Wednesday I left my home to have a write weekend.
What's that, Dee?
It's my version of a writer's retreat, except you have your kids and your family tagging along. Selah's sleeping at the foot of the bed. We're an hour and a half at my mom's. She lives in the boonies and has a real nice printer and Windows XP. It's better than a retreat. I have free nanny service (my little sister lives with my mom,) I can write without distractions of my normal life and I get to use updated equipment. Best thing about my write weekend is that I get the chance to be focus on what i do best for God, The Master I get to to hone in on my craft and write. If you're like me you're constantly editing books, reviewing books, building book marketing campaigns and the consultant work. But you're not doing the thing you love more than reading...writing. Sharing your own voice with the world. So I'm here. It's 1:20 in the morning. I'm not tired. The house is quiet and I'm taking a teeny tiny break to ask you:
What are you doing to make sure that your writing life is your life? Do you attend writer's retreats? Do you hire babysitters for the weekend? What?
My tried and true suggestions:
1. Go on a Writer's Retreat
Two years ago my ride or die chicks, The Black Atlanta Christian Writers Group went on a writer's retreat here in Atlanta for the weekend. We received a group rate at the Girl Scouts Retreat Center. The lodging included meeting space, our rooms, and incredible food. We had a chef y'all. Check your local B&B's and hotels for something similiar.
2. Have a Write or Die Night.
Get your chicks or dudes and head out to an all night cafe and write.
3. Turn your Critique Group meeting into a Write Day.
4. Writer's Day Out
Reserve a meeting room in your public library. Pay a sitter. Take the kids and you to the library. Let the sitter keep the kids in the meeting room, while your chicks and dudes write and research.
5. Host a BB&Write at your own home.
Any more suggestions or things you've done?
