Writing in the Dark | The CAMP

Registration opens Monday, February 17, 6 AM Central Time

Hi, friends,

We have exciting news to share. Our Writing in the Dark: The CAMP is launched! We’ll be spending 4 nights/5 days at the beautiful and historic, one-of-a-kind Camp Wandawega in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, August 18-22.

We’ve been dreaming up this adventure of words and the world since last May’s Thursday Thread on camp memories. What I said then was:

I’m planning a writer’s camp for 2025.

It’s true. I am! A place to write in the dark together for real. I’ve led group retreats for about 12 years now, in Mexico, on the North Shore of Lake Superior, on Madeline Island, and on a tiny island in the middle of a good old fashioned Midwestern summer lake.

But those retreats were smaller, and, well, fancier. This one will be a little different, a real summer camp kind of vibe.

I’ll let you know more about it soon, in the weeks and months ahead.

Meanwhile, I need your help! I need to hear from people who actually attended summer camp as kids and teens, etc., and who loved it. Who found themselves …