Welcome to The Content Castle!
Wordsmiths unite in a colourful island home complete with inspiring workplaces, restful nooks and sustainable friendships. Call it the food for thought, tropical, time and space continuum for an eclectic mix of writers, happily sharing their craft on the world stage of cyberdome.
Rolling applications accepted for residency at the Content Castle here in beautiful Koh Samui, where word power and wanderlust collide.
SUMMARY OF PROGRAMME
Perfect your writing, polish your editing, and refine your grammar acumen with our three-month, intensive writer’s boot camp designed to teach you the skills to master the production of SEO rich content while building a professional portfolio, bringing you one step closer to realizing your dream of becoming an independent, nomadic writer.
WHO AND HOW TO APPLY
Whether you are an aspiring writer or come with a catalogue of experience, you are welcome to apply. We are looking for candidates with a strong passion for writing. If you have always fancied yourself something of a wordsmith we want to hear from you!
All we need is your name and email address to get this adventure started…
What our past residents have to say…
Journal
Applying for a Remote Job
An idyllic rooftop view, Instagrams of your coffee and laptop on a Koh Samui beach–what’s not
to love about working remotely? Building a decent client base and ensuring steady cash flow is
often the biggest challenge faced by adventure-loving impresarios. Snagging remote jobs can
be tough, with the average number of applicants for any given job as high as 250, according to
Glassdoor.com. So if you’re looking to supercharge your cover letter, CV and portfolio, read on
for some top tips.
Living the Island Life in Koh Samui: Pros and Cons
By Lyra Joy E. Almoite With the rise of remote work and the trending digital-nomad scene, living on a tropical island and escaping the hustle and bustle of the city is becoming the new normal. Thailand, with its number of famous “Kohs” (islands) seems to be very...
Here Be Dragons: Off The Map And En Route To The Content Castle
The Content Castle is a place for dreams to become reality, where old expectations and ideologies are overturned and where fortune favours the brave. Facing your dragons can be frightening but ultimately bestows the capacity for transformation, for knowledge and awards you the opportunity to intellectually and linguistically soar through moon-bright skies, studded with stars, safe in the strength of your determination and capacity to fly ever higher.
The Lamai Sunday Night Market: 5 Must-Try Foods at LSNM
There are but a few experiences that are more distinctively Thai than standing in a night market, watching street performers dance and tempt fate with fire, while savouring one of the many sumptuous snacks. Anthony Bourdain captures the essence perfectly, “I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we’re talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters, or working for organized crime ‘associates,’ food, for me, has always been an adventure.”