Retreat from Harsh Reality
2019 Schedule
Friday, April 26
10 – 3pm Write-In (Fireside Room 1st floor)
Complimentary beverage service
Restaurant does not open until 4pm
4 pm Hotel check-in opens
4 – 5:30pm Retreat check-In (Hotel lobby 1st floor)
*If you will be arriving later than 5:30, please contact the retreat chair to obtain your retreat materials.
6pm Meet & Greet (Boathouse main area)
Light meal and dessert
Water provided, B.Y.O.B
7 – 8:15pm Short introductions (Boathouse main area)
Guest Speaker Louise Ahern presents:
“Breaking Rules & Breaking In— A Renegade Writer’s Guide to Trusting Your Gut”
8:15pm -- Free time
Write, critique, plot, socialize, sleep
Saturday, April 27
7 – 9am Breakfast Buffet (Hotel restaurant 1st floor)
8 - 9am Saturday only attendee retreat check in (Hotel lobby 1st floor)
9:15am Attendee group photo (place TBD)
9:30 – 11:30am Keynote (Fireside room 1st floor)
Guest Speaker Louise Ahern presents:
“The Art of Backstory”
11:30am – 1:30pm Book Sale (Hotel lobby 1st floor)
Noon Lunch Buffet (Hotel restaurant 1st floor)
1:30 – 2:30pm Breakout Session: (Fireside room 1st floor)
Award-winning author and MMRWA member Gina Conkle presents: "Marketing and Newsletters"
2:30 - 5pm Choice Time – Write on your own; join
a critique or plot group
5 – 7 pm Raffle Drawing/Silent Auction (Fireside room 1st floor)
Dinner served 6pm
7:30pm Dessert (Boathouse main area)
Network/Social time
Member recognition and "Toot-Your-Own-Horn" announcements
2018 MMRWA Angel Award for Service
Sunday, April 28
7 – 9 am Breakfast Buffet (Hotel restaurant 1st floor)
9am - ? April MMRWA Chapter meeting (Fireside room 1st floor)
Water, coffee, and tea available (all welcome)
*This room will be available for writing until noon
*Times and events subject to change.