It is also my writer’s retreat, because Mackinac Island inspires me with its history and character. I will include in my new book three historical fiction short stories; one from the island and two from Fallasburg. Stay tuned for more posts from the island. Copyright (c) 2018. Emma Blog...
I may be going on another writers retreat near Cape Cod around Memorial Day weekend. This one is also hosted by Broad Universe. It is a bit more expensive, but that’s okay. It’s five days long and at a beach house. The rate is higher because it’s the beginning of the peak summ...
—Admiralty: garden of rocks and winds(1936, prose) —Beauty’s votary: the poet laureate’s last poem(1930, prose) —Pan’s garden: a landscape with one, fugitive(1935, short story) Aston, Matilda AnnakaAston, Tillyb.11 Dec 1873, Carisbrook Vic; d.1 Nov 1947, Windsor Vic;obituary3...
here at the retreat to inspire me to finish at least the modern day story. I need to concentrate on character development before I can begin to write the story, though. I learned that today during a lecture outdoors at a restaurant on a lake where we saw a bald eagle flying around. Th...
Based near another Luberon village, Lourmarin, he penned (among others) A Good Year, a novel that was later adapted into a film directed by Ridley Scott. These days the Luberon still provides a calm and bucolic respite from life. It’s a wonderful place to retreat to in order to write,...
Like a friendly common room, it's there to retreat to, but it doesn't judge. It makes no crushing demands.' J K Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and the Cormorant Strike series, in the Sunday Times Culture. WritersServices can provide ...
Finally, I would go toShunkoin Templein Kyotofor a Zen meditation retreat. I stayed here before leaving Japan. The temple is within a large complex of 50 temples, Myōshinji. Some of the temples are over 400 years old. The two oldest ones emanate a powerful mauri that is difficult to de...
Our writers’ retreat is coming up… and this year, we’re heading to the beach! 16:49 Talking Publications Pip has a schedule… with a nebulous section Didn’t work out so well last year, but that is why we go with nebulous Chuck Wendig’s post on write what you want, because ever...
If your middle school years were anything like mine, the cafeteria was a dangerous place. Where to sit? What to say? And just when you thought you figured it all out, everything changed. Entering the writing world gave me a déjà vu of walking back into the middle school lunchroom. Eve...
” Angelou had all the paintings and any decoration taken out of the room and allowed no member of staff or management to enter, “just in case I’ve thrown a piece of paper on the floor, I don’t want it discarded”. A hotel room was not the exclusive retreat of Angelou, Thomas ...