Julie Hartley

We have not been idle through these strange COVID days. The Centauri School for Writers launches this week, and our first course is up! The Art of Story is an 8...-module program exploring the techniques necessary to build the first draft of a novel, short story or memoir. It includes 8 hours of video 'lessons', supplementary materials, editing advice and more than 30 prompts. I've discovered that recording video content is something I love to do! Check it out at centauriwriters.com See more

Viritual camps for creative writers aged 8-18 this summer (and if you're older than that, check out https://centauriwriters.com/ !

We are enormously proud and excited to announce our latest arts project: the Centauri School for Writers! Check out our website for details of our first course, which consists of 8 video modules, each covering a specific writing technique. 'The Art of Story' also includes about 30 writing prompts (each linked to a technique), editing advice and more. centauriwriters.com

Join me for free weekly writing workshops, online! The next is Monday 11th May, 11am EDT: Write to Relax. To hold your space, email [email protected]. See you there!

We're running Virtual Creative Writing classes for kids and teens! Please share on to anyone who might be interested!

We will need personal connection at times like this, so at 8.30pm every night I will be telling a bedtime story, using traditional camp stories I've told 'in person' for years. Please join us! Go to Centauri Arts Camp at 8.30pm each evening, starting tomorrow!

Such wonderful words to read about my novel - thank you, Patricia Ann Knight Meyer, for sharing this!

Dinner and flambé dessert inLa Fortuna!

An unexpected guest in our writing workshop today - he’s about three inches long

We're expanding our writing retreats! I love doing them so much. Inspiring writers, great discussions, fabulous scenery and food, sightseeing, plus a bit of time for my own writing. The best part is seeing participants connect deeply to their writing, and each other. And now, I get to do it in Mexico, too! https://www.centauriarts.com/retreats/