Retreat Anyone?

Sometimes a Retreat is Just What You Need

Have you ever been on a writing retreat?

The first retreat I went on was with Kathy Fish and Nancy Stohlman in Grand Lake, Colorado in 2022. The photo below is of the amazing group of people I met at this retreat. I am in contact in one way or another with all of them two years later.

Here are my words shortly after returning from the retreat:

Retreats allow for total immersion in the creative process, and the Flash Fiction retreat was a tremendous gift to my writing life. It was my first destination retreat experience and it has changed my writing life forever. I was open to the experience, and everything exceeded my expectations from the scenery, the writing conversations, the people, the depth, and the instruction. This group has become my forever writing people. There was time for restoration of my spirit, which allowed me to write about topics I had been avoiding. At this time in my life, it was a transition from one phase of life to another.  All the things I learned during the retreat I will use moving forward in my writing life. I am forever grateful for this experience.

Here are a few other highlights:

This is Carrots the bear who was named as I was reading an Ada Limon poem aloud while we sat on the deck. Reading poetry as the sun is setting is something you do on retreat! He was more interested in this tree than the writers on the deck.

This is the view of the town from the retreat center.

I wrote every day and had writing conversations. The hummingbirds were abundant when we were there too! We drank lots of coffee!

The workshops with Kathy Fish and Nancy Stohlman will get you writing and thinking differently about your flash writing.

The retreat is happening this year in July and there are spots still available.

You can find more information here.