Write Doe Bay – Small Workshop, Big Talent

Doe Bay Resort on Orcas Island is known for its rustic charm, world class farm-to-table café and its annual music festival, Doe Bay Fest. For the past two and a half years, something else has grown on the resort’s pristine 38-acres: a boutique writing workshop drawing first-class talent to aspiring and seasoned writers. And, like the resort’s annual music festival, tickets always sell out.

Jesse Michener photo

Event creators Jesse Michener and Jennifer Furber met at Doe Bay Fest in 2012 and put their talents to work crafting a workshop that’s as heavy on inspiration as it is on technique. Michener is a nationally-published photographer based in Tacoma and Furber writes a popular blog chronicling her life on San Juan Island with her family.

New York Times bestselling author of Two Kisses for Maddy, and a prior Write presenter, Matt Logelin admits, “I didn’t know what to expect when I arrived at Write: Doe Bay. I have written, and I continue to write, but I don’t like to think of myself as a writer. I’d never before attended any sort of writer’s retreat/workshop, and I’d long ago decided they weren’t for me. What I found at Write was a bunch of storytellers, all of them as genuinely humble and wonderful as anyone I’ve ever come across. Few of us had anything other than our storytelling in common, but that weekend created a bond for many of us that will last forever. And you know what? I saw lives changed that weekend. And at least one life saved. (Maybe more.) I know I’m forever changed by that weekend.”

The fourth cohort of the Write workshops will gather February 5-9 at Doe Bay Resort on Orcas Island, WA. Tickets on sale now via the Write website. For more information about the workshop, visit http://writedoebay.com.

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