Kelly Sauskojus needs writing retreats because, as a professional academic, they were suffocating without a life-sustaining process for creative work. One of the main things they write about are how grantwriting should be a slow, creative, and relational way of life if you’re going to be good at it and use it to support work that matters. As someone with a lot of chronic pain and health issues, they do a lot of that writing from bed. They also love taking writing retreats at grocery stores, cemeteries, and on the bus.