Running low on food, and feeling pretty stir crazy, we had a wild last night in Branson, and thanks to Jackson Pearce's video camera, this is the result:
Hope you have a great weekend! I'm going to be catching up on sleep.
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Showing posts with label branson. Show all posts
Friday, February 11, 2011
What Happens In Branson...
Hopefully, when this posts, I will FINALLY be on a plane home from Branson. After the big winter storm on Wednesday we all ended up trapped in the lodge for another day. I couldn't get a flight out until Friday morning.
Running low on food, and feeling pretty stir crazy, we had a wild last night in Branson, and thanks to Jackson Pearce's video camera, this is the result:
Hope you have a great weekend! I'm going to be catching up on sleep.
Running low on food, and feeling pretty stir crazy, we had a wild last night in Branson, and thanks to Jackson Pearce's video camera, this is the result:
Hope you have a great weekend! I'm going to be catching up on sleep.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Greetings From Branson!
So, if you've been wondering where I've been the last week, I've been (and still am in) Branson for the AWESOMEST WRITING RETREAT EVER. I don't say this to gloat or make you feel bad, but to encourage you to get together with your writer friends for a few days and just hang, because it is amazing.
Writing retreats are awesome, not because of the inside jokes you come away with, but because you get to spend time with people who get you. People who don't think it's strange that the first thing you do in the morning is turn on the coffee pot and the computer, rather than shower. People who don't judge you when it's 5pm and you're still in your pajamas. People who aren't afraid when you talk about the voices in your head. It really doesn't get better than that.
I honestly can't explain how awesome it is to sit down to write and hear nothing but the soft click of fingers on the keyboard and see this:
(Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, Brenna Yovanoff)
(Kiersten White - below Freddy The Moose - not pictured)
(Victoria Schwab, Sarah Darer Littman, Julia Karr, Jessica Spotswood)
Not only is it inspiring, but it's demystifying. NYT Bestselling authors sit down with their laptops and write, just like me. There's no magic, just hard work.
If there's any wisdom I can offer from my time here in Branson, it's that writers need time with other writers. It doesn't have to be far away at a lodge, or for a week, with 22 other writers. It can be a weekend in your backyard, the results will be the same -- a feeling of kinship that we miss sometimes when we're on the other side of computer monitors.
So go make your own retreat, or mini-retreat, or weekly sit down with another writer. It's so worth it! (And if you can get Maggie Stiefvater to come and bake you cookies from scratch, all the better!)
Don't miss the last live chat from Branson! Tonight at 8pm EST at:
http://www.livestream.com/jacksonpearce
You'll be able to ask questions and hear answers from:
- Maggie Stiefvater (LINGER, FOREVER, BALLAD)
- Jackson Pearce (SISTERS RED, SWEETLY)
- Natalie Standiford (CONFESSIONS OF THE SULLIVAN SISTERS, HOW TO SAY GOODBYE IN ROBOT)
- Jeri Smith-Ready (SHADE, SHIFT)
- Dawn Metcalf (LUMINOUS)
Writing retreats are awesome, not because of the inside jokes you come away with, but because you get to spend time with people who get you. People who don't think it's strange that the first thing you do in the morning is turn on the coffee pot and the computer, rather than shower. People who don't judge you when it's 5pm and you're still in your pajamas. People who aren't afraid when you talk about the voices in your head. It really doesn't get better than that.
I honestly can't explain how awesome it is to sit down to write and hear nothing but the soft click of fingers on the keyboard and see this:
(Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, Brenna Yovanoff)
(Kiersten White - below Freddy The Moose - not pictured)
(Victoria Schwab, Sarah Darer Littman, Julia Karr, Jessica Spotswood)
Not only is it inspiring, but it's demystifying. NYT Bestselling authors sit down with their laptops and write, just like me. There's no magic, just hard work.
If there's any wisdom I can offer from my time here in Branson, it's that writers need time with other writers. It doesn't have to be far away at a lodge, or for a week, with 22 other writers. It can be a weekend in your backyard, the results will be the same -- a feeling of kinship that we miss sometimes when we're on the other side of computer monitors.
So go make your own retreat, or mini-retreat, or weekly sit down with another writer. It's so worth it! (And if you can get Maggie Stiefvater to come and bake you cookies from scratch, all the better!)
Don't miss the last live chat from Branson! Tonight at 8pm EST at:
You'll be able to ask questions and hear answers from:
- Maggie Stiefvater (LINGER, FOREVER, BALLAD)
- Jackson Pearce (SISTERS RED, SWEETLY)
- Natalie Standiford (CONFESSIONS OF THE SULLIVAN SISTERS, HOW TO SAY GOODBYE IN ROBOT)
- Jeri Smith-Ready (SHADE, SHIFT)
- Dawn Metcalf (LUMINOUS)
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