Weekly Writer's Stay
A focused short-term stay for writers who need dedicated time to make meaningful progress.
Rates to be announced.
Chapter Seven of 10. Writer's Retreat.
Chapter Seven
Writer's Retreat
A peaceful place for writers to write, reflect, focus, create and recharge, planned for the Mineral Wells, Texas area. Dates, rates and the property itself will be published here once they are confirmed.
The experience
A Place Designed for the WorkYou’ve Been Meaning to Finish
This is not simply a place to stay. The retreat is meant to give a writer the three things that are hardest to find at home: unbroken time, quiet, and someone who knows what a manuscript needs.
That last one is the difference. ROMAR Press is a working independent publisher — a catalogue, an editor of four decades, and author coaching already in place. A stay here sits inside that, rather than beside it.
Write. Reflect. Create.
What could you accomplish here?
- Begin
- Start the book you've been carrying.
- Focus
- Create uninterrupted writing time.
- Finish
- Complete a draft or a major section.
- Revise
- Step away from daily distractions and work through revisions.
- Plan
- Structure a manuscript, or the book after this one.
- Prepare
- Get closer to submitting for publication.
The property
The Retreat
A house in the Mineral Wells area, kept for writers. The details below will be filled in as they are confirmed — nothing is being described before it is real.
The house
Details on bedrooms, living space, kitchen and parking are still to be published.
To be confirmed
Where you write
Details on the writing workspace, quiet areas and connectivity are still to be published.
To be confirmed
Outside
Details on the outdoor space, grounds and surroundings are still to be published.
To be confirmed
Retreat options
Choose the Time You Need
Four ways to come. Rates are set per stay and will be published once they are confirmed.
Monthly Writing Residency
A longer stay for writers working through a substantial manuscript, revision, or creative project.
Rates to be announced.
Extended Stay
For writers who need additional time beyond a standard weekly or monthly stay.
Rates to be announced.
With ROMAR coaching
Guided Writer's Retreat
The stay combined with ROMAR coaching and publishing guidance — planning before you arrive, and a manuscript conversation before you leave.
Rates to be announced.
Pre-retreat coaching
Arrive With a Plan.Leave With Progress.
A week disappears quickly when you spend the first two days deciding what to work on. Before a stay, you can sit down with the publisher and settle that in advance.
It is optional, and it is the thing that makes a retreat different from a quiet house.
What the session covers
- What are you writing?
- Fiction or nonfiction?
- Where the manuscript stands today
- Current and target word count
- How the chapters are shaped
- The biggest obstacle in the way
- What you want to leave with
- Where you hope the book ends up
What you leave the session with
- Goals for the stay
- Which chapters come first
- A daily writing target
- Manuscript milestones
- A direction for publication
A look at the retreat
The House, When It's Ready
The property has not been photographed yet. These frames are held for the real pictures — no stock photography stands in for the actual house.
The house
Photograph to come
Where you write
Photograph to come
Living space
Photograph to come
The full gallery — the house, where you write, living space, porch and outdoor space, the surroundings, details — goes live with the photographs.
Location
Mineral Wells, Texas
The retreat is planned for the Mineral Wells area of North Texas — far enough from a city to be quiet, and about two hours from ROMAR Press in Stephenville.
Directions, nearest airports and arrival guidance will be sent to confirmed guests.
Availability
Plan Your Stay
Retreat dates and availability will be published as they are confirmed.
- Available
- Reserved
- Pending
- Blocked
How booking will work
- 1Choose your stayWeekly, monthly, extended or guided.
- 2Select datesFrom the published availability calendar.
- 3Add coachingAny planning or review sessions you want.
- 4Your detailsWho is coming, and how to reach you.
- 5Retreat questionnaireWhat you are working on, and your goals.
- 6DepositConfirm the reservation.
- 7ConfirmationDates, directions and arrival guidance.
Enquiries go straight to the publisher — robitaille@romarpress.com · 254.592.1891
Optional
Make the Retreat Your Own
Coaching that can attach to any stay. Each is optional and priced separately once rates are set.
Before you arrive
Pre-retreat coaching session
Set the goals for your stay before you arrive.
Book planning session
Shape scope, structure and a realistic schedule.
While you're here
Mid-stay coaching
A conversation partway through, to adjust course while there is still time.
Before you leave
Manuscript review
An editor's read of what the stay produced.
End-of-retreat review
What you finished, what is next, and how to keep the pace at home.
Publishing consultation
What publication would actually take, from the publisher herself.
Where this leads
More Than a Getaway.A Step Forward in Your Writing Journey.
A week away is worth more when there is somewhere for the manuscript to go afterwards.
- Idea
- Coaching
- Retreat
- Manuscript
- Publishing
- Author
The writer's retreat
Your Next Chapter May Needa Different Setting.
If you are looking for time, quiet, focus, and thoughtful guidance, ROMAR Press would love to help you explore a future writer's retreat in Mineral Wells, Texas.
Dates, rates and the property itself will be published here once they are confirmed — robitaille@romarpress.com