The Expanding the Network of STEM Scholars through the ADVANCE Women of Color Writing Retreat has become a model for knowledge sharing and intervention adaptation in the areas of scholarly productivity and faculty development. This multi-institutional network reveals the complexity of supporting scholarly productivity for women at minority serving institutions and highlights the necessity of maximizing faculty development initiatives through strategic partnerships. Results from the first year of the project reveal that writing retreats are a key component to faculty development initiatives aimed at advancing the careers and increasing the scholarly productivity of women of color.