“There’s a version of this story where none of it happens. A version where you don’t vanish on a cold November night, leaving only trails of dust and cryptic love notes on my pillow: Remember me as I was.
There’s still a portal but it doesn’t lead to the Imagination.
In this version it’s June, not November, and we are still at the carnival, eating funnel cakes and laughing like innocent people. We are walking around the carnival, and I’m wearing my favorite baby blue striped shirt, long before I learned to pose for the world, and your hair is a curly mullet, and we are neon rainbows of pink and yellow against a trampled, grassy field…KEEP READING
Have you been dreaming of joining us on a writing retreat?
Maybe 2025 is your year??
Have you been enjoying the pictures from our Grand Lake and Italy retreats these past months? (Instagram and Facebook)
Well, get excited, because we’ll be returning to some of our favorite places and welcoming some new faces (giving Kathy a welcome break from all that travel!) next year! Robert Vaughan will be joining me in France next June, Selah Saterstrom will be joining me in Iceland next October, and Kathy Fish and I will be welcoming you back to our home state of Colorado in August!
A 12-week creative incubator to get your work across the finish line
September 23-December 13
Whether your book is a flash novel, novella, memoir or creative nonfiction, if you are a dedicated writer, drawing on the skills of flash fiction, then this is the long-term container of inspiration, motivation, community and support you have been wanting to bring your ideas to fruition.
Are you tired of saying: one day I’ll finish my book?
Do you want to get started or write “the end” in 2024?
If so, you are in the right place.
Do you ever:
Feel unsure about your book idea?
Feel alone in the writing process and not sure what kind of support you need?
Feel directionless, like you are fighting or forcing your idea?
Feel impatient, like you just need to get to the end of a first draft so you can figure out what you’re really trying to say?
Wish you had a cheering squad to keep you motivated and inspired?
Wish you had a creative personal trainer, someone to hold you accountable and celebrate your progress?
I get it! I’ve spent more than 20 years navigating the ups and downs of writing a book: from the giddy idea phase to the steady, day by day of making it happen. And what I’ve learned from writing more than 10 books–from flash novels and collections to anthologies and craft books–is that my writing thrives when I have close, long-term relationships with mentors and teachers, regular exposure to new writing, and colleagues I can trust.
Nancy Stohlman 