Time to Write Revision Retreat – November 7-9, 2014

TIME TO WRITE REVISION RETREAT with Linda Urban & Kate Messner

November 7-9, 2014

The What:
The 2014 Time to Write Revision Retreat will include daily craft lectures from Linda and Kate, mentor-facilitated small-group critique sessions, lively community meals, and quiet work time.  Cost: $480 – includes all lectures & workshops, snacks and meals from Friday dinner through Sunday lunch. Lodging is not included. See below for options.

The When:
November 7-9, 2014.  Arrive any time after noon on November 7th (first session begins at 4pm) and depart after lunch on November 9th.

The Where:
Valcour Conference Center is located on beautiful Lake Champlain, just south of Plattsburgh, NY. You can read about the inn here:
        http://www.plattsburghcas.com/valcour-conference-center

The Valcour Conference Center has nine bedrooms with different nightly rates depending on the level of accommodation and occupancy. Some are large with lake views, porch access, and private bathrooms ($160/night). Some are smaller with a shared bathroom ($65/night). Most rooms can accommodate 2-3 people, if you’d like to have a roommate or two to reduce lodging costs. There are also larger hotels in Plattsburgh, just a few miles away, and of course, if you live nearby, you are welcome to sleep in your own bed and commute.  Room options and rates are here:
http://www.plattsburghcas.com/valcour-conference-center/main-house/main-house-guest-rooms

The Who:  
Linda Urban and Kate Messner are award winning children’s authors and friends who love to teach and mentor other writers. Between the two of them, they’ve written more than thirty books, presented at over a dozen state and national conferences, and consumed approximately four hundred mocha lattes. Read more at their websites: www.lindaurbanbooks.com and www.katemessner.com

Who should attend?
This is a retreat for experienced novelists, both published and not-yet published.  The workshop will be aimed at writers who are working to revise a completed (or mostly completed) draft of a middle grade or young adult novel or chapter book.  We’ll be asking for writing samples – just five pages – when it’s time to register, so that we know you’re in a place where what we’re offering will be useful and relevant.  We can accommodate up to twenty-two writers in this lovely, intimate setting and will cap the retreat at that number.  

The How:
Valcour Conference Center is on Lake Champlain in Northeatern NY, 1.5 hours from Burlington, VT, 2.5 hours from Albany, 4 hours from Syracuse & Boston, and 5 from New York & Rochester.
http://www.plattsburghcas.com/valcour-conference-center/directions
You’ll see that the website gives driving directions from Plattsburgh International Airport, but this is not an airport that services many places. The nearest full-service airport is in Burlington, Vermont a little over an hour away (including a ferry ride). If you fly, it will probably be necessary to rent a car or find a friend who’s passing through Vermont to pick you up at the airport.

How to sign up: 

Please download and fill out the TimeToWrite sign-up form (it’s a Word document) Email it, along with the requested writing sample, to timetowriteretreat@gmail.com

 Deadline: JUNE 5th

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