Well, it’s official. I will be ‘out of the office’ in all ways from February 13th to the 20th.

No internet.

No home (as in, I won’t be at home, not that I won’t have a home).

Questionable phone availability.

All I will have is a room (not even with a desk), my laptop and plenty of time to write. Oh, and alcohol after five.

I have never been on a true writer’s retreat before, and I certainly haven’t been anywhere away from home by myself since I moved to Australia. This ‘retreat’ is more like a ‘let’s see if she comes out sane’ exercise’, but I am slowly getting past the nerves and to the prospect of this being a good thing.

I’ve written a lot since I moved here, but most of it consisted of both professional and non-professional blog posts. I would estimate my creative writing efforts to be at maybe 10-15% of the lot. What does that mean? It means I’ve started quite a few things but finished few.

There will be posts while I’m gone, thanks to the wonder abilities of ‘post ahead’ on Wordpress. Even so, you can imagine me sitting on a bed (remember – no desk – the rooms are small) with my laptop, desperately trying to write (finish?) something.

I don’t want to think of it this way, but I can’t help regarding this as the ‘make or break’ moment of my writing. This time away will show me if creative writing is still in the cards for me…

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