About us
We write. We write daily. We write professionally.
Overview
Writers' Dojo is a new, shared, creative office and center of excellence for serious writers. We are currently accepting applications for monthly, core memberships. Members have diverse backgrounds, styles, and deadlines. But we share resources and common goals to be madly prolific, healthy, and active members of a creative, professional community.
Starting in January of 2008, we will also have weekly memberships, workshops, events, and provide a homebase for that peripatetic café diaspora known as the writers' group.
Vibe
We're a sanctuary for writers: part sacred creative space, part lush clubhouse, part wifi coffee bar. Think bamboo floors, loft, garden, cozy conversation pit... along with amenities like a kitchenette and showers.
Dojo--aptly named--our house is on the same property as Ecole de Budo RAJI, a unique martial art school with a diverse international community.
Offerings
We have shared office facilities for rental to writers. We also host writers' groups, literary workshops, events, readings... pretty much whatever the community needs that we think is cool and that helps advance the conversation of literary arts and professionalism.
History
Other cities have writers' rooms. So why not Portland? We were influenced by places like The Writers Room in New York, The Loft in Minneapolis, and The Grotto in San Francisco. Finally, we started a blog on the topic.
When enough people got involved, the writers house llc was born. The vision: a space like a converted Victorian in one of Portland's cool, creative areas, maybe Belmont, Hawthorne, or N. Mississippi--along with a non-profit arm and several Web 2.0 style projects.
At the same time, we had an idea for a more intimate, exclusive location. It would be an incubator for evolving literary projects and a space that would attract amazing authors from around the world to hang out, sip java, write, chat, and record literary conversations. When Jeffrey's brother and Aikido teacher, Michael, recommended that we convert his new yoga studio, Writers' Dojo was launched.
Need more?
If you're a serious writer looking for an office; or if you have an event or a group looking for a space; or if you're entrenched in the literary scene and you want to connect, please drop a line.
