Harry Hall has a book signing Saturday Sept 17^th in Irving at Crystals Pizza from 3:30 to 5:30. He will be signing copies of his book Help! People are Staring at Me.

Kyle White announced Trinity Writers’ Workshop is having a one-day seminar, featuring Chuck Sambuchino (editor with Writers Digest.)  It will be held on Saturday, Nov 5^th from 9am to 6:30pm at the Hampton Inn in Hurst.  The cost is $100 ($50 for members of TWW). Check here for more details.

Dues are due on October 1st. Don’t forget! Remember, no reading, critiquing, or monitoring if you haven’t paid up.

By the by, you can register for DFWCon. Keynote speaker is James Rollins. The conference will be held May 19 & 20 of 2012.

Leading the pack, Rosemary Clement-Moore announced she’s signed a two-book deal with her publisher, Random House. Jason Myers received a partial request for his manuscript, Mayhem Inc., from literary agent Robert Thixton. Merris Doud won second place in the Brazos Writers’ Writing Contest in the category of memoir / personal essay. Writer’s Digest has contracted with Kyle White to write a feature-length article on the use of social networking to land an agent or secure a book deal.

Finally, members were reminded of the vote to be held on Wednesday, July 7 to amend the Workshop’s Bylaws. Also, Larry Enmon encouraged new members to pick up a copy of a pamphlet titled 20 Hints for Workshop Critiques for an upcoming class on the subject.