Writing in a Wasteland

Riches from the sea

Here, in the Pacific Northwest, we suffer from an embarrassment of riches when it comes to ways to prime the creative pump: great indie bookstores that bring in interesting authors; Seattle Arts and Lecture series; art museums; monthly SCBWI meetings; writers conferences; retreats; the list could go on and on.

But what would I do if I lived someplace where there weren't all of these ways to recharge, creatively? What would I do if I lived, say, in Washtucna, Washington which...