Her Spirit 2025 isn’t just a retreat—it’s a movement. This year, we’re focusing on lofty goals: the big, brave intentions behind your stories.

The Writing Sisters Summit will spur your creativity and comfort your soul, featuring masterclasses focusing on the craft and the business of writing, and featuring guided experiences to help hone your creativity.

Pens Up Fears Down: Push Past the Obstacles and Unleash the Story Inside of You

Do you have a novel inside of you but that tiny voice of self-doubt keeps getting in your way? Creativity belongs to everyone. Whether you have a partial draft, or bits and scraps of an idea, this class is designed to help you dive deeper and unravel the guts of your story. Whether your desire is to increase the stakes, strengthen your plot line, add layers and textures to your manuscript or simply get a stronger handle on craft — this workshop is for you.

Share a villa with sixteen other writers for a week of creative splendor in the Southwest of France. Escape to the beautiful coastal village of Arcachon with Julie and Sadeqa! In this unique opportunity, you’ll join not one, but two, bestselling authors for a creative deep dive south of Bordeaux. Every day our group of sixteen women writers will gather for a three-hour workshop in one of our two waterfront villas. Perched in this historical bayside community, the workshops will offer a combination of morning meditations, generative writing exercises, and roundtable critiques in a close-knit and nurturing environment. We’ll also be tackling five core craft skills: Character, Plot, World Building/Setting, Dialogue, and Revision. We’ll vary the groups each day to keep the energy fresh, and each student will meet with either Julie or Sadeqa for a one-hour private session. All genres are welcome.