I recently attended a writers' retreat at Sinsinawa Mounds, in Wisconsin, conducted by Judy Bridges. She is an excellent writing mentor and runs Redbird Studio (http://www.redbirdstudio.com/index.html), and it was a great experience. The retreat gave me a good objective look at my writing, and a firm but joyful push to keep going. I haven't created any books lately. . . That will come.