DFW Writers' Workshop

Brenna Smith was quo­ted on for​bes​.com.

Brenna will also be quo­ted in an article in a small Woman’s Maga­zine — (Wes­tern North Caro­lina Woman’s Maga­zine) which hit stands in North Caro­lina last Fri­day. She is spea­king at the Uni­ver­sity of Nevada — Las Vegas this Wednesday.

Car­men Goldth­waite is teaching Narra­tive Non­fic­tion: The Pro­po­sal at SMU begin­ning Feb 2nd.

Go the dis­tance in narra­tive non­fic­tion with this class that helps you create the selling tool — a book pro­po­sal –for your memoir, bio­graphy, his­tory, antho­logy or tra­ve­lo­gue. In this inten­sive, the first clas­ses will con­cen­trate on story ideas and early chap­ters, inc­lu­ding research skills. Next, in a dis­tance lear­ning phase, you will deve­lop the ske­le­ton of the book, the out­line. The third phase will be class­room lear­ning about the busi­ness com­po­nent of the pro­po­sal: mar­ke­ting, plat­form and polishing. The inten­ded pro­duct — a com­plete and ready pro­po­sal (first three chap­ters, expli­cit out­line, mar­ke­ting and plat­form plans and sta­te­ments) qua­li­fies for eli­gi­bi­lity to apply to the SMU Writer’s Semi­nar in New York. THIS TIME ONLY, NO PREREQUISITES.

Code: 123IWR223-D
Dates: February 2 — April 26, 2012
Meets: Thurs­day from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM (SKIP 3/15), 12 Ses­sions
Ins­truc­tor: Car­men Goldth­waite
Fee: $600
Notes: Skip date 3/15 Publish Your Non­fic­tion Book by Shaar­lene Mar­tin and Anthony Flacco, Wri­ters Digest Books, 2009 AND Wri­ting for Story by Jon Franklin

Carolyn William­son announ­ced the North Texas Romance Wri­ters are having wri­ters con­fe­rence Fri­day March 30th to Sun­day April 1st. The cost is $150. For more info visit Texas Two Step Con­fe­rence.
Alley Pat Haul­dren announ­ced the Natio­nal Space Society of North Texas is having a poetry contest.

Don’t for­get to regis­ter for the con­fe­rence, DFW Wri­ters’ Con­fe­rence. Key­note spea­ker is James Rollins. Twenty-one agents and edi­tors attending!

A. Lee Martinez’s book Empe­ror Mollusk Ver­sus the Sinis­ter Brain is an alter­nate selec­tion this month for the Sci Fi Fan­tasy book club mem­bers. Join now at www​.sfbc​.com

Jenny Mar­tin is teaching Wri­ting Young Adult Books: The Path to Publi­ca­tion this spring at the Uni­ver­sity of Texas at Arling­ton. Along with her agent and edi­tor, she has many more esta­blished agents and edi­tors that will share their exper­tise about the industry. https://www.uta.edu/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?~~12CO1722001

Spea­king of the 2012 DFW Wri­ters Con­fe­rence… did you know we already have 18 agents and 3 edi­tors sig­ned up? For a list of agents and edi­tors already con­fir­med visit www​.dfw​con​.org

The con­fe­rence is May 19th – May 20th fea­tu­ring key­note spea­ker James Rollins. You can read more about James Rollins at http://​dfww​ri​ters​con​fe​rence​.org/​k​e​y​n​o​te/

A. Lee Mar­ti­nez recei­ved the advance copy of Cha­sing the Moon and the Ger­man edi­tion of Auto­ma­tic Detec­tive & Name­less Witch.

Rose­mary Clement-Moore is the guest spea­ker at the Yellow Rose RWA this Satur­day January 14th from 10am to 12:00. The mee­ting is held at the City of Gra­pe­vine – Mer­lot Room, 4500 Mer­lot Ave­nue, Gra­pe­vine, TX. She will be teaching ‘Method Wri­ting’ which uses actor’s tools to enrich your wri­ting. It’s free. www​.yellow​ro​serwa​.com

Don’t for­get to sign up for DFW Con! Three New York Times Bes­tse­lling Authors are atten­ding, inc­lu­ding our key­note spea­ker, James Rollins.

We have ente­red into nego­tia­tions to find a new mee­ting space. While this pro­cess is in the works, it will take some time for us to secure a spot. We’ll try to keep you updated!

Wel­come to a new year with DFW Wri­ters’ Workshop!

Ballots coun­ted, new board mem­bers announ­ced:
Donna Lasko – Pre­si­dent
Shawn Scar­ber – Trea­su­rer
A. Lee Mar­ti­nez – 2nd Vice Pre­si­dent
Susan Clark – Director

Pamela Skjols­vik story “In the Pink” is being pro­du­ced by the DFW Film Lab.

Richard Young was accep­ted to par­ti­ci­pate in a Fede­ral pro­gram to deli­ver more effi­cient health­care. He was the only phy­si­cian in Texas asked to par­ti­ci­pate. Jim Landy inter­vie­wed him for an article in the Dallas Mor­ning News.

Rose­mary Clement-Moore will be the guest spea­ker at the Yellow Rose RWA on Satur­day January 14th from 10am to 12:00. The mee­ting is held at the City of Gra­pe­vine – Mer­lot Room, 4500 Mer­lot Ave­nue, Gra­pe­vine, TX. She will be teaching ‘Method Wri­ting’ which uses actor’s tools to enrich your wri­ting. It’s free. www​.yellow​ro​serwa​.com

Car­men Goldth­waite announ­ced Chic­ken Soup for the Soul is calling out for essays on Hoc­key, either fans or pla­yers. She also announ­ced she has two ope­nings in her class held on Tues­day nights from 7pm to 10pm at her house. See www​.car​men​goldth​waite​.com for more details.

Harry Hall announ­ced Fred Com­pos from Fun City Social Media is loo­king for blog wri­ters. For more details see www​.fun​city​so​cial​me​dia​.com

Jason Myers announ­ced three New York Times bes­tse­lling authors will teach clas­ses at the upco­ming Wri­ters Con­fe­rence. Only 19 Wed­nes­days left… DFW​Con​.org. Tom Gens­ler is loo­king for wran­glers to assist the agents during their stay. We have twelve agents so far.

Jason Meyers announ­ced the offi­cial hotel for the 2012 DFW Wri­ters Con­fe­rence is Hyatt Place. Hyatt Place has set aside a block of rooms hono­ring the rate of $82 per night. See con­fe­rence web­site for more details. http://​dfww​ri​ters​con​fe​rence​.org/​h​o​t​el/

Donna Lasko remin­ded ever­yone of the vote next week. Nomi­na­tions for the 2012 Board of Direc­tors are due. The vote is next Wed­nes­day along with the pro­po­sed amendments.

Please plan to attend next week so your voice can be heard.

Decem­ber 14th is the holi­day party. Bring your favo­rite pot­luck dish and ugly sweater.

The board began chec­king the read list against the mem­ber ros­ter. Only paying mem­bers are allo­wed to read. If you have for­got­ten to renew please see a board member.

Board elec­tions coming up. Susan Clark, Alex Mar­ti­nez, and Shawn Scar­ber all expres­sed inte­rest to serve on the board.

REMINDER:
Our monthly Board mee­ting is next week at 6:00 pm.

The Sim­mons Cen­ter will be una­vai­la­ble on Wed­nes­day, Nov. 16, so the Workshop mee­ting has been can­ce­lled. We apo­lo­gize for the incon­ve­nience and we’ll see you the next week!

Can­dace Havens will be sig­ning at Bar­nes and Noble in Sto­ne­briar Mall on Sun­day, Novem­ber 13.

Other authors appea­ring on the panel inc­lude: Gena Sho­wal­ter, Louisa Edwards, Roxanne St. Clare, Kris­ten Pain­ter, Jill Mon­roe and Ann Aguirre.

Steve Man­ning announ­ced our #308th book for the Trophy Room, Model Marine by Can­dace Havens. This is Candy’s ele­venth book published, since her first publi­ca­tion in 2005. Con­grats Candy!

Can­dace Havens is having a book sig­ning Sun­day, Nov. 13th from 1-3pm at Bar­nes and Noble in Sto­ne­briar Mall. She will be one of 10 authors and they will be taking Q & A. Check out her web­site for more details.

Shawn Scar­ber has an essay, Pro­ject: New Dad, in the upco­ming, The Myth of Mr. Mom, edi­ted by Jeremy Rod­den. Check his web­site for more details.

Harry Hall is spea­king at the Toast­mas­ters Dis­trict 25 Con­fe­rence, on Nov 19th at the South­lake Marriot. For those who atten­ded his book sig­ning at Crys­tals Pizza know the local media also atten­ded. Irving TV’s About Towne fea­tu­red Harry’s book sig­ning. Check it out at www​.ci​.irving​.tx​.us

Steve Man­ning than­ked ever­yone who sig­ned up for Friends of Bur­ling­ton Northern Santa Fe. He did so well at rec­rui­ting, his mana­ger asked him to get more peo­ple sig­ned up. Check it out at www​.friend​sofbnsf​.com

Mem­bership dues were due at the end of Octo­ber. You may not read or cri­ti­que without being a paid member.

Please con­tact Katy Roberts if you are inte­res­ted in run­ning for the board.

Harry Hall announ­ced that he and fellow mem­ber John Keith will be taking over the Run­ning Debate in Texas Tri-athlete News maga­zine.  Harry will write the ‘Run­ner’ side and John will write the ‘Non-runner’ side.  Their first column appears in the Decem­ber issue.

Del Cain is spea­king at the Sagi­naw Public Library on Nov 3^rd at 6:30 pm.

Can­dace Havens has two books coming out:

Model Marine comes out Nov 1^st

Her story in the Spi­ri­ted Antho­logy is coming out soon.  Pro­ceeds go to a lite­racy charity

George Goldth­waite heard from Books in Motion.  Recor­ding has begun on his newest audio book.

Susan Clark has volun­tee­red to Chair the Buil­ding Search Com­mit­tee. If you hear of any vacan­cies in the HEB area, email info to susan.p.clark@hotmail.com

Hallo­ween Read is Octo­ber 26^th – bring a dish; come in costume!

Remin­der:  Dues for 2012 are due by Oct 31^st.  $100 a year and it’s very sim­ple to renew and pay online.