Hi there,
I’m Sanjida. I’m an award-winning author - I write novels and non-fiction under my own name of Sanjida O’Connell, and psychological thrillers as Sanjida Kay. I work as a tutor for the Arvon Foundation, teach a Guardian crime fiction MA masterclass, run writing workshops and mentor writers. I’ll be writing about writing and about wildlife and wilderness.
I’d love it if you could join me here.
What is Wild Writing with Sanjida about?
I’ll be posting once a week. One or two posts a month will be free - Behind the Scenes, a back-stage pass to my writing life, extracts from my books as I write them, and recommendations for what to read; plus Wilderness Notes, about nature on our rewilding site, Wild Pinebeck.
Benefits for paid subscribers
I’ll be sharing tips for writing - The Process. Often crime fiction and thrillers - but in the end, all writing is writing so hopefully my suggestions will be helpful to everyone who is a writer or wants to be one.
I’ll also be sharing my nature memoir as I write it. Called Wilderness: In Search of Belonging, it’s about growing up dual heritage and about my search for who I really am and where I belong. Interwoven is the story of our rewilding project - our attempt to bring nature back to a forgotten fragment of Somerset.
I’m hoping that together we’ll build a community and will be able to chat online, as well as join me at The Coffee House, an online writing group.
Do please consider subscribing to receive all of these benefits and to talk to other members of Wild Writing with Sanjida.
More benefits for paid subscribers
In addition, as a paid subscriber, you have two more benefits.
You can come and stay with us in our bespoke writing retreat, a guest suite at Wild Pinebeck. It’s bookable via Airbnb and is available at the weekend. As a paid subscriber, you receive a 10% discount, as well as early check in, late out to give you three full writing days, a free organic breakfast box and the opportunity to meet up with me for coffee and cake to talk about your writing, also plus a 10% discount on my normal mentorship rate.
And if you enjoy Wild Writing with Sanjida, it would mean the world to me if you invited friends to subscribe and read and write with us. If you refer friends, you will receive benefits that give you special access to Wild Writing with Sanjida.
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Thank you for helping get the word out about Wild Writing with Sanjida! I look forward to hearing from you.