Words in the Woods ~ Returning to Northern Michigan
So here we are again in Northern Michigan; have I told you before how much I love it up here? Beautiful, beautiful place: trees, sky, lakes, hills. And such interesting and talented people. Is it any wonder that Michigan fosters so many great writers? And not just the big names—Jim Harrison, Thomas Lynch, Ernest Hemingway—but […]
Interlochen ~ A Temporary View From the Keyboard
So here we are at Interlochen College of Creative Arts in Northern Michigan, and before the ICCA Writers’ Retreat starts next week, I have some time to be concentrating on my own writing. A sort of self-imposed retreat while Philip teaches a printmaking workshop. I’m working on a novel-in-progress that takes place in New Hope, […]
On Writing Away ~ Choosing a Writers’ Workshop Retreat
Bolstered by coffee, cookies, and support, a group of four writers gathered together at Shake Rag Alley Center for Arts and Crafts in Mineral Point, Wisconsin to take part in four days of writing, reading, manuscript review, and story sharing. It was my good fortune to direct the June Writers’ Workshop at Shake Rag Alley, a […]