{"id":2192,"date":"2020-05-23T14:42:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T21:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/?p=2192"},"modified":"2020-05-24T06:55:53","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T13:55:53","slug":"an-writers-retreat-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/an-writers-retreat-really\/","title":{"rendered":"An Writer`s Retreat? Really?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In my imagination, the term “Writer`s Retreat” has always meant a creative nirwana where authors write wonderful books in splendid isolation. The location has to be idyllic and maybe remote and above all a magical place where the author is inundated with new ideas, where the muse hovers over her and the creative juices flow in abundance. Not that I have ever been at a writer`s retreat – somehow I have always created my novels wherever I was living and working. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This could be a nice writer`s retreat but writing in the sun has never been my forte.<\/strong>

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Just imagine a pretty abode, old but completely renovated. In its quaint rooms, the author could spend every minute of her days and nights alone – and write, write, write.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sorry, you cannot come in, this is a place of self-isolation.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The only drawback: The author is not able to concentrate on writing. The world of Covid-19 occupies her thoughts. It dominates her life. As it happens to everybody. Shouldn`t the author be able to handle some self-isolation? After all, she is used to the solitary occupation that is writing. It`s no big deal. Especially when the surroundings are so nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Is this romantic bedroom really crime-novel-material? <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A friend of mine suggested to me that I should start my next murder mystery with a woman staying in self-quarantine. I replied that, frankly, her idea did not appeal to me at all. I just want to leave this surreal state of mind behind me and not to have to think about the virus. No writer`s retreat for me, please. My creativity craves normalcy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I`m in awe of all the courageous people helping during the Covid-19 crisis.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This beautiful, delicate flower is for all the frontline and essential workers who risk their lives everyday during the Covid-19 crisis and cannot afford to make a fuss about it like an author who has the luxury to stay at home. Thank you – and sorry for being such a wussy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my imagination, the term “Writer`s Retreat” has always meant a creative nirwana where authors write wonderful books in splendid isolation. The location has to be idyllic and maybe remote and above all a magical place where the author is inundated with new ideas, where the muse hovers over her Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5537-Copy.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2192"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2202,"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192\/revisions\/2202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}