Left Bank Writers Retreat

In the summer of 2010, join a small group of writers in the magical setting of Paris's Left Bank and spend a week being immersed in stimulating new experiences. Whether you write poetry, fiction, nonfiction, memoir or simply whatever moves you at the moment, the Left Bank Writers' Retreat is guaranteed to awaken and energize your writing. Each morning our group will work on writing projects and spend the afternoon exploring the city's museums, cafes and little-known literary haunts. Any project you are working on will benefit from our daily attention to scene, setting, dialogue and description.

Limited to six participants per session, you'll be guaranteed time each day to focus on your work and receive personal help from the instructor. Our sessions will take place in a comfortable, light-filled apartment central to the hotels, parks, cafes, and shops of the Left Bank. There are currently two sessions: Session 1: June 20-25, 2010 and Session 2: June 27-July 2, 2010.

Your registration fee includes lunch each day, snacks, museum passes, literary tours, a wine tasting, and Batobus pass. (You'll be responsible for your hotel accommodations, transportation to Paris and other meals). We will be happy to provide a list of area hotels.

Restocking the writing 'well' in the City of Lights inspired the work of Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein...

and it can do the same for you.

Darla Worden is an author, writer and public relations professional from Jackson, Wyoming where she has owned her eponymous public relations business WordenGroup PR for 10 years. Her most recent book is The Rusty Parrot Cookbook (Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2009), and she also has written for numerous publications including Big Sky Journal, Mountain Living and the award-winning ezine NewWest.net. A bona fide Francophile who has spent time living and working in Paris, she is the author of the popular blog, 60,000 Mile Ticket to Paris. Worden is currently working on a nonfiction book and teaches creative writing in Jackson Hole.