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Chapter Seven of 10. Writer's Retreat.

Chapter Seven

Writer's Retreat

A peaceful place for writers to write, reflect, focus, create and recharge, at ROMAR House in Mineral Wells, Texas. Dates and rates will be published here once they are confirmed.

Explore the Writer's Retreat

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.
ROMAR House — Find Your Muse. A writer's retreat at Tatem Hill, Mineral Wells, Texas.

The property

Meet ROMAR House

A peaceful country house in Mineral Wells, Texas, created for writers who need time, space, and quiet to focus on their work.

ROMAR House: a white clapboard country house with a red brick chimney and a vine-covered front porch, a concrete path leading up across the lawn.
The houseA quiet country setting designed for focus.
The sun room at ROMAR House: windows on three sides with stained glass, two armchairs, a bookcase, a patterned rug and a writing desk with a lamp.
The sun roomNatural light, comfortable seating, and room to think.
Wrought-iron chairs and a small table on the porch of ROMAR House, on a colourful rug, looking out over the lawn.
The porchA peaceful place for coffee, notebooks, and quiet mornings.
An upright piano with sheet music and a brass lamp beside an upholstered armchair at ROMAR House, beneath framed art.
The piano cornerA creative space where music and reflection meet.
A long wooden farmhouse table with a blue runner in the dining area at ROMAR House, beneath a framed sign of house sayings.
The dining areaRoom for meals, planning, conversation, and pages spread across the table.
The hot tub at ROMAR House with a rubber duck in the water, and mature oak trees and the lawn beyond.
The hot tubA place to unwind after a focused day of writing.
The grounds at ROMAR House: mature oak trees, canna lilies, a wrought-iron bench and open pasture with outbuildings.
The outdoorsOpen Texas country, mature trees, and room to breathe.

For details on rooms and arrangements for a stay, ask about availability.

Retreat options

Choose the Time You Need

Four ways to come. Rates are set per stay and will be published once they are confirmed.

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.

Learn More about the Guided Writer's Retreat

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.

Explore Coaching

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
An upright piano with sheet music and a brass lamp beside an upholstered armchair at ROMAR House, beneath framed art.
More than a place to stayPlanning, coaching, manuscript guidance and publishing preparation, alongside the time and quiet.

The gallery

A Look Around ROMAR House

  • The house
  • The porch
  • The sun room
  • The piano corner
  • The dining area
  • The hot tub
  • The grounds

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

  1. 1Choose your stayWeekly, monthly, extended or guided.
  2. 2Select datesFrom the published availability calendar.
  3. 3Add coachingAny planning or review sessions you want.
  4. 4Your detailsWho is coming, and how to reach you.
  5. 5Retreat questionnaireWhat you are working on, and your goals.
  6. 6DepositConfirm the reservation.
  7. 7ConfirmationDates, directions and arrival guidance.
Ask About AvailabilityExplore Coaching

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.

Discuss a Guided Retreat

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.

  1. Idea
  2. Coaching
  3. Retreat
  4. Manuscript
  5. Publishing
  6. Author
Publish With ROMARSee What ROMAR Publishes
ROMAR House: a white clapboard country house with a red brick chimney and a vine-covered front porch, a concrete path leading up across the lawn.

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.

Ask About AvailabilityExplore Coaching
Dates and rates will be published here once they are confirmed — robitaille@romarpress.com