5 Days + 7 Authors = Writing Retreat

What do you get when you have seven authors on a mountain top with minimal internet connection?

A lot of good writing days.

Pages and pages of well-written pages. Which means more stories for you!

Last week I participated in a five day writing retreat. There were lectures by the facilitator, discussions about books, talking about our own books, and writing, writing, writing. The authors attending were at various stages of their careers: from working on their first novel to having published over thirty books with varying publishers. I fell somewhere in the middle.

We discussed the best way to polish our works-in-progress, learned rhetorical devices to make our prose stronger, and scoured examples of phenomenal writing. All of us came out writing stronger, pushing ourselves harder, and being confidant we were writing to the best of our ability.

I worked on ATLANTIS GLACIAL TIDES, which is Adria’s full story. Her novella was featured in Tornado Alley Publications’ THIS SUMMER STORM anthology. Now, she has a full story of her own where the growth she began in the novella is completed.

Now that I’m home, I miss the camaraderie of my fellow writers, the dedicated hours to perfecting my craft, and the internet silence. But I’m still pushing myself to write better and stronger.

News: SUPERNATURAL SIX, a young adult anthology featuring six different authors is being re-published at iBooks for a limited time only. ATLANTIS RIPTIDE, the first book in the Lost Daughters of Atlantis series is included in the anthology. Find out how the Atlantis series began and discover some other great authors.

 

For more information about other books in the Lost Daughters of Atlantis series, visit my website at www.allieburton.com.

Summer Reading While You Can!

School is just around the corner and there’s only a few weeks left to kick back and enjoy a good summer read!

The final days of August is when I think about all the things I wanted to do during the summer and all that’s still left to accomplish. It’s also a time when I take out my TBR (To Be Read)  list and start to dig in.

Enjoying the sun, I will sit in the garden or out by the pond for a few hours of pleasure reading. Or I will take a book to the pool or beach. When the summer thunder storms roll in, I’ll sit under the covered patio with a good book. And in the evening, I’ll prop pillows on my bed and read late into the night.

I’ll read in line and waiting for the kids to get out of camps and even while I’m cooking dinner. Paperback, e-reader, or phone, one of these is always by my side.

Before the assigned reading for school starts, where is your favorite place to read?

Comment below to win an ebook copy of the LOST DAUGHTERS OF ATLANTIS book bundle, the precursor to Adria’s story in THIS SUMMER STORM.

And from last month’s blog, the winner of an e-copy of SOUL SLAM is Sarah J. McNeal! Send me your email address and I’ll send you a copy.

For more information about other books in the Lost Daughters of Atlantis series, visit my website at www.allieburton.com.

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