Every year, writers go on retreats for that extra dose of solitude and silence that finishing a book needs. I tell myself every year that I’m lucky not to have to shell out extra money and leave my house; I haven’t got kids, my pets don’t need to be fed more than once a week (gotta love reptiles) and we have a pretty quiet little street. Now I’m jealous I never went. The Sunday Book Review this week has a rather wry little essay about what people do on these little jaunts. Affairs? Rivalries? Writing the best novels of your life? Maybe I need to leave the state to finish this edit… Or, probably not.
About the author
tanita s. davis is a writer and avid reader who prefers books to most things in the world, including people. That's ...pretty much it, she's very awkward and she can't even tell jokes. She is, however, the author of eleven books, including Serena Says, Partly Cloudy, Go Figure, Henri Weldon, The Science of Friendship and the Coretta Scott King honored Mare's War. Look for her new MG, book Berry Parker Doesn't Catch Crushes September 2025 from HarperCollins Childrens' Books.Comments
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It sounds like you get more solitude at home. Maybe you should go on a retreat someday as a source of material… But that won’t help with editing.
No, but doesn’t it sound like it’s the stuff of novels??? 🙂