{"id":1441,"date":"2011-09-19T10:24:56","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T14:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/?p=1441"},"modified":"2011-09-19T10:24:56","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T14:24:56","slug":"a-fall-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/19\/a-fall-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fall Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you noticed I was pretty quiet on the interwebs last week, that’s because I was off in cottage country for my critique group’s annual writing retreat.<\/p>\n

We mixed things up a little this year: going in September rather than the summer, which allowed us to afford a bigger cottage, and seeing if we could take each other’s company for a full week this time (before we’ve only gone for five nights). A fun and productive time was had by all!<\/p>\n

Here’s a glimpse of the cottage, looking up from near the lake. There were not quite as many stairs as last time<\/a>, but still a lot:<\/p>\n

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Inside the cottage, we had a huge common area that was a combination living room\/dining room, with a rather immense moose head we affectionately named Wilbur. Much writing and brainstorming (individually and as a group) as done here:<\/p>\n

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A couple of the bedrooms, including mine, had individual balconies that also made good writing spots. Here’s the view from mine, through the forest toward the lake:<\/p>\n

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It was actually warm enough for swimming on a couple days–something we hadn’t been able to do at most of the past retreats because we seemed to keep getting the coldest week of the summer.<\/p>\n

And of course, before anyone left, we had to take the obligatory group picture down by the dock:<\/p>\n

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I’m already looking forward to next year!<\/p>\n

For those interested in how to set up your own retreat–for writing or anything else–I put together a little guide last year–see here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hope you all had a fun and productive week too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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