Forty-six days doesn't sound very long to me. Or maybe that's just because I'm forty-six years old and that's not old. It's not. Stop laughing. I mean it!! :)
You know what I love the most about planning this retreat? The e-mails from people asking about flights, rooms, etc., just feeling the excitement building from the details! I love it!
SPOTLIGHT:
Lisa Qualsett is coming this year! Many of you know her from Write About Jesus and you know how great she is. I'm excited for what she will add to our retreat this year. She co-wrote many of the songs from the Dove-nominated musical, PRAISE ROCKS, and she is a writer for Upright Grand Music. I love her heart. I didn't ask her permission to post this poem (because it's 5:00 in the morning -- although I think she's as much of an insomniac as I am so she's probably awake) but I love it. This is who Lisa is in my head:
I Wouldn't Love Magenta
LisaQ
Dimly tinted are the days
In shades of stone and sepia
But if it weren't for times like this
I wouldn't love Magenta
If it weren't for tears that fall
And wash the colors colorless
Bleeding fear and joy to one
I wouldn't love Magenta
Bursting through the morning sky
Then gone until the end of day
If it burned with every hour
It wouldn't take my breath away
So give me fog and gray sometimes
To keep me grateful for the Sun
'Cause if I had a perfect life
I wouldn't love Magenta
Joel
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I was standing in the middle of A hot, crowded amusement park last year when Gina called to tell me how purely inspiring and energizing the co-writing retreat was. When the discussion came up this year in the Q household to plan our 08 trip to Adventureland, can you guess what I said?
The corndogs, cotton candy, and rides which expel the corndogs and cotton candy will have to wait.
I'M HEADED TO KENTUCKY. WOOO HOO!!!
ok, I forgot to sign my name...
Lisa Q
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