Andrea Hurst & Associates

August 4-7, 2011
PNWA Conference

Be sure to visit our display table and meet with our new Author services Director, Brandon LaFave, while at the PNWA conference next Thursday through Sunday. Meet and pitch our agent Gordon Warnock and Vickie Motter who be presenting at the conference. Andrea will be there Saturday only.

August 12-14, 2011
Just Write on the Farm

There are still a few spaces open for Jennifer Bayse Sander’s Just Write on the Farm, a creative retreat in Washington's Skagit Valley. Spend a weekend at The Writers' House at Century Farm with Jennifer Basye Sander, NYT bestselling author, former Random House editor, and co-author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published. http://www.writeatthefarm.com/

August 14-23
Whidbey Writers Workshop MFA

Andrea Hurst will be teaching at the MFA program in Creative Writing. (http://www.writeonwhidbey.org/mfa/) Browse through the schedule (http://www.writeonwhidbey.org/mfa/residencies.htm) and join us for public readings held in the evenings at the Captain Whidbey Inn on Madrona Way, Coupeville, WA

Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Guest Speaker at Just Write on the Pier with Andrea Hurst

Literary agent Gordon Warnock will be discussing what he looks for when representing novels and memoirs. Please join us at Local Grown Coffee, 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 24.

September 23-24
Oregon Writer’s Colony

Andrea will be teaching a workshop on Crafting Fiction and Memoir that Sells at this year’s Oregon Writer’s Colony. The first ten to register may submit a few pages of their novel manuscript to her for an analysis of their work in a one-on-one meeting plus a follow-up class on working with an agent. Class size is limited, so watch for more information and register early. http://oregonwriterscolony.org/events/#workshops

Coming Soon!
September 2011

Andrea will be teaching another webinar class through Writer’s Digest on plot and structure from an agent’s point of view. More information under classes at www.andreahurst.com