You know those perfect days? The ones where you’re “in the zone,” or “the flow”—where you seem to leave your conscious state and delve into some magical creative realm where inspiration flows right into, and through you? Hours sail by as your soul hums along with the trans-like music of your muse.

I’m a novelist, and I write K9 suspense thrillers for a living. The “for a living” part leads to one of the reasons I’ve developed Creative Peak Retreats. So many writers I know complain of facing writer’s block. They fear the empty page. I know other artists who claim a similar terror of the blank canvas, or a note-less musical staff, step-less choreography, or a sketch-less pad. Whatever your creative expression, you've likely suffered from the very real pain of an absent or hiding creative spark.