If you’re looking for an excellent writers’ conference to attend this fall, consider Write on the Sound in Edmonds, Washington, October 1-3, 2010. (Edmonds is just north of Seattle.)
Since 1985, the City of Edmonds Arts Commission has hosted this conference, which has a capacity of 200 attendees and draws presenters from throughout the Northwest.
I’ll be teaching a social media workshop bright and early Saturday morning (Oct 2), from 9-10:15 a.m. This is a beginning workshop for fiction, non-fiction and poetry writers. If you’re not yet up and running with a blog, Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn — but want to learn how — this workshop will introduce you to the myriad options available to you.
Here’s the workshop description:
Shaping Your Social Media Strategy
Somewhere over the rainbow, a yellow brick road wends through the land of blogs, Facebook, Twitter, (and more). Learn what online communities can—and can’t—do for you; time-management techniques for using social media productively, and strategies for linking intelligently among your social networks. Close your eyes, click your heels three times, and say, “There’s no place like social media.”
Details about the conference:
- Keynote speaker: Natalie Goldberg, author of Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
- Friday Pre-Conference half-day workshops
- Manuscript critique sessions
- Saturday and Sunday workshops with over 30 sessions on craft, marketing, and specialty writing topics designed for every writing level
- Saturday evening public reception and book signing
- Sunday 3-hour workshop on writing memoir with Sheila Bender
- Early registration until Sept 9 – $116 for two days
- Regular registration rate – $139 for two days; $72 for one day (Sunday registration slots still available)
More information: http://www.ci.edmonds.wa.us/ArtsCommission/wots.stm
