SVR Writing Retreat
Last weekend I flew to California for the Sacramento Valley Rose’s Writing Retreat in Monterey. It was The Bomb.
It started out with my fabulous crit partner, Virna De Paul, picking me up from the bay area and driving us down to the coast. That’s us in the pic above, across from our frequently visited Chocolate Shoppe in Pacific Grove.
We found an awesome Coffee House a couple blocks from the beach and the Chocolate Shoppe — how perfect is that? I worked on revising Peek-A-Boo Brain (formerly known as Mind Reader) and I edited well more than half of my ms - yay!
Virna busted out almost all of her wip, and the weekend was nearly perfection…just missing our other crit partner, Misa Ramirez, who was there in spirit–and on the phone line since we kept calling her all weekend. 
Great friends, awesome location, and lots of writing. This Retreat was The Bomb and I wish we could do it every month. Hope your weekend was as wonderful, too!
May 14th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
OMG I am missing the chocolate shop, the coffee shop, Misa, and you!!! Having withdrawals and hoping we’ll all get together soon. For writing and other Hatler-esque good times!!
May 15th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Monterey is dabomb! Maybe you can start a cute lil coffee shop like that in Whitefish?
Those are the best!! Can’t wait for the B&B trip and cute pic!
May 18th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Oh, that sounds fantastic! So glad you had a good time!
May 21st, 2009 at 10:47 am
Hey Susan! Sounds like you had a great time. Monterey really is an awsome place for a retreat. And then there’s the awsome Monterey Aquarium!
Keep on writing!
cheers
November 1st, 2009 at 11:15 pm
I love your website,blog, and picture of you and Virna!!
February 11th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
hi Susan! hope you would have a great fun in Monterey. Writing retreat………..wow what an interesting idea. Writing all memorable events in your own words… really great. I am also planning to do it. Thanks Susan for sharing….