I started facilitating writing retreats partly out of flight shame. Every year, I go to meet colleagues at several conferences all over Europe, which means a lot of flying. At METM19, we felt this had to change: translators and editors need to take more environmental responsibility. In 2020, I decided to invest most of myContinue reading “Think globally, write locally – and save the planet?”
Author Archives: Kate Sotejeff-Wilson
First you write a sentence
When I started editing, I really needed help with the US style guides. Brits (except Scots) don’t learn the rules of our common language like Americans do. We are much more likely to make style choices because “it just feels right” and don’t really know why. The Chicago Manual of Style offers “workouts” to testContinue reading “First you write a sentence”
Two-day retreat at the Writers’ House
Our first two-day retreat will be held at the Writers’ House (Kirjailijatalo) on Thursday-Friday 23-24 January, 2020. This is the view from the garden, overlooking the old buildings of the University of Jyväskylä. The house has some residential writers living on the top floor, and a sauna in the basement which we can use onContinue reading “Two-day retreat at the Writers’ House”
First day retreat at the Local Culture Hostel
We had our first day retreat at The Local Culture Hostel on 15 November 2019. Thank you to everyone who came along to try this out for the first time! We were in the meeting room, but the cafe is a great place to write on your own and refuel with vegan cakes and snacks.Continue reading “First day retreat at the Local Culture Hostel”
Writing about writing
As an academic translator and editor, I have a lot of books about writing. Here are just a few. I will be writing about some of my favourite books about writing here. Watch this space! And if you read or wrote a great book about writing, let me know.
Ridge Writing Retreats 