College's writers offer critique workshops at Write on the Sound

Edmonds Community College English instructors Marcia Woodard, Dan Hurley, and Holly Hughes will offer writing critique workshops Oct. 5 for the City of Edmonds Arts Commission Write on the Sound Pre-Conference.

Woodard offers nonfiction critique. She is the author of Collected Kona: Brief Takes on a Basenji and My Life at the Gym. She teaches Intro to College Writing and Composition classes at the college this fall.

Hurley presents the fiction critique. He is a short story and novel writer who earned a master's in creative writing at Boston University. He also teaches sections of Intro to College Writing and Composition.

Hughes critiques poetry. Her publications include The Pen and The Bell: Mindful Writing in a Busy World, Beyond Forgetting: Poetry and Prose about Alzheimer’s Disease, and a chapbook Boxing the Compass. Her fall classes are Writing Poetry.

Fall classes at Edmonds Community College start Sept. 24. Registration is underway. For more information, call 425.640.1459, email info@edcc.edu, or go to www.edcc.edu/getstarted.

The Write on the Sound Writers' Conference will be Oct. 6-7 featuring two New York Times bestselling authors as guest speakers: Carla Neggers, author of more than 60 books, most recently Saint's Gate and the forthcoming novel Heron's Cove; and Robert Dugoni, whose most recent books are Murder One and The Conviction.

Read more about the upcoming conference in Edmonds Patch, "Carla Neggers and Robert Dugoni at 2012 Write on the Sound," or in the Edmonds Beacon, "Write on the Sound to feature Carla Neggers."

For more information about the conference, call 425.771.0228 or email wots@ci.edmonds.wa.us.