Hill House Writers Retreat

HillHouse Writer's Retreat is Closed for the Holidays and major renovations beginning December 20, 2010

We expect this project to take at least 6 months. Please email us for more information.

Check out the new interview with Ron & Karen!
by Jan Bear

Welcome to our home, HillHouse Farms (click for rates). My husband Ron and I are currently fulltime writers. We live on a thirty-four acre farm1 ½ hours south of Nashville, outside the sleepy town of Pulaski, TN.

When I first considered buying the farm, I wasn't seeking a writer's retreat. I was seeking a homestead. The land was gorgeous. The farm was amazing: rolling hills with a constant breeze. It had two ponds, natural springs, fruit trees, pasture, garden, and studio; but there was this whole downstairs area that had its own kitchen. I kept

asking, "What am I going to do with all those rooms?" If you write anything like I do, you may have experienced a unique creative phenomena: when you ask the universe a question, you will get an answer.
Formerly a retirement home, the house was shouting "Writers and Artist retreat!!" Although Ron and I had, in the past, attended numerous writers' conferences and MFA residencies, it was the personal retreat where I had once rented a little cottage on a monastery for three days, and the bed and breakfast that we stayed at in Italy that had nurtured us the most.

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