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A letter from the governess
Welcome to your new home
Jan 5
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Caroline Donahue
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Your Writing Year 2026
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Dec 6, 2025
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Caroline Donahue
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My TEDx talk: The power of literature
Why writing is anything but self-indulgent.
Oct 21, 2024
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Caroline Donahue
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Jane Eyre: Reading Debrief EIGHT
Listen now | Through the end of Chapter 25.
Apr 6
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26:25
Governess Mode
The far preferable alternative to "monk mode."
Apr 2
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Caroline Donahue
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Please write your ideas down!
Sep 16, 2024
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Caroline Donahue
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Pack like a German
Jul 21, 2025
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Caroline Donahue
49
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What your eyes can't see
Oct 15, 2024
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Caroline Donahue
48
18
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Why I don't track word count
Dec 18, 2023
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Caroline Donahue
49
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Footnotes:: February
Moving into March events...
Feb 26
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Caroline Donahue
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41:33
How Crafts and Writing Feed Each Other
Governess Chat with Louise Tilbrook
Feb 21
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Caroline Donahue
and
Louise Tilbrook
27
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Footnotes:: January
plus what's on in February
Jan 29
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Caroline Donahue
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Resources
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26:25
Jane Eyre: Reading Debrief EIGHT
Listen now | Through the end of Chapter 25.
Apr 6
8
13
28:09
Jane Eyre: Reading Debrief SEVEN
Listen now | Through the end of Chapter 23.
Mar 23
13
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32:46
Jane Eyre: Reading Debrief SIX
Listen now | Through the end of Chapter 20.
Mar 16
17
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31:19
Jane Eyre: Reading Debrief FIVE
Listen now | Through the end of Chapter 17
Mar 9
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Caroline Donahue
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🗝️ Member Resources 📚
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42:42
Be Your Own Governess: Reading Journal
Watch now | March Member Live: Keeping an easy record to deepen reading
Mar 7
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Caroline Donahue
20
28:31
Books that make you want to CRAFT
Member Live from February 2026
Feb 17
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Caroline Donahue
9
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39:04
Making a Book Stack + Recent Excellent Reads
Watch now | First Member's live of 2026
Jan 16
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Caroline Donahue
20
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59:39
Plan Your Writing Year 2026
Workshop replay
Jan 12
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Caroline Donahue
11
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Craft + Process
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Friction is your friend
Why we don't actually want creative work to be easier
Jan 19
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Caroline Donahue
14
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Hibernating your writing
Updated from the archives: How to pause mindfully
Dec 15, 2025
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Caroline Donahue
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28:23
Bespoke Story Structure
How a sewing course illuminated story structure
Oct 24, 2025
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Caroline Donahue
14
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Everything I know about writing I've learned from other crafts
Dropping perfectionism and embracing the slipped stitches
Sep 19, 2025
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Caroline Donahue
24
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The Bespoke Revolution
The creative cost of forgetting what fits
Aug 6, 2025
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Caroline Donahue
13
4
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Getting (and Staying) Organized as a Writer
July Member Workshop
Jul 28, 2025
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Caroline Donahue
16
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AI and reading: Are we asking the right questions?
How the innovation of a spindle gives us clues about our current predicament.
Jul 10, 2025
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Caroline Donahue
23
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What a difference 10 weeks of writing makes!
How making goals for a shorter timeframe makes longer projects manageable.
Jun 18, 2025
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Caroline Donahue
,
G.G. Law
, and
Steph
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