Start the book on
the other sideof the world.
This room filled. 2027 is open, starting with Victoria, February 18-21, 2027. 4 days on the South Island with 5 other writers, and a 4x NYT bestselling ghostwriter who has read the residency requirements more than once.
The straight answer
Find Your Voice, November 19-22, 2026, on New Zealand's South Island. It's for the book that hasn't started yet: 6 writers max, 4 days, all-inclusive, with your own bedroom, every meal and 1:1 coaching with me. You leave with the structure finished, your opening drafted and a plan for the rest.
They promise you a book.
I promise you pages.
“Come home with a finished book.”
You leave with the structure finished, your opening drafted, and the plan for the rest. Nobody finishes a book in 4 days. Anyone who says otherwise is selling.
“Escape the distractions.”
Room, meals, transfers, schedule, all handled. The only decision you make in 4 days is which scene to write next.
“Daily writing sprints.”
Writing is the schedule. Saturday and Sunday are yours to write, and I’m in the room for all of it.
“Work with a published author.”
A 4x NYT bestselling ghostwriter reads your actual pages. Every day. By name.
“20 writers, gorgeous villa.”
6 writers. That’s the cap and that’s the point. Everybody in the room gets their pages read.
“You’ll leave inspired.”
You leave with pages. Inspiration has a half-life of about 9 days. A structure doesn’t.
Ideas aren’t what you’re short of.
You’re short of 4 days where the only thing anyone wants from you is pages, and somebody in the room who has read 200 manuscripts telling you which of your ideas is the book.
The one place I keep tryingto move to permanently.
I’ve been a lot of places. This is the one I’m trying to move to, not as a writing destination, as an actual life. Christchurch got knocked down and rebuilt into something more interesting than it was before, which is a useful thing to be standing in the middle of while you start a first draft.
The house
A house picked for the light and the quiet, revealed to accepted applicants 4 weeks out. I choose it myself and I don’t choose it from a website.
Your own room
Your own bedroom, with shared bathrooms unless you’re coming with a friend. Nobody writes well after a bad night on a sofa bed.
Every meal
All of them handled, built around whatever you flag when you apply. You won’t spend a single writing block deciding where to eat.
This one is for the bookthat has not started yet.
Christchurch 2026 runs Find Your Voice. You get 4 days of me in the place I’m happiest, and you can make of that what you will.
Find Your Voice is for writers starting from scratch, or close to it. You don’t need a draft, an outline or a plan. You need 4 days, 5 other writers, and somebody who has done this 200+ times sitting at the table.
4 days.Here’s all of it.
No mystery about how the time gets spent. 1 day to arrive, 1 to learn it, 1 to write it, 1 to plan what happens next.
Thursday · Arrival
Land, settle, dinner together. No writing tonight. A creativity exercise to get the rust off, then the long conversation about what your book actually is.
Friday · Learn it
Publishing paths, book strategy and the Quantum Copy Method™, then straight into the storytelling framework you’ll write inside tomorrow.
Saturday · Write it
Your full chapter map, built and stress-tested, plus 1:1 time on your structure. Then real writing time with me still in the room.
Sunday · The reveal
What it takes to launch and market this book. You go home with a plan and a chapter map. Notes are optional.
What it has actuallylooked like.
No stock photos. These are from Createcation™ gatherings I have run, and it’s the same room energy you’ll find on the day.
What the method actually did.
There isn’t any.
6 writers. Not 7.
I read every application myself. If your book isn’t right for this room, I’ll tell you that before you book a flight, not after you land. That’s the only promise worth making about 4 days.
This room is full.2027 is open.
2027 rooms are $7,500 USD, all-inclusive. Everything except your flights is in the price.
What that covers
Accommodation, every meal, all training, all materials, and every 1:1 session on your manuscript. From the moment you land, it’s handled.
What it doesn’t
Your travel to and from Christchurch. You book that yourself, and I would rather be straight with you about it than bury it in a footnote.
Sold out
This room is full. 6 writers, and the table is set. The 2027 rooms are open now.
The one thingyou book yourself.
Travel isn’t included, so here’s what to know before you book flights.
Flying in
Christchurch International (CHC) is 20 minutes from the centre and takes direct flights from across Australia and the rest of New Zealand.
Timing your flights
Arrive Thursday afternoon or evening for dinner that night. It wraps after lunch on Sunday, so book a Sunday evening flight or stay over. A Sunday morning flight means missing the part that makes the rest of it worth it.
Entry and insurance
New Zealand’s entry requirements depend on your passport, and most visitors need an NZeTA before boarding. Check well before booking, and travel insurance is worth having for both your flights and your spot.
The questionsI get every time.
What if I already have most of a draft?
Find Your Voice is built for the book that hasn’t started yet, or has started 3 times and never got past chapter 2. Already have most of a draft? The 2027 rooms are built for both, starting with Victoria, February 18-21, 2027.
Who is in the room?
5 other writers and me. 6 total, no exceptions.
Do I need a book idea before I arrive?
No. You need the pull. By day 2 you’ll know what your book is actually about, and it’s usually nothing like what you wrote on the application.
What’s included?
3 nights accommodation in your own bedroom, every meal, all the teaching and coaching, the 106 page manual and your publishing roadmap. Flights are yours.
When do I find out where it is?
4 weeks out. I pick the house myself and I don’t pick it from a website.
What if I’ve never written anything?
Then this is the right retreat. Find Your Voice assumes nothing except that you have something worth saying.
Can I pay in instalments?
Not for this one. Christchurch is paid in full.
6 spots.Your book has been waiting long enough.
Christchurch is full, and 2027 starts with Victoria, February 18-21, 2027. Tell me what you want to write, and I’ll tell you honestly which room is right.