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Our Writing Away Refuge Virtual Pitch Retreats over Zoom focus on giving you the best opportunity to sign with a literary agent. It has been proven time and again that live pitching an agent is more effective than cold querying through email.




 

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You DO NOT want to miss this Zoom Mini Conference with
Literary Agent & Staff Member Katie Reed in July!
(Registration is now closed for this event.)

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How to Write a Winning Romance Novel 6-Week MasterClass

Learn how to write an unputdownable romance novel with Lee Ann Ward, USA TODAY bestselling romance author and former acquisitions and Senior Editor of Champagne Books

Classes begin Tuesday, July 1st

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How to Write a GOOD Book

12-Week Book-Writing Course over Zoom

with USA TODAY Bestselling author &

Founder of Writing Away Refuge, Lee Ann Ward

(Next 12-Week course starts Sept. 10th, 2025.

Registration is OPEN)

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—Courageous and Compressed Writing

12-Week Flash Writing and Revision Course

​with MaxieJane Frazier

(Next 12-Week course starts August 28th, 2025.

Registration is OPEN!

Don't miss our first ever W.A.R. SUMMER Write In, Sat. and Sun., August 16-17th!

This will be a weekend writing intensive over Zoom where you will perfect your first 10 pages, your verbal pitch and query letter, have a private consult with Lee Ann Ward about your manuscript, and create your perfect tagline/logline for your project. We will also conclude the weekend with a Pitch War, and the winner gets a FREE Writing Away Refuge Course of their choosing!

(This weekend Zoom Write In is limited to 20 writers!)

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Want to learn how a USA TODAY bestselling author crafts a book from concept to rough draft and beyond? This is the masterclass for you!
Saturday, June 28th, 2025

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Want to know how successful authors build a platform? How they use social media to successfully sell books? Then this is the weekend for you!
Join us in September for our Social Media Frenzy Weekend



 

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