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Todos Santos Writers Workshop

When Jeanne McCulloch and Rex Weiner co-founded the Todos Santos Writers Workshop on the Pacific coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula seven years ago, they knew they wanted to create a community of writers in a location rich in history and culture. Each morning of the annual workshop, participants gather in the garden of the Casa Dracula and read an inspirational quote from the Paris Review. Then they meet in small groups with genre instructors under fruit trees on the property before setting out to explore the town and surrounding areas.

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