Writing retreat

The collection, which will be published in 2022 by Hardie Grant, will feature the work of emerging writers from across Australia.

Early in my career as a high school English teacher in the Deep South during the early and mid-1980s, several weeks into the new school year, a tenth-grade student became so exasperated that she…

Looking to make progress on your writing project but don't have the cash to get away? Check out my 7 tips for how to create a free writing retreat.

My DIY writing retreat in Scotland was the ideal way to focus and allow creativity to flow. Find out how I planned it and what the retreat was like.

What are your 2023 resolutions—particularly when it comes to your writing life? If one of your goals for this year is to find more time to write, I have a mission for you, should you choose to accept it: plan and execute your own writing retreat. Unlike retreats arranged by another party, there’s no fee […]

I'm sharing the five lessons I learned from my first solo writing retreat at St. Francis of the Woods in Coyle, Oklahoma.

Linda Cracknell is an-award winning Highlands-based writer known for her creative approach to exploring wild places and man's interaction with them. Her Walkhighlands' essays cover the cultural aspects of the Scottish landscape on a quarterly basis. Always keen to make my travel interesting, I arrived as guest reader on a travel writing course at Moniack Mhor …

Hello my ghouls!! As a follow up to my my YouTube video regarding writer’s retreats, I started a series of posts that go into more detail about writer’s retreats, based on my personal experience, as well as the research that I had done prior to my retreat. This series will include: 1. What I did…

When I’m at a residency, I get up very early, usually around four. I don’t go on social media, or argue in comments sections. I lie in bed and think about what I’m working on for …

Sample itinerary of the week-long Left Bank Writers Retreat in Paris, France. Part writers workshop with group writing, part tour of Paris.