Well I, for one, will be very excited if you make your way onto FB, and I'm sure other posters will as well.
I'll look into the books you recommend, thank you!
I love your writer's retreat idea. That sounds so lovely! Just think, you probably would not be considering such a thing (and maybe you wouldn't be renovating a property?) if you had not suffered a loss a long time ago...it's so wonderful to see how empowered you are in taking charge of your life and your own happiness.
M45 Bomb 6/09; EA 6/10; Divorced 1/11 Proud single mom of 7 little feline girls and one little feline boy "Fall down 53 times. Get up 54." -- Zen saying