Welcome to Busy Corner Books. The umbrella ☂️ for Writing Well Lincolnshire & ARCLIGHT™ Ethically Grounded, Accountable Professional Mentoring, Reflective Writing, Formation & Certificated CPD/PD Development Courses
To Help You Grow
Busy Corner Books offer a quiet and thoughtful space where writing, reflection, feedback and discernment are taken seriously.
Through Writing Well Lincolnshire and ARCLIGHT™, we offer supportive opportunities to help individuals, writers, professionals and organisations explore their own process with clarity, integrity and humble confidence.
Some people come here for reflective writing, personal growth or creative confidence. Others come because they would like to develop ethical, accountable and person-honouring ways of supporting clients, groups, communities or those in their care. Some come to discern their pathway in life, faith, writing, work or vocation.
Why Busy Corner Books?
Busy Corner Books is shaped by care, ethical practice, thoughtful reflection and respect for each person's individual process.
Founder, Paula Anne Thwaite, brings together experience in counselling and psychotherapy-informed practice, writing, publishing, reflective practice, spiritual accompaniment, group facilitation and professional communication.
The work offered here is not therapy, counselling, clinical supervision, diagnosis, medical advice or crisis support. Our courses and mentoring services are educational, reflective, creative, developmental and spiritually attentive where appropriate.
Many participants find the work meaningful, encouraging and at times emotionally releasing. For this reason, Busy Corner Books work within clear boundaries, transparent fees, safeguarding awareness, confidentiality, supervision and published policies.
Our Courses

Continuing Professional Development Courses / CPD
Personal Development Courses / PD
Reflective writing and mentoring
ARCLIGHT™ formation work, currently developing through doctoral research
Every person carries a spark. My work is simply to help you fan this into light through acknowledgement, clarity, compassion and faith-shaped wisdom, while honouring your individuality.
You do not need perfect words, only true ones.
All the very best, Paula.

Recent Feedback: May 2026
- The subjectivity of your course content ease academic models. I will be using this with my clients. Thank you Paula.
- You gave space for me to be me, I can't wait for next week.
- Paula was encouraging and supportive with a contagious passion for writing. I had never written in this way before.
- She stressed to me that I should always be my true authentic self - not writing what I think I should, but what I actually think and feel and in my own style. I found this very important advice.
- She is very kind and caring. Paula is such a lovely lady, who fills me with inspiration.
- She speaks about writing with excitement and passion.
- Paula is very thorough and detailed when giving information/advice.
- "I love my Writing Well time!"
- You brought us all together. The people on my course met as strangers, all from different backgrounds and we finished up being friends.
- I met my true self - and I think I like her.
- The way I write has changed.