http://writing.shawguides.com/ Writers Conferences Writing Workshops offers writing conferences, writers workshops, creative career writing programs and literary retreats en-us Copyright 2026 ShawGuides http://backend.userland.com/rss/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 13:51:28 EST http://www.shawguides.com/images/learning_vacations_creative_careers/learning_vacations_creative_careers.gif http://www.shawguides.com The Motherode Retreat is an intensive five-day retreat course held at the Barns at Boyd s Mill in the Pennsylvania Pocono. At this retreat we focus on our relationships with our mothers and mastering the art of writing about them.<BR> Year Established: 2025<BR> Number of Programs/Year: 1<BR> Program Length: 5 Days<BR> Group Size or S:T Ratio: 5:1<BR> Program Focus: Publishing, Non-fiction, Autobiography Memoir, Fiction<BR> Faculty: Novelist Amy Shearn, the award-winning author of the novels Animal Instinct, Dear Edna Sloane, Unseen City, and The Mermaid of Brooklyn, and Diana Friedman, writer, editor and writing coach and Director of Pyrenean Creative Writing Retreats.<BR> Costs: 1920. Deposit of 320 to hold your spot. Early bird discount of 10 if you reserve by January 15, 2025 and book by Feb 15.<BR> U.S. Locations: Milanville, Pennsylvania <BR> Global Locations: <BR> Months: April,May<BR> Click for more information: http://writing.shawguides.com/motherloderetreat http://writing.shawguides.com/motherloderetreat writing.shawguides.com/motherloderetreat/20250108 ShawGuides.com Wed, 08 Jan 2025 10:51:53 EST