Making Rocky Mountain Writer's Festival a Writing Retreat

Since the Festival is still almost two weeks away, I wanted to share a fun idea I've used in the past, before I retired. I use to take the week of the Festival (or a few days if I didn't have much vacation leave left)and make it a vacation, like a writing retreat, or writer's conference. Being on vacation gives you the freedom of staying up as late as you want, spending the day reading and writing, getting together with friends, etc. I took vacation for many of the past festivals, and it was always so much more fun and productive when I had that freedom--it felt more like a writer's conference, with a lot of independent study.