° BORDEAUX REGION °
ESTD 2013
The French
RETREAT
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About the Course
Imagine yourself in the south of France, surrounded by sunflower fields on an old cognac-making estate. Imagine waking in an antique bed as the sun is rising: roosters crowing, strong French coffee brewing, and you, settling into your early morning writing. Imagine resting beside the saltwater pool in the lazy heat of a French summer afternoon, or you and your notebook under the dappled shadows of the lime tree. Imagine watching the sunflowers go from tight green fists to full blossoms as you figure out the kinks of your project. Imagine long evenings eating alfresco with new friends–good food, wine, cheese, and always dessert. Imagine the moon rising over the fields as you wake in the night with the perfect idea…and write until sunrise.
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Your Instructor
Nancy Stohlman
Nancy Stohlman is the author of six books including After the Rapture (2023), winner of the Reader Views Silver Award, Madam Velvet’s Cabaret of Oddities (2018), The Vixen Scream and Other Bible Stories (2014), The Monster Opera (2013), Searching for Suzi: a flash novel (2009), and Going Short: An Invitation to Flash Fiction (2020). Her books have been honored in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, The Foreword Indies, The International Book Awards, Reader Views Book Awards and the Colorado Book Awards. Her stories have been anthologized widely, appearing in the Norton anthology New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction and The Best Small Fictions 2019, as well as adapted for both stage and screen. She teaches at the University of Colorado Boulder and holds workshops and retreats around the world.