A First Novel, a Three-Book Deal & a Major Award Jumpstart 2010

It see­med as if the news and announ­ce­ments would never end at the January 20 mee­ting of the DFW Wri­ters’ Workshop, but that’s not a bad thing.

A. Lee Mar­ti­nez’ book, Mons­ter, is now avai­la­ble as a mass-market paper­back. Kyle White sold his first novel, Attack of the Crys­tal Spi­ders, a Middle Grade science fic­tion work, to Wild Child Publishing. The Ame­ri­can Library Asso­cia­tion named Rose­mary Clement-Moore’s novel High­way to Hell as a 2010 Best Books for Young Adults. One of Ken­neth E. Ingles’ short sto­ries is a fina­list in the current Writer’s Digest con­test. Can­dace Havens inked a three-book deal with Har­le­quin. She will also sign copies of her newest work, Take Me If You Dare, on Satur­day, February 6 at 2:00 p.m. at Bar­nes & Nobel in Hurst.  

Finally, three new mem­bers were wel­co­med to DFWWW, and the Workshop’s exten­sive refe­rence library reo­pe­ned after a year-end inven­tory. Books may be chec­ked out for three weeks.