Okay, so I'm not retreating anywhere, but the partner-in-crime has officially flown the coop for two weeks. He's got some international thieving to do, and I'm stuck here by my lonesome. I don't like staying by myself, never have, and now I have two loooooooooooong weeks to slog through before he shows up again to shower me with jewels and lost treasures.
So I decided to call the next two weeks my impromptu writer's retreat, or re-treat, since I'm not actually going anywhere. I'm curious to see how much writing I get done in the evenings with nothing but the TV and my faithful sidekick Scout to distract me (formidable foes, make no mistake). I have dreams that I'll have the current rewrite totally done by the time he gets back, but I'm realistic enough now to know that I can't actual bend the laws of time and space to my will (much as I try). I will, however, make a more concerted effort to set aside blocks of time I normally dedicate to family to writing. And who knows, I could have several chapters completed upon his return.
How's the hidey hole going for most of you? I know there are a lot of Nano and Nanorevmo workers out there, are you enjoying your own writer's retreat (by election or force)?
Enjoy the quiet comforts of home writing sans the distracting hubby!
ReplyDeleteI'm Nanoing away, but have to go out tonight. I hope you get a lot done without the hubs there to distract you. Keep us posted.
ReplyDeleteGood luck -- hope you'll enjoy your writer's retreat, and that it'll be fruitful!
ReplyDeleteSounds wonderful! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteTV??? Not on this writer's re-treat. Nope. Because you're a writing soldier. Not a sofa spud. A few chapters? Finish. That. Rewrite. You can do it!
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