We Stopped For a Moment and We Raised a Glass (Or Two!)

Five authors gathered at my beach house for four days of bookish fun last week and we quickly realized that everyone’s outlook on writing, no matter that we all write in slightly different genres, could be summed up by what said one night: We don’t want to stuff it up by writing it.

Luckily it’s impossible to stuff up a writing retreat by actually having one. In fact, it’s the opposite. There was so much camaraderie and laughter, so many problems solved and wines drunk, so much support given an...