You’re here because you’re thinking about your book, or your song, or your poem, or your half-finished canvas. You’re here because you want someone to tell you it’s okay. You aren’t being selfish, You aren’t being silly. This is real and you deserve it. You are here, on this page, because a part of you […]
Are You Thinking of Co-authoring a Book?
co-authoring Fiction writing Inspiration Marketing Writing Writing tipsInfo for Writers by Fiona Quinn A few years ago, I met English ex-pat John Dolan on Twitter, of all places. He had doffed his Henry Higgins cap to explain to me the retweet concept when I was meandering around the Twittersphere as a newbie. Our personalities clicked, and we decided in short order to […]
Day 4. More words and more pretty beach, blue water and yes, sun.
Creativity Events Fiction writing Inspiration Journal writing Non-fiction writing Poetry Publishing Writing Writing retreatsBefore we walked onto this we drank some of this then sadly sent off one of our writers… sort of like this or maybe it was more like this you go girl! Then, it was back to the page. More word wrangling, more scene swapping, and then, cold pizza and a change of venue. […]
Day 3. When the writing gets serious. Also called committing to complete that… thing.
UncategorizedIf you are a human being, you will have struggled at least once in your life to complete … something. Be it a kindergarten drawing, a fat reducing exercise regime, your math homework or a scientific experiment designed to disprove the Quantum Zeno Effect. For writers, it’s not only the struggle to complete the poem, […]
March retreat, Day 2
UncategorizedYou know that thing where writers are in sync? Where women are in sync- and I am not talking about “that time of the month”, kind of syncing- just the place where you can find a common pace and go with it- no judgments, no qualifiers, no pretensions. I love that. A friend asked me […]
The March Retreat, Blue Mountain Beach, Day 1
UncategorizedDay One. We are here. The sun is shining and it is warm at the beach… if you are from Canada. Good thing one of us is. I have had 2 coffees and one beer. That is very good for me. It is early. Give a writer time. There will be many more beers. I […]
Testimonials: From the Mouths of Writing Babes
Creativity Events Fiction writing Inspiration Writing Writing retreats Writing tips“I had a wonderful three days of writing, planning, organizing, plotting. I worked on organizing the chapters of my work-in-progress, Book Two of the Moonlight Ridge Series. I enjoyed the companionship of the creative writers who attended the Write By the Water writers retreat in beautiful Blue Mountain Beach.. This was such a well planned, delightful […]
Write By the Water Fall 2012 Retreat Encapsulated
Creativity Events Inspiration Journal writing Poetry Publishing Uncategorized Writing retreats Writing tipsThings we learned Take notes. Blog later. This is the time to work on your novel. Get in the words- or for some of us- get rid of the words. Try to remember to take pictures. Of people. Working. Or don’t, maybe they would rather no one sees their pjs and bedhead hair. Sleep when […]
Preparing for a writing retreat: photo tutorial
Creativity Fiction writing Inspiration Journal writing Non-fiction writing Writing Writing retreats Writing tipsFirst, you will need one of these. And probably one of these. Don’t forget this. or this. Never mind. We have lots of that. After a day of doing this we will reward you with this. and then, you can enjoy this. unless you need to do more of this Hey, it’s your retreat. Just […]
Win a Fall Writing Retreat in Blue Mountain Beach, Florida.
UncategorizedWe know. You had a rough summer. The kids were all over you. The house needed attention. The dog died. The spouse spent too much time nagging/golfing/not cooking. Worst of all…the word count was slacking. And now? You have needs. We understand. Writers…write. Even when we aren’t anywhere near a pen or laptop, we’re still […]