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Nanocastle 2017 Austria writing retreat

Nanocastle 2017 Austria writing retreat

We’ve been in Burg Rappottenstein for a few days and we love it. It’s an enormous 12th century fortress; it’s comfortable and we’re all getting a lot of writing done. We’ll make a video soon and will share it with the #nanowrimo community, but for now here are some pictures and an introduction to my The 3...

November 16, 2017 Derek Murphy castles, Europe, nanowrimo, writing retreat 104
Nanowrimo Castle – help me choose!

Nanowrimo Castle – help me choose!

Last year I rented a chateau in France for Nanowrimo. We got some great press coverage and had an amazing time. All in all, I think we did pretty well. I love the idea of running writing retreats in castles, so I’m doing it again this year. Last year I built a big sales page The 3 secrets to book marketing, and a haunted castle tour...

August 8, 2017 Derek Murphy castles, events, writing retreats 189
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