Accolades

"Writer’s Weekend is a valuable opportunity to spend several days socializing, talking shop, and getting professional critiques. It's a lot of fun--don't miss it!" – Audrey Wildhagen

“Thanks for putting on the retreat!  It was a lot of fun.  I particularly liked the talks David and Spencer gave.  It was fun being in a group and discussing writing techniques and how to get published.   I felt the atmosphere of the critique sessions was really positive.  Everybody offered well thought out advice for each story, and nobody took anything too personally--all the critiquees were genuinely interested in fixing their stories, and all the critiquers were genuinely interested in helping them.  Nobody was there just for an ego boost.” – Chelsea Campbell, author of The Rise of Renegade X (due out May, 2010 from Egmont).

“ I want to tell you how wonderful the retreat was. Everyone was so warm and welcoming. As soon as I arrived, a very nice attending writer invited me to take a walk on the beach with his group. And I was accepted into the fold despite my decision to bring a non-genre piece for workshop. Everyone was honest, open and extremely helpful. The critiques were balanced and thoughtful and the writer gurus, Jay Lake and David Levine, were engaging and enouraging. By the time the weekend retreat ended, I was filled with fresh enthusiasm for the novel I'm working on. I was also comfortable enough with the new friends I made, that I asked a fellow writer about his weekly writing group; I'm going to my first meeting with this group tomorrow night!” – Laura Petersen