Tayari's Blog: Back Up Plans

Posted by TayariJones on March 15, 2008 11:11 PM
Filed under The Writing Life

Since I got the ixnay from MacDowell, I did some research on writers retreats that you have to pay for. (MacDowell and many others are Centre Island Picnic Areafree; this is why there is such a rigorous admittance process. For the ones listed here, the only issue is whether your money is green.)

  • "My Retreat" in upstate NY. Looks pretty nice and the room rate is about $50 a night. No services. This seems to be just a lovely place to crash. You have to feed yourself.
  • OMG. "La Muse". This one is in France! If the US Dollar wasn't in the toilet, it would be almost sort of affordable. George Bush is ruining my summer!
  • This is the "Porches" retreat in Virginia. It looks pretty, but the sort of old-Virginia, plantation vibe weirds me out. But $300 a week....
  • Who would pay $2700 a month for this?????

    Okay, that's all I could come up with. Anybody else know a good place? I really need to get away this summer.

    (Photo is from my stay a couple years ago at Gibraltar Point Artist Retreat in Toronto!)

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    Comment #1, by kgs [TypeKey Profile Page]

    This past winter I meant to rent out a cabin in one of the state parks. Things happened and that went by the wayside... I should have done it, in retrospect, but stuff happened. In any event, if you can think of places that are "off-season," those are sorta like DIY retreat centers.

    March 17, 2008 10:10 AM

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