Fiction Among Friends:
St. George Island Writers' Retreat
Polishing Works in Progress
November 12-16, 2007

Eight women shared writing, reading, critique sessions, meals and a lot of laughter. They celebrated the progress of each member, commiserated about frustrations, and updated one another on the writing successes of the 2006 St. George Island participants. The St. George Island Writers' Retreat offered a combination of structured and unstructured time, group time and alone time—a flexible schedule that gave each member blocks of time to progress on her own personal projects and consult with Adrian Fogelin, award-winning author of seven young adult novels.

Adrian gave us a sneak peak at her current work-in-progress for Peachtree (can't wait till it's in print), and Dawn Radford read to us from her recently published novel, Oyster Flats, a delightful tale set in the Apalachicola Bay area of Florida. Adrian offered workshops daily at the retreat and read and critiqued pages submitted by the participants. We also enjoyable a visit with David Adlerstein of the Apalachicola Times.

See the St. George Accommodations page to get a glimpse of Abbeyfeale, the beautiful home that provided the setting for our retreat. Abbeyfeale is available for rental throughout the year. Follow the link to Resort Vacation Properties for rental information if you are interested in visiting Abbeyfeale on your own.

For other questions, or to be placed on a mailing list for future retreats, email FictionFriends@aol.com or phone 352-463-3089, winter/518-623-9305, summer..