Writing Retreats For
Women with author
Linda M. Hasselstrom.

For nearly thirty years, Linda M. Hasselstrom has earned her
living by working on the family cattle ranch near the Black
Hills of South Dakota, from freelance writing of books and
essays, and by teaching writing workshops in poetry and
nonfiction writing and publishing.

In 1996 Linda began operating her ranch home -- now called Windbreak House --
as a writing retreat for women writers. Since she winters in Wyoming,
commuting to the ranch to teach, she writes from a changed perspective, but
her work is still rooted in the grasslands of southwestern South Dakota.
 

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"Windbreak House retreats are unique because I am always
'at home' with the writers who attend, never more than three
women at one time. Living and writing as peers, we shape
each retreat to fit the participants, with written appraisals
of each woman's work, suggestions on reading, and private
conferences on revision. Retreat guests may also choose to
exchange comments with each other, read in my library, use
my research files, and walk in the surrounding prairie."

P.O. Box 169 Hermosa, SD 57744 • (605) 255-4064 • Email