Georgina Key's Blog

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I am currently offering a variety of opportunities to writers: group workshops, individual mentoring/coaching, and full manuscript developmental editing. I can customize to a variety of budgets and needs. 
Watch this space for future writing retreat opportunities for both groups and individuals at my home in the Scottish Highlands (see my blog posts for photos of this gorgeous place).
Group Workshops
Grackle and Grackle--check their website here for offerings (rates vary per class). Or inquire about a customized workshop for your reading or writing group.

"If you're looking for a purposeful and creative way to spend a Saturday afternoon, look no further than Georgina Key's Lyrical Prose workshop. Here you will read stimulating prose together, write your won prose in response to writing prompts, music, and art, and bask in the glow of a warm and congenial atmosphere populated by other budding and experienced writers. Even though this workshop was on Zoom, the shared creative space that Georgina skillfully facilitated offered a rich and fertile soil for letting our imaginations run wild on paper. Highly recommend." Meenakshi

Individual Coaching Sessions (working manuscript)

(Weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly options). I customize my approach for each writer according to their needs and budget. I will line-read your submission and then provide detailed written feedback that we will discuss one-on-one in person or virtually. $100/hour.

"Georgina has processes for coaxing the seemingly elusive: creativity! Using a range of techniques, she soon has her writers putting words to paper and feeling thoroughly engaged in the possibilities. She has a warmth and passion for writing combined with a strong sense of quality that gives students the confidence to keep working and refining. Georgina is skillful at leading group classes with sensitivity and respect, creating a safe environment for participants to share. I highly recommend her classes for both the experienced and beginning writer." Aralee"It's been so helpful to have early feedback on sections of my new project, and I've thoroughly enjoyed stretching my writing muscles with your readings and prompts." Elise

Individual Developmental Editing

This is a full assessment of a completed first draft of a manuscript. I provide in-text notes along with written feedback offering suggestions for revision. Also included is a one-hour discussion of the written feedback. Fees: $100/hr (e.g. 80,000 words=approximately 30-40 hours depending on complexity and individual needs.)

 

"I couldn't see my novel finished before. Now I can. Big thumbs up." Mike

                                        

 

I always enjoy visiting book clubs and sharing my work. There are inevitably insightful questions and often interesting diversions--in this case extreme weather events, pirates, and ghostly encounters!

Email me for availability if you're interested.

 I thought I'd share some outdoor pics with you first as that's what initially drew me to this stunning part of the country. Although I grew up in England and have spent a large potion of my life in the US, I decided on Scotland as my new home for several reasons. I knew I wanted to move back to my roots, and Scotland is where my mother and her family are from. Another priority for me was climate. Texas is not my ideal climate--I relish cold weather and gray days. Yes, I even enjoy rainy weather. And I want seasons. So here I am...

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Guess What?!

Is this entry book-related? Yes, sort of. But most importantly, it's a life-changing moment for me. I've finally achieved a decades-long dream of moving back to the UK! 

Those of you who follow me on social media will have seen posts about my new adventures in bonnie Scotland where we recently bought an historic 1832 stone schoolhouse. It's on the edge of the Cairngorms in a remote part of the highlands, and I sit outside my house each day staring at the braes in awe of their stunning beauty.

This is the place my family are from. My grandfather was an Anderson and had that soft Scots burr that I find so beautiful. Mum went to boarding school here while her parents worked in Brasil, and she still has a visceral love of Scotland (bagpipes make her cry). She always shared stories of her life which I believe imprinted that love of Scotland onto me over the years.

When I spent time here two summers ago, I was walking along Rosemarkie beach and turned a corner to a sight that bought tears to my eyes--endless green hills dotted with purple heather under a gossamer gray sky. That's when I knew this was my place. So I made my dream come true and bought a house here. I still pinch myself!
If you don't do social media and want to follow my adventures in Bonnie Scotland, subscribe to this website for my latest shenanigans. I'll be sharing this remarkable landscape, jam-making from fruits at the bottom of my garden, experiments with dyeing wool from local plants I harvest (and hopefully grow next summer), renovations to my old house, working on my garden as the seasons change, and so much more!
And on a writing-related note, I'm currently working on my third novel, which is set in the UK...
Hope to see you again soon,g xo

 

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When people ask me what my latest novel, Syllables of the Briny World, is about, I tell them it's a hurricane ghost story. But it's not just a ghost story...

Hurricane Ghost Story Video

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Praise For Syllables of the Briny World

Georgina Key guides us through the sweeping sensorial landscape of Bolivar Peninsula on the Texas Gulf Coast during one of the deadliest weather events of living memory. Diving deep into the hearts and minds of her characters, we celebrate their private triumphs, while mourning the profound losses that come with them. Lush and lyrical, Syllables of the Briny World is a gorgeous rendering of life, love, and loss.

E. Piotrowicz, The Currach and the Corncrake and Mother of Wild Beasts

Part mystery, part love story, part survival saga, with prose that sparkles like the Gulf itself, Georgina Key immerses us in a magical geography which exists between reality and fantasy, in the uncertain realm where ocean meets a sliver of land.

Catherine Vance, The Mountains Under Her Feet

These pages are filled with tender and often spiritual questions about life and death and the way memory shapes our present and our future. Read to the end and be devastated by the sort of profound joy and solace that literature offers to our most pressing question of how we can learn to love each other, despite our broken souls. Heartbreaking and hearthealing, this book is a tender reminder that deep love in all its crazy manifestations is all that matters.

Robin Reagler, award-winning poet of Night Is This Anyway and Into The The

Georgina Key is a master of the deeply felt novel that can crack open your heart and move you to tears. Houses, humans and animals are lost, but the wild wind and flooding waters eventually teach these wonderful characters what’s really important – the brave connections we build with each other, despite the possible heartache living in all moments of deep love.

Cynthia Williams, ‘An Angel Serves a Small Breakfast,’ Tampa Review

Syllables of the Briny World brings beautiful depth to the sense of place. From the majesty and terror of the ocean to the ethereal dimensions that overlay our very own, Georgina Key’s words guide us to the ultimate place of being – our hearts. You come away knowing that our energies leave a most beautiful imprint behind, an imprint that forever connects us to one another.

Dawn Adams Cole, It's Not the Same for Us and Drops of Cerulean

Beautifully immersive characterization and storytelling that swept me from page to page as the flood waters rose.

Hannah Faoilean, ‘A Schoolgirl’s Swansong’ Writing Magazine

 

Order Here or Amazon or anywhere books are sold!Release Date April 26
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Praise For Syllables of the Briny World

Georgina Key guides us through the sweeping sensorial landscape of Bolivar Peninsula on the Texas Gulf Coast during one of the deadliest weather events of living memory. Diving deep into the hearts and minds of her characters, we celebrate their private triumphs, while mourning the profound losses that come with them. Lush and lyrical, Syllables of the Briny World is a gorgeous rendering of life, love, and loss.

E. Piotrowicz, The Currach and the Corncrake and Mother of Wild Beasts

Part mystery, part love story, part survival saga, with prose that sparkles like the Gulf itself, Georgina Key immerses us in a magical geography which exists between reality and fantasy, in the uncertain realm where ocean meets a sliver of land.

Catherine Vance, The Mountains Under Her Feet

These pages are filled with tender and often spiritual questions about life and death and the way memory shapes our present and our future. Read to the end and be devastated by the sort of profound joy and solace that literature offers to our most pressing question of how we can learn to love each other, despite our broken souls. Heartbreaking and hearthealing, this book is a tender reminder that deep love in all its crazy manifestations is all that matters.

Robin Reagler, award-winning poet of Night Is This Anyway and Into The The

Georgina Key is a master of the deeply felt novel that can crack open your heart and move you to tears. Houses, humans and animals are lost, but the wild wind and flooding waters eventually teach these wonderful characters what’s really important – the brave connections we build with each other, despite the possible heartache living in all moments of deep love.

Cynthia Williams, ‘An Angel Serves a Small Breakfast,’ Tampa Review

Syllables of the Briny World brings beautiful depth to the sense of place. From the majesty and terror of the ocean to the ethereal dimensions that overlay our very own, Georgina Key’s words guide us to the ultimate place of being – our hearts. You come away knowing that our energies leave a most beautiful imprint behind, an imprint that forever connects us to one another.

Dawn Adams Cole, It's Not the Same for Us and Drops of Cerulean

Beautifully immersive characterization and storytelling that swept me from page to page as the flood waters rose.

Hannah Faoilean, ‘A Schoolgirl’s Swansong’ Writing Magazine