Justin and I are spending a few days in the quaint town of Orange, Virginia.
He is taking a class for work.
I am reading, writing, and--most importantly--eating lots of food.
Food in belly = Happy me!
Since Justin will be gone most of the day, I'm dubbing this mini-vacation a writing retreat! With one participant! Me!
Let's see how many words I can write in the next three days, hmm? Have I mentioned that I'm a terribly slow first drafter?
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| {The Mayhurst Inn} |
We're staying at a historic B&B that dates back to 1859! General Robert E. Lee once visited this house and General "Stonewall" Jackson once stayed the night too. I'm a huge, huge history nerd so this kind of information makes my brain very excited...even though I'm a Yankee girl through and through.
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| {B&B decor with a splash of YA} |
My reading list for my little retreat includes:
Skylark by Meagan Spooner (YAY FOR MEG!)
That last book is a Civil War history that spans over a 800 pages. Yowza, it is a monster read! But it's incredibly researched and impeccably written. Still, my eyeballs are going a little cross-eyed. :)
Obviously, no writer's retreat is complete without food and actual writing! This morning, I loaded up on a yummy egg-filled breakfast and then opened up Word to my WIP. It is a YA novel and it is set in space.
Breakfast + Spaceship-filled books = Happy Caroline!
Tell me though...how are you doing? What are you up to? And what are you reading?
