Release Date: 09.21.10 | Location: All Metro Atlanta | Organization: Scribblers' Retreat Writers' Conference
Scribblers' Retreat Writers' Conference meets Nov. 11-13 at St. Simons Island
Scribblers' Retreat encourages, educates and promotes writers and authors
The Scribblers’ Retreat Writers’ Conference is designed to help you learn from the best while incorporating the newest in technology and new publishing trends. We are proud to present world-class authors who will show you how the world can be an "open door." Come and hear these astonishing authors in an intimate and beautiful oceanfront location: The King & Prince Beach & Golf Resort on St. Simons Island on the Georgia coast. You won't want to miss this one!
Author Diana Gabaldon has sold more than 17 million copies of her books worldwide and has a loyal following. Her books include: The Outlander Series, Voyager, Echo in the Bone, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, The Fiery Cross, Drums of Autumn and soon to be released The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel.
Author Karen White is known for her award-winning novels Learning to Breathe, The House on Tradd Street, the highly praised The Memory of Water, The Lost Hours and Pieces of the Heart.
Author/Professor Adam Davies is a former Random House editor and author of The Frog King (soon to be a major motion picture), Goodbye Lemon, Mine All Mine. His non-fiction has appeared in the New York Times.
Author/Journalist Ciji Ware’s Right Sizing Your Life was named one of the top books on retirement by the Wall Street Journal. She has also published Island of the Swans and A Cottage by the Sea.
The Inspiration of St. Simons Island
Through the years, the abundant beauty of the Georgia coast has inspired artists of every stripe, including poets, novelists and playwrights.
In 1878, poet Sidney Lanier extolled the lush beauty of our coastal landscape, in his ode to "The Marshes of Glynn." Many others have written about coastal Georgia's towns and cities and their inhabitants. One of the best-known local authors was Eugenia Price, who wrote 14 historical novels about the Georgia and Florida coasts in the 1800s. During the 1930s, playwright Eugene O'Neill built a home and worked on Sea Island, where he wrote "Ah, Wilderness," his only comedy. Another writer of the period, Ben Ames Williams, also lived and wrote on Sea Island.
Contemporary writers can find similar inspiration -- along with healthy doses of fellowship and professional guidance -- at The Scribblers’ Retreat Writers’ Conference. During two-day conferences, writers attend workshops, lectures and panel discussions led by ten world-class authors, editors, publishers and other literary professionals. Each conference begins with an Opening Ceremonies Banquet Thursday evening and ends with an Evening with the Authors cocktail reception Saturday evening.
The Scribblers’ Retreat Writers’ Conference takes place at the historic King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort, St. Simons Island's only oceanfront hotel. Workshop participants enjoy contemplative walks along the beach, and are within minutes of St. Simons's Island's beautiful lighthouse and pier village with its many shops and restaurants. Special rates are available for conference participants.
For information about Scribblers' Retreat Writers’ Conferences, please call toll-free 800-996-2904, or visit online at www.scribblersretreatwritersconference.com.
Contact Info
Contact Name: Elizabeth Sundstrom
Company: Scribblers' Retreat Writers' Conference
Phone: 800-996-2904
E-mail: [email protected]
