My yearly writing retreat was last month. It’s with a group of writers I’ve known since 2015-16. This year I hosted it at my house. I didn’t get a single pic of us as a group, so instead I am sharing some of my fave pics from over the years!
That first one is my fave because I’d just said something that cracked them up right before I took the selfie! 😀
Not everyone could make it this year in person, but the two who couldn’t were able to join us online and it felt almost the same as if they were here in the same room! Lots of writing/revisions were done over the 4.5 days.
We also include a day to relax where we usually go get a tarot reading, visit a bookstore, and go out to eat. That’s what you see in the first three pics. Then in the last two, that’s my Candy CharBOOturie I made for us. Then my goals. I had to scribble some of that out because they are definite book spoilers. Like “clarify XXXXXX’s death”. But I kept within the theme and made my scribbles into a badly drawn ghost.
While I enjoy hosting it at my house since I get to write from my own office (where I do my best work) I did miss the pool we had at last year’s retreat! However, not the scorpion who chased us out of the hot tub!
What about you? What would be your perfect retreat? If you aren’t a writer, what about a crafting or reading retreat? Or some other type? I think a reading retreat would be divine! Just a few days to do nothing but read, eat, and chill with close friends?! Count me in and make sure my invite doesn’t get lost in the mail! 😉