Mark your calendars for the 2012 WRW retreat “In the Company of Writers”! The retreat will be held Friday, April 27 through Sunday, April 29, 2012 at a new venue, The Best Western Westminster http://www.bestwesternwestminster.com/ in Westminster, MD (30 min from Baltimore). 

We are very excited about this location and envision it to be our home for years to come.

The hotel is used by the Baltimore Ravens during their training camp at McDaniels College which is the backdrop to the hotel. (This is the same college that Nora Roberts recently endowed with an academic minor in Romance Fiction). The facilities are clean and well-kept, and the large bar area harkens back to Hilltop House. There is plenty of room for all of us to be together and quieter spots for those who wish alone time. The food selections are very flexible so those of you with special dietary needs, fear not, you will eat well. Every room comes with a fridge and microwave for those wishing to bring their own snacks. And if you forget to pack snacks, numerous supermarkets and shops are within an easy walk or drive.

We will also be able to significantly lower our retreat costs asking our members to pay $375 for a double occupancy or $475 for a single room (first come, first serve). This is a $75 dollar per member cost savings that we are so excited we get to pass along to you. Besides the cost savings, we also have some fabulous talent coming to speak, and there are rumors of a Karaoke event--but we will keep that as a surprise for later!

Questions?  Please email Mary Lenaburg, the retreat chair, at .

Directions?  The hotel’s address is 451 WMC Drive, Westminster, Maryland 21158.