100 days of solitude

For as long as I can remember, minus a year here or there, I've gone away in the summertime to write. Usually, I've gone to BC--penticton and revelstoke--and spent weeks living with my family in a trailer or motorhome hundreds of kilometres away from friends, the internet, and distractions. Distance and solitude have almost become integral to my writing process to the point where I began to find it difficult to write during the school year at all. Fortunately, creative writing workshops have forced me out of that habit, but I still feel a longing for distance, space, and even loneliness. This year, I've been in the city, but I've been staying inside at my desk more and more. I'm planning on going away at the end of the summer, for a few weeks at least.....