LOOK at my BOOK, DAMMIT! WORKSHOP Sep 9-12, 2021

LOOK at my BOOK, DAMMIT!     Grab Agents, Editors, and Readers

an unforgettable stay of concentrated writing at a tropical writing retreat

A WRITING INTENSIVE OVER 4 DAYS & 3 NIGHTS at August Words House, a 2-bedroom pool home designed by a writer for writers.  An in-depth, personalized intensive giving you the tools to make your book, fiction or nonfiction, as successful as possible. Take your book project deeper, wider, higher with popular writing instructor Cricket Freeman, agent, editor, publisher, author, with 30+ years experience.  All gourmet meals and snacks included.

PERFECT FOR WRITING GROUPS  Come alone or share the experience with 2 to 5 of your fellow writers. A small, close group travelling and sharing a house makes the experience so much more fun. Plus, you’ll cut the cost - with 6, it’s less than half price per person!

You’re so frustrated by lack of attention for your book you’re about to scream.  
Fiction or nonfiction, do you want readers to give your book a GOOD look?
Then double down and REALLY look at it yourself, in detail, before they do.

• Learn what agents, editors, and readers flip for
• Grasp secrets of standing out in a whopping crowd
• Boost your readership
• Jump into the top 10% with agents and editors
• Strategize for embarking on self publication
• Quadruple your odds of selling your book before you write it

Learn to toss off your writer’s hat and look at your book like agents, editors, & readers do.

Go from WRITER to AUTHOR

WHAT WE'LL DO:  Thursday evening we'll gather for wine, cheese, and a casual dinner poolside to discuss your book in broad strokes, explore book structures, and have a freewheeling discussion of your book in publishing today.   All of Friday morning we'll dig into unique details of your book and expand it, lunch will be catered in, then you're on your own for the rest of the afternoon - writing, working on what you learned in the morning, swimming, or discovering the joys of Vero Beach: the beach, museums, bookstores. In the evening we’ll go out to a colorful local restaurant for a fun dinner, discussing your book, writing, and marketing over fine food. All of Saturday morning, we’ll explore what you’ve accomplished thus far, dig deeper and set new goals, and with lunch catered in, you’ll have another afternoon to work diligently or explore before going out for a fabulous oceanside dinner and more writing and workshop conversation. Together, we'll shape your book on Sunday over a lovely brunch, developing your own personalized plan to complete your project once back at home.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

• Accommodations for up to 6 in a 2 BR/2 BA pool home
  • 2 queen beds in 2 BR + sofabed in Library, luxury linens
  • 2 bathrooms with towels
  • Solar-heated pool
  • WiFi & cable, smart TV, B&W laser printer
  • Fully-equipped kitchen, ready for cooking up fun and new ideas with your fellow writers
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• Meals – breakfasts and catered lunches at August Words House, dinners and Sunday brunch at fascinating local restaurants (alcohol not incl)
• Transportation to/from local restaurants (transportation to/from August Words House not incl, see AugustWordsHouse.com for options)
• Examination and discussion of your book project
• A copy of Cricket Freeman’s comprehensive workbook, LOOK at my BOOK, DAMMIT!

WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING:

• A book proposal, if you have one
• Your choice: any or all: notes, outlines, manuscript, author bio, sample chapters, photos, etc.
• Your favorite for writing: laptop, tablet, notebook & pen, or ???
• Your most creative mind

YOUR WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR:

   CRICKET FREEMAN, Agent, Editor, Publisher, Author   

Discover how to show off your book from a bawdy Southern broad who’s been on all sides of the editorial desk. She feels your pain; she’s a writer just like you.  Cricket began her writing and publishing career in the 1980s on an Olympia typewriter and was dubbed a damn-fine writer by a drunken bestselling author who happened to grace her guestroom one summer. She plucked ahead over the years through computers, email, websites, and e-publishing, adding titles as she piled on credits:

• Freelance writer - magazines, politicians, & businesses
• Editor-in-chief - national full-color slick magazine
• Ghostwriter, editor, book & cover designer, photographer, book producer - small publishers
• Speaker & writing instructor - writers conferences & schools
• Literary agent - The August Agency
• Publisher - August Words Publishing
• Host & instructor - August Words House, tropical writing retreat

WANT TO KNOW MORE?

• AugustWordsHouse.com
• CricketFreeman.com
• AugustAgency.com
• augustwords.org

REFUNDS:  Things happen.  However, workshops are popular, booked well in advance, and once booked, are difficult to fill at the last minute.  Please try to fill any open slots in your workshop yourself by substituting another writer.  In cases of calamity or illness, refunds of $900 can be extended for those writers unable to attend.