Emily Hanlon: emily@emilyhanlon.com
The Retreat Is Open To All Levels of Writers.
Call Emily to Discuss Your Participation. (914) 962-4432

​The 22 Annual Writing & Creativity Retreat for Women
​Bar Harbor, Maine, Home to Acadia National Park!
​September 10th-17, 2022

​Being a Fiction Writer Is Passionate, Challenging, Fun, and Freeing!​
​​​Words alone do not a fiction writer make! The magic of this retreat reveals itself as day by day we dive deeper into our imaginations.

As Albert Einstein said: ​​“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” ​
"In Emily's retreat, I finally let my writing fly unfettered and alive. I felt childlike and adult at the same time, responsible for the process but enjoying it with the wonder of a small child. It has been simply amazing." ​~Michelle Burton
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Emily and Lucy, Retreat Mascot, on Top of Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park.
It reminds me of this poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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“What if you slept
And what if
In your sleep
You dreamed
And what if
In your dream
You went to heaven
And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower
And what if
When you awoke
You had that flower in you hand
Ah, what then?”

If you like this poem, this image, this thought, you will love my retreat!
​​"My favorite part of Emily's Retreat was being with the women in the Circle. I loved watching the process flow. The shared insights made me feel part of the flow and the magic." ​- ​Vallerie Huyghue
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​​​"The retreat jump-started my writing in a way I never thought possible. The words tumbled out, and I am overjoyed. I come away from this magical place that invites the land and the sea into my imagination with a full heart." ~ Cynthia Ayers
​​​Our Creativity Is The Source Of Our Best Characters and Stories. The chemistry and culture of my retreats and the Circle that holds us are filled with excitement, liveliness, risk-taking and creative expectation.
The Retreat is Open to All Levels of Writers
​ To discuss your participation, call Emily 914.962.4432 or Contact Me ​Here. 
Read a personal, behind-the-scenes story about my journey of becoming a fiction writing Coach:  A Teacher Should Inspire.