Writers Retreat

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 Rachael and I are busy. Busy with work, busy with being moms, busy with family. And now busy trying to balance that with writing this book. With edits, with marketing. As I am sure you can relate on some level, it's hard sometimes. 

Trying to be present and give 100% to the thing that is in front of you at the moment, and still making that mental list of all the things that need to be done. Trying to take time for yourself and feeling guilty because there are so many things that you could be crossing off your list. 

What had started as a running joke had blossomed. But it can be hard, because of those other competing priorities, hard to put in the time to change this fun thing I was doing with my friend into an opportunity for something life changing. 

Enter the writers retreat.

Once we had a solid 25,000 words, Rachael and I knew that if we wanted to finish our book, it would take more than a few hours on a Friday or Saturday night. We knew that we needed focused time that we could read through, review and draft on what we had so far and plan next steps. 

So we took some time for ourselves, to give some time and put in some effort on what we had started. We had found we had lost some momentum over the winter. We needed to dive back in and really make a plan. 

We rented a hotel room for a weekend, we stayed local, kissed our kids goodbye and dug into our writing. Sure there may have been a few beverages, and a lot of laughs. I don't think we would have come this far had we not taken those couple of weekends to spend fully in the world we were creating. 

We came out of that focused time with fresh ideas, and a clearer plan forward. It paid off. 

Our first book, 'Yours, Always' Amber Falls Book 1 is due out in September. 

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