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La Muse Inn is a year-round writers' & artists' retreat run by writers with the mission of providing writers, artists, artisans, and scholars with an inspiring escape from their busy schedules. It provides essential time and space in which to focus on the work they love in the Languedoc region of the South of France, in a tiny village perched in the craggy mountains 25 km north of the walled medieval town of Carcassonne. La Muse is a medieval stone manor house with 6 rooms and 2 cottages. Cost for a three-week retreat ranges from $1000 to $1,290; For a couple, $1,215 to $1,930. See Web site for more information.
Contact:
La Muse Inn
Rue De la Place
11380
Labastide Esparbairenque, France
+33 (0) 458-263-393
getaway@lamuseinn.com
http://www.lamuseinn.com
In May 2011, the publishers of many of the world's most famous authors - including Dan Brown, J.K. Rowling and Stephen King - join to support The Next Big Author.com: a new initiative which encourages budding authors to write the opening to a novel in May. World-leading Publishers including The Random House Group, Orion, Bloomsbury, Little Brown and Hodder & Stoughton will read and provide critiques for the top-rated opening chapters written that month. The initiative aims to encourage and support new talent towards literary success. See Web site for more information.
Sleepytown Press is sponsoring a Fall Writer's Retreat November 4-6, 2011. This is for beginners as well as seasoned writers. The cost is $60 per person and includes two nights lodging and five meals at Bolton Camp near Waldo and Millerville in Alabama. Feel free to email Randy for more information.
Contact:
Randy Young
sleepytownpress@yahoo.com
http://www.sleepytownpress.com
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