Nov. 9-16, 2014
Writers’ Workshop
on magical Lake Atitlan
The gift of time to
write. Inspiration, and
experienced support.
With
Mary Jo McConahay, Lowell Thomas
Travel Journalist of the Year
Author
of Maya
Roads,
One Woman’s Journey Among the People of the Rainforest
(www.mayaroads.com)
or write to mjmcconahay@gmail.com
This will be a
small group -- ideal for a spirit of retreat, and individual attention to each
writer. We will work on structure, and voice. Feedback and thoughtful critique
are central to developing the craft -- these will be key elements in our days
at the beautiful Posada Santiago on the Lake.
*Independent Publishers' Award, Best travel essay book; Northern California Book Award,
best creative nonfiction; USA
BookNews International Book Awards: Best travel essay book, best
autobiography/memoir, best new nonfiction; A National Geographic Traveler Honored Book.
Mary Jo’s travel stories have won four Solas
Best Travel Writing awards in the last two years, appeared in Best Travel Writing and Best Women’s Travel Writing (Travelers’
Tales), and on Gadling.com. Her story
on GoNomad.com, was judged one of the
site’s top five of the last year. Her award-winning reporting has appeared in
Time, Newsweek, Vogue, Rolling Stone, the Los Angeles Times Magazine and more
than two dozen other publications. Photo of the dock at Posada Santiago by Jeff
Speigner.
