This week it snowed.
While cold and white winters in Wisconsin aren’t unusual, wet mittens and drippy snow pants tossed on the back steps before dinner–before Thanksgiving–are always a bit of a shock. At least for this misplaced Texan. It means mopping up slush on a regular basis and holding my thermals hostage until well into March.
And, it means dreaming of Salt Cay–aqua blue waters and hot sun and bare feet in sand.
Lisa Romeo (author, instructor, and colleague at COMPOSE Journal) invited me to write a guest post about my time at the Salt Cay Writer’s Retreat and allowed me to relive those moments for a while. She was also quite patient with me (like any good teacher) as I fumbled through a number of drafts, because writing about such an experience wasn’t easy. Especially when much of the retreat played out like a movie, with its beautiful cinematography and lingering dialogue and characters not soon forgotten.
In the next few weeks, I’ll post specifics on how lessons learned there are helping move my novel forward. In the meantime, read about the whole of the experience HERE on Lisa’s blog.
Then, bookmark her site. She’s an ally for any writer.
