On Being Famous by Liz Flaherty

Photo by Brenda's Au Courant ImagesMy friend Nan Reinhardt and I went to Clifty Falls State Park this week for a writing retreat. We take off a couple of times a year, staying gone for four or five days, writing like madwomen while being uninterrupted by things like making beds, cooking, doing laundry, or putting anything away. We come home both exhausted and enlivened by the time away. We've finished books, started books, and made our way out of the morass the middles of books (for me) often ar...