Archive for June 30, 2010

Writing retreat testimonial

My friend Katherine Hyde was at the 2010 Orthodox Writers Week at the Beach at Colonyhouse in Rockaway, Oregon, last week, and here’s a little of what she had to say in her post, Advancing through a Retreat:

A retreat is an escape from all obligations and distractions (especially if your location is internet-free, as ours was). It leaves you alone with that most fickle of friends, your imagination. » Read more..

HillHouse Farms: Country comfort for writers

HillHouse Writers Retreat, Tennessee

Rural Tennessee writers' refuge,HillHouse Writers Retreat

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Interview with Ron Heacock and Karen Walasek
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I just had a conversation with Ron Heacock and Karen Walasek of HillHouse Writers Retreat, a 34-acre farm and writers’ bed and breakfast.

Imagine country living without the work — sitting on the front porch listening to the birds, watching a cat purring in a pool of sunlight, stretching your eyes to the distant horizon as the Tennessee hills stretch out at your feet. » Read more..

How to develop writing skills — by playing games

Do you like puzzle games? I’m talking about an adventure game that takes you from one puzzle to the next, through a story line built into a world of graphics and music and characters. Like a lot of games, they capture a fundamental truth about life. » Read more..