Createcation™ 2026 · 6 writers, 4 days

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a Createcation.6 writers. 4 days.

Tell me what you are writing and which room you think you belong in. I read every application myself, usually within 2 business days.

If a retreat is the wrong call for your book, I will say so and tell you what I would do instead. That has happened, and the people it happened to still thank me.

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Writers working together at a Createcation retreat
“Crystal is frank in the best possible way. She gave me permission to be raw, real, and authentically myself on the page.”
Lora Cerulli Totilo · Author, Seen Heard Hired
6
Writers Per Room
4
Days
3
Rooms in 2026
1
Finished Book
$3,500 in local currency ✦ 6 writers ✦ 4 days ✦ Victoria ✦ Christchurch ✦ Melbourne ✦ 1 finished book ✦ $3,500 in local currency ✦ 6 writers ✦ 4 days ✦ Victoria ✦ Christchurch ✦ Melbourne ✦ 1 finished book ✦

The 3 rooms.

October 9-12, 2026

Victoria BC

Finish Your F*cking Book. For writers who already have a draft and got 50, 75 or 90% of the way there before it stalled. Applications close September 26th.

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November 19-22, 2026

Christchurch NZ

Find Your Voice. For people starting from scratch, or close to it. Applications close October 1st.

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December 10-13, 2026

Melbourne AU

Find Your Voice. Same format as Christchurch, different hemisphere weather. Applications close October 8th.

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How it goes

I read every applicationmyself.

Me, not an assistant and not a form robot. If the room is wrong for your book I will say so, and I will tell you what is right instead.

What happens after you hit send.

  1. I read it. Me, not an assistant. Usually within 2 business days.
  2. We talk. If it looks like a fit, I will set up a call to make sure the room is right for the book.
  3. You are in. Deposit, then the venue and the full run of show land in your inbox 4 weeks out.
Where next

You pick.I'll pack.

You have a city in your head right now. Possibly one I have never mentioned.

6 hands makes it a room. 1 hand makes it private, on dates you choose. Either way, tell me where and I will come to you.

Tell me where

Who has asked so far

Real people, real requests. Add yours and watch it move.

  • Vancouver Island2
  • Los Angeles2
  • South Africa2
  • Melbourne1
  • Germany1
  • Cayman Islands1
  • Edmonton1

6 fills a room and it gets dates. 1 is enough for a private one. Nobody who puts a hand up walks away with nothing. I review this board every Monday.

Tell me about your book.

5 questions. It takes about 3 minutes.

Not sure which room?

Put “not sure” in the retreat question and tell me where you are with the book. Sorting that out is my job, not yours.

✦ Free · Friday September 25th · Virtual Espresso Createcation. 45 seats, because I’m turning 45. Grab a seat
Word Magic
FREE · 6 PARTS · NO CREDIT CARD, NO CATCH, NO WEBINAR

You’ve told more people about this book than you’ve written pages of it.

The Bestseller Blueprint is the advice I would give you… if you asked. Okay, even if you didn’t… but you should.

6 parts, about 40 minutes. Whether the book is worth writing, where AI quietly costs you the copyright to your own book, which publishing door to walk through and what each one really costs in 2026, and what happens to the book after launch week.

Every number in it is sourced. Where the honest answer is that nobody knows, I say so.

The newsletter is publishing, what I’m actually working on, and the bits nobody says out loud. No 6-part win-back sequence if you leave.