WRITING RETREATS AT SUNSET BEACH 

Both these retreats take place at the Sunset Inn, where you’ll have your own beautifully appointed private room with king-sized bed, private bath and balcony, and enjoy the large porches with rocking chairs and swings, as well as the coastal setting. For more information on the Sunset Inn, which is a five-minute walk from Sunset Beach and is next to a peaceful marsh where herons and cranes live, see  www.thesunsetinn.net. 

Sharing some laughter at the Sunset Inn

Cost for retreats includes writing sessions, two nights’ lodging, two breakfasts and Saturday lunch (hotel tax and Saturday dinner at a local restaurant not included). Additionally, for those who might like to stay another day to work on their writing, or to just enjoy the beach, the Inn is offering Coastal Writing Retreat participants the opportunity to stay Sunday night at half price.

You’ll need a copy of Spinning Words into Gold, available for $23.54 at the retreat. Or order a copy now ($3.99 shipping).

THE HEALING POWER OF WORDS WRITING RETREAT

(Writing As a Healing, As Well As a Creative Process)

What benefits can writing provide—physically, mentally, spiritually? Are some ways of writing more healing than others? And how can we create quality literary work as we heal?

In this retreat that incorporates discoveries in the field of mind-body-spirit connection and Dr. James Pennebaker’s ground-breaking ideas on writing as a healing modality, you’ll learn methods of writing that help navigate the inevitable losses and grief we encounter on our life's path of growth into wholeness, as well as create moving works of memoir, fiction, nonfiction, and/or poetry.

$378 for the weekend beginning Friday, February 19 through Sunday, February 21.* The Coastal Writing Retreat includes writing sessions, two nights’ lodging, two breakfasts and Saturday lunch (hotel tax and Saturday dinner at a local restaurant not included).

*Want to extend your retreat? If you’d like to stay another day to write, or to just enjoy the beach, the Inn is offering to Coastal Writing Retreat participants the opportunity to stay Sunday night, February 21st, at half price. 

WHERE: The Sunset Inn, 9 North Shore Dr., Sunset Beach, NC 28468 

WHEN: Friday, February 19 – Sunday, February 21, 2016

TO REGISTER: Contact the Sunset Inn at 888-575-1001 (if you would like to handpick your room, view your choices here first, then call). Because the Inn is holding rooms for you, our participants, they are blocked off as unavailable online. Register soon by phone—there are only 4 more spaces available.

Coastal Retreat participants check out Sunset Pier.

 

COASTAL WRITING RETREAT

(Writing—and More—as Renewal and Inspiration) 

Only 1 space left!

Renew yourself and reconnect with your own creativity, whether you are a practicing writer, closet writer, or as-yet-to-pick-up-the-pen writer. The techniques and prompts we’ll use will spur your imagination, and can be used to create nonfiction, fiction, and/or poetry—the choice is yours. $378 for the weekend beginning Friday, February 26 through Sunday, February 28.* The Coastal Writing Retreat includes writing sessions, two nights’ lodging, two breakfasts and Saturday lunch (hotel tax and Saturday dinner at a local restaurant not included).

*Want to extend your retreat? If you’d like to stay another day to write, or to just enjoy the beach, the Inn is offering to Coastal Writing Retreat participants the opportunity to stay Sunday night, February 28th, at half price. 

WHERE: The Sunset Inn, 9 North Shore Dr., Sunset Beach, NC 28468

WHEN: Friday, February 26 – Sunday, February 28, 2016

TO REGISTER: Contact the Sunset Inn at 888-575-1001 (if you would like to handpick your room, view your choices here first, then call). Because the Inn is holding rooms for you, our participants, they are blocked off as unavailable online. Register soon by phone — this is a popular event and there are only 2 spaces available.

*Also, please let the Inn know when you call if you are interested in staying Sunday night at half price. The Inn will hold your reservation with a credit card.

MAUREEN RYAN GRIFFIN, an award-winning poetry and nonfiction writer, is the author of Spinning Words into Gold, a Hands-On Guide to the Craft of Writing, a grief workbook entitled I Will Never Forget You, and two collections of poetry, This Scatter of Blossoms and When the Leaves Are in the Water. She believes, as author Julia Cameron says, "We are meant to midwife dreams for one another."

Maureen also believes that serious "word work" requires serious WordPlay, as play is how we humans best learn—and perform. What she loves best is witnessing all the other dreams that come true for her clients along the way. Language, when used with intentionality and focus, is, after all, serious fuel for joy. Here's to yours!