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Writing retreat
This weekend I'm at a writing retreat: a cottage in the woods owned by a friend and there's five of us, writing and walking and generally enjoying ourselves. A sixth member is due to arrive in an hour or so.
There are scheduled quiet times so we can get our heads down and create words, plus lots of gabbering when we're not writing. And if we're not in a writing place, we can read, so long as it's quite. So I've written 1400 words so far today *and* read several chapters of a book.
Lately, I've been so busy that I haven't read anything like as much as I usually would. It's frustrating because I've got so many things I want to read, but there always seem to be other things I have to do instead. Why can't life come with more reading hours?
Anyway, it's a lovely cottage (really more of a large beach house, actually) and I'm enjoying this time. I've been trying to get away on this retreat for ages and this is the first year it's worked out, which is great.
I really needed some quiet time with friends, away from all the responsibilities that have been wearing me out lately.
There are scheduled quiet times so we can get our heads down and create words, plus lots of gabbering when we're not writing. And if we're not in a writing place, we can read, so long as it's quite. So I've written 1400 words so far today *and* read several chapters of a book.
Lately, I've been so busy that I haven't read anything like as much as I usually would. It's frustrating because I've got so many things I want to read, but there always seem to be other things I have to do instead. Why can't life come with more reading hours?
Anyway, it's a lovely cottage (really more of a large beach house, actually) and I'm enjoying this time. I've been trying to get away on this retreat for ages and this is the first year it's worked out, which is great.
I really needed some quiet time with friends, away from all the responsibilities that have been wearing me out lately.
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