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Shoot! I cooked something up at The Muffin and I completely forgot to mention it last week!

I’m blaming it on the heat, or the summer lazy thing, or the hours on the road, or the beach or the convent in Alabama–I’ll let you pick the excuse you like best–but I hope you’ll take a moment to see how you can get a writing retreat in, even if you’re stuck at home with the kids and the heat and…

Come to think of it, with the crazy heat and the pop-up thunderstorms, maybe it’s the perfect time to plan a writing retreat. You can be nice and cool and productive and you don’t even have to spend any money. You just need to throw a couple ingredients together and start writing!

Oh, d’oh. I almost forgot the post! It’s “Recipe for a Winning Writing Retreat (Serves One to Twenty). Lots of yummy stuff, and if you have a minute, let me know what you’re working on this summer and we’ll all cheer you on!

Assuming the heat and such hasn’t melted you yet.

And you can remember it.

(And P.S. Don’t forget to sign up for the giveaway of There’s a Hamster in My Dashboard over at this post. Gee, I sure hope I remember to draw that name. And tell you about it. Maybe somebody holler at me if I do?)

I love tricks–the stealthier, the better. So when my brain came up with a few tricks to keep me working through the summer, well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit! You wouldn’t believe how much I’ve accomplished this summer and it’s only July!

Want to know my tricks? Check out my post, “The Trick To Working in the Summer” over at The Muffin. I guarantee superior stealth and optimum results.

And because we’re all about sharing the writing gems here, I’m passing along one more trick that I didn’t mention at The Muffin: Kidlit Summer School 2015!

It’s a day late for preregistration goodies, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still get in on some awfully good stuff! Honestly, last summer, Kidlit Summer School really gave me the push (and lots of tips) to get my Middle Grade novel going–and I had SO much fun, I didn’t even notice I was working.

Come to think of it, I worked like a dog. But a really happy dog. So hey, who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? (Even if it’s summer!)