Retreat. In the luxurious bayside grounds of The Spa on Miami Beach, you can find inspiration to go forward with your dreams of publishing a book.  By the time you leave, you will have a roadmap to take you to the next stage of your writing journey. 
 
https://youtu.be/F9euZ3l1n1k
YouTube video of interview on Author Chat Show with host Lynda D. Brown 
https://youtu.be/F9euZ3l1n1k
 SEE YOU THERE !!!!

TONIGHT
MIDSUMMER

SHAKESPEARE TROUPE OF SOUTH FLORIDA GABLESTAGE, CORAL GABLES 
SCENES OF POWER
7.30Pm 

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Dark Hole in My Soul
​NOW ON SALE- Print e-book

​LOVE KILLS WITH A KISS- NOW ON SALE

LOOK OUT FOR THE LATEST NEWS ON

Launch of DARK HOLE IN MY SOUL
Audio Book of Seven Steps to Fabulous narrated by Mel Elliott - Mel's British Voice
​Launch of Love Mother Love Daughter - narrated by LA actress, Virginia Ferguson

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Love Trilogy
Book One Love Mother Love Daughter
Book Two Love Refuses to Die
Book Three Love Kills with a Kiss 

LOVE KILLS WITH A KISS - 
fascinating conclusion of Love Trilogy 
Launched at Miami International Book Fair 

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Miami Book Fair Friday 17th November 2017

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Meet the author
MIAMI INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR   
Come and meet Ellen in Writer's Row 
A free copy of her style guide Seven Steps to Fabulous if you
mention this website, facebook or twitter account.
Ellen Frazer-Jameson
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Thrillerfest July 2017
Following a highly successful Thrillerfest 
Ellen Frazer-Jameson will be attending again in 2017
and is looking forward to meeting other authors, members and participants. If you would like to arrange a meet up with Ellen please click here.
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Debut novel
Described as 'a brilliant debut novel' by ITW international bestselling crime writer, Peter James, Ellen's debut novel Love Mother Love Daughter is available.
To purchase a copy from Amazon.co.uk please click here.
To purchase a copy from Amazon.com please click here.
To request a review copy, please click here.