Our November Conference is designed to help you learn from the best while incorporating the newest in technology and new publishing trends.  We are proud to present world-class authors who will show you how the world can be an “open door”. Come and hear these astonishing authors in an intimate and beautiful ocean front location.  You won’t want to miss this one!

Author, Diana Gabaldon,  has sold over 17 million copies of her books worldwide and has a loyal followingThe Outlander Series, Voyager, Echo in the Bone, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, The Fiery Cross, Drums of Autumn and soon to be released The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel.

Author, Karen White,- known for award-winning novels, Learning to Breathe, The House on Tradd Street, the highly praised The Memory of Water, The Lost Hours, and Pieces of the Heart.

Author/Professor, Adam Davies, former Random House editor and author of The Frog King (soon to be a major motion picture), Goodbye Lemon, Mine All Mine. Adam’s non-fiction has appeared in the New York Times.

Author/Journalist Ciji Ware – Right Sizing Your Life (voted one of the top books on retirement by the Wall Street Journal).  Also published Island of the Swans, A Cottage by the Sea.

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, GA – Through the years, the abundant beauty of the Georgia coast has inspired artists of every stripe, including poets, novelists and playwrights.

In 1878, poet Sidney Lanier extolled the lush beauty of our coastal landscape, in his ode to “The Marshes of Glynn.” Many others have written about coastal Georgia’s towns and cities and their inhabitants. One of the best-known local authors was Eugenia Price, who wrote 14 historical novels about the Georgia and Florida coasts in the 1800s. During the 1930s, playwright Eugene O’Neill built a home and worked on Sea Island, where he wrote “Ah, Wilderness,” his only comedy. Another writer of the period, Ben Ames William, also lived and wrote on Sea Island.

Contemporary writers can find similar inspiration – along with healthy doses of fellowship and professional guidance – during Scribblers’ Retreat Writers Workshops.  During two-day conferences, writers attend workshops, lectures and panel discussions led by ten world-class authors, editors, publishers and other literary professionals. Each conference begins with an Opening Ceremonies Banquet Thursday evening and ends with an Evening with the Authors cocktail reception Saturday evening.

Scribblers’ Retreat Writers Conferences take place at the historic King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort, St. Simons Island’s only oceanfront hotel. Workshop participants enjoy contemplative walks along the beach, and are within minutes of St. Simons’s Island’s beautiful lighthouse and pier village with its many shops and restaurants. Special rates are available for conference participants.

Register by September 15 receive a free gift. Call 800-996-2904 or visit scribblersretreatwritersconference.com for info.

A few years ago, investment club member Sally Essig received a prayer shawl when she was ill. Because the special gift had given her a wonderful sense of comfort, she decided to propose the idea of a prayer shawl group to her friends. “About half of the ladies could knit, but al wanted to participate,” explained Mrs. Essig. “So, I taught the girls to knit, and it has been a real learning process for all. Now there are 3 women and we meet once a month. Some knit four shawls a months and some knot one a year. The spirit is there, and special prayer is abundant for each shawl.”

The members are all busy women who are either working at their vocations or are very active volunteers. Among the members there are two retired teachers, two real estate agents (including Hodnett Cooper’s own Alice Barlow), three nurses, a psychologist, a publisher, an accountant and a pharmacist.

For more information contact Sally Essig at 912-638-0971.

6:15 am – Friday, January 23. Sea Island Spa Fitness.

Double shot cappuccino got my heart started then out the door. Greeted by a group of early riser regulars for Trish’s Spinning Class. We began literally in dawn’s early light a none-too-gentle eye opening warm up spin with a nice little Electronica rave. Then hammered our hearts away to U2 – worked out the kinks with The Kinks and came Alive with Safri Duo intervals, toss in some breathless sprints to Talking Heads and more U2 for good measure. Excellent 40 minute ride plus stretches – just over 600 calories burned in the process. Heart rate was 40% aerobic, 60% anaerobic. Perfect pairing of music and coaching produced prodigious pools of sweat on the mats beneath our bikes. Excellent coffee afterward (the best in all of Sea Island) and a colorful sunrise was a great reward for our effort and in preparation for Scott’s Strength & Cardio Class. A small but dedicated group of masochists enjoyed another grueling session of light and heavy dumbbells with body bar presses, skull crushers, crunches and two sets of traveling lunges finished with a session of stretching. 45 minutes of gain via pain. I of course forgot to clip out of my cycling shoes into cross-trainers and so paid the price for my stupidity with sore ankles.Excellent coaching on Scott’s part though. Back at the office before 9:30, ready to face the day. Just over 1,000 calories all in all. Not a bad start for a Friday. 6:15 AM Spinning classes are offered Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

The Spa at Sea Island is an amazing 65,000 square foot facility which is divided between Spa Treatments and Fitness spaces. The fitness facet is directed by a very friendly and talented team of trainers and staff making it truly one of the finest facilities of its kind. Sea Island Spa is open to Resort Guest and Club Members and their guests. Sea Island Club Membership may be had via purchase of qualified property in one of Sea Island’s numerous communities on St Simons Island and Sea Island.

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Joe Wills is a leading real estate professional with Hodnett Cooper specializing in the purchase and sale of homes with club memberships on St. Simons Island and Sea Island. His insight into clubs and their amenities are based on more than 30 years in private club and resort operations management, including Augusta National Golf Club and the Sea Island Company.