Attoyac Writers’ Guild presents An Invitation to Write Workshop with writer, facilitator Martha Hogan Estes

Center, TX – January 29, 2010 – The Attoyac Writers’ Guild announces An Invitation to Write workshop with Ozarks native Martha Hogan Estes on Tues., Feb. 16, 2010 beginning at 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library located at 619 Tenaha Street, Center, Texas. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Space is limited and advance registration is recommended by Sat., Feb. 13, 2010. Advance registration is $15 per person and regular registration at the door will be $20 per person. For workshop details or registration information, contact Terri Lacher at 936.598.3484 or via email btlacher@sbcglobal.net.

Estes, now in her seventh year of working with writers groups, has a passion for encouraging writers to record memories and stories lest they be forgotten. She stresses utilization of short writing periods, the use of prompts and the support of fellow writers.

Estes is a former managing editor of the University of Arkansas Press, current owner and managing editor of Lost Creek Press (a small press dedicated to the promotion of Ozark writers) and a writer. She holds a BA in English from the University of Arkansas. Her publications include: Whitest Wash: A Collection of Short Fiction by Ozark Women; “Huston Scott’s Letters from California” Flashback: Washington County (AR) Historical Society Journal; “The Striped Overalls” Fayetteville Free Weekly (third place winner for Short Fiction); and “Stories of our Lives” (bi-weekly column) Rogers (AR) Hometown News. She also contributes articles to Shiloh Scrapbook: Shiloh Museum of Ozark History Newsletter.

Estes leads St. John’s (memoir) Writers in Fayetteville, has presented workshops for Fayetteville Public Library’s “Ozark Writers Live!” and co-facilitates the Invitation to Write Project, Occasional Saturday Writing Practice and Life Writing Memoir Series. She, her brother J.B. Hogan, and late husband Kirby L. Estes, founded the Wyman Writers Alliance for the promotion of local writers.

The overall mission of the Attoyac Writers' Guild is to provide a forum of support and information to both aspiring and experienced writers and poets, to create a circle of assistance to those interested with marketing their literary works for publication, and to establish a peer network for writing improvements, discussions and critiques. The Attoyac Writers’ Guild meets every third Tuesday evening September through May. Details for joining or participating in the writers’ guild can be obtained by contacting Program Coordinators, Suzanne Walker, 936.591.1655 or Andi Foster, 936.590.0298, or by visiting the guild’s blog at http://attoyacwritersguild.blogspot.com/.

The Lakes Area Arts League is a non-profit organization established to promote interest and knowledge of all areas of the visual and performing fine arts through education and appreciation while enhancing the culture and tourism of the community and surrounding areas.

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