Friday, April 18, 2025

Rainforest Writers Retreat ~ A Little bit of Heaven

 


This is my latest novel. The first offering in BWL Publishing Inc's Paranormal Canadiana Collection.


I spent a few days in early March at the Rainforest Writers Retreat at Lake Quinault in the Washington Rainforest. It is a wonderful magical place and to spend 4 days surrounded by other writers and just soaking in the creative juices was amazing. It's a pilgrimage I try to make every year, but lately it hasn't happened as often as I would like. 
I fly to Portland OR and meet my dear friend. Then we road trip up to Lake Quinault where we meet up with the other writers who are taking in Session 3 of the retreat. Patrick Swenson (Fairweather Press) hosts the retreat which runs for 4 weeks in late February and into  mid March. It is such fun, chasing tree squids and enjoying the raucous Cabin Party on Saturday night. I usually managed to get in about 20,000 words, but this year I didn't have a ms on the go as my latest novel (see above) released on March 1. So instead, this year I took in more of the social aspects and didn't spend most of the time in my room glued to my computer. And this year I also managed to write some poetry. 
I got to be a bar fly on Saturday night- enjoying laughs and some new cocktails : Sidecars, green tea shots (which incidentally had NO green tea in it at all.)

I let the pictures speak for themselves.















    



3 comments:

  1. Great pictures. Sounds like you had a great time.

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  2. Beautiful scenery. Great photography. Sounds like you had a wonderful adventure. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. An oasis! What a great setting to wind-down and enjoy the creativity around you.

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