The writer is in

This morning I woke up to a 6:00 phone call to learn that school is canceled. Wah! On top of all the snow, we've now got freezing rain. What a winter. But Kate Messner's most recent post did remind me to be thankful for the beautiful moments.

Remember those?

This past weekend was really full of those for me, and I'm truly grateful. Three writer friends and I got adjoining rooms at an old inn by the sea and spent the days writing, sharing ideas, and helping each other through trouble spots.

And we ate well. Very well.

One restaurant had s'mores you could make right at the table:


Ironically, after robinwasserman joked about me playing with fire on Twitter, we awoke to a fire alarm in the middle of the night. OK, so that wasn't so much a beautiful moment. But everything else was truly wonderful.

I managed to revise 21 chapters! And today, despite school being canceled and having a bored child in the house, I'm determined to finish this revision at last.

I love retreats. I love the friendships that grow from them. The ideas that bloom. The memories we make. And the confirmations that solidify. We are writers. Thank you Libba, Robin and Kara. For everything.


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Monday Morning Warm-Up:

What are your writing goals for the week? The month? The year? Write them down somewhere that you'll see them at least once a day. You can even write them here. :-)