I spent last week on a solo writing retreat to work on my copyeditor’s comments on my manuscript for my book Listen to the Wool. Read the piece on Substack: Trains, teas and retreats – on the joy and wonder of shifting patterns.
It’s my third writing retreat for this book and it gives me the space I need to focus, but also a chance to shift patterns. Like the other times, I came home from this writing retreat a new writer. Today I give you an essay about shifting patterns, of making space for new inspiration and of coming one step closer to a finished book. I hope you love it.
“Only a year ago I didn’t know what a writing retreat was, let alone a solo writing retreat. This is a space where I chisel out my own writing experience from materials I don’t have access to at home – surroundings that need nothing from me, no one to answer to, no garden chairs to let out of their tarp hibernation, just me and my writing and whatever I choose to do when my writing day is over. I write and I dance. Write some more and step barefoot into the garden to greet the grass with my toes.”
The other day I also got a design sample of the book. It was so beautifully and thoughtfully done and I can’t wait for you to see it. Listen to the wool will be published in November 2025.
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What a joy to read Josefin! I was with you all the way, I even felt the cold feeling going through my body as you dipped into the ocean. Thank you for taking us a long.
Ooh, I’m Halley you enjoyed it!