DENTON WRITERS LEAGUE

FIRST EDITION

Early Edition * * * APRIL 2002 VOL. 13 NUMBER 4 * * * Early Edition

DWL Home Page:  http://byjoni.com/dwl/

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WHERE WE MEET, AND WHEN
The second Saturday of every month, at the:
City Hall In The Mall next to the Old Country Buffet at the Golden Triangle Mall.
Business meeting 10:00 a.m., General meeting at 10:30 a.m. Lunch at the Old Country Buffet at noon.

NEXT MEETING SATURDAY APRIL 13, 2002

Program: Francis Henk will bring her new book A Time To Trust, and sell autographed copies.
GUEST SPEAKER to be announced.

AGENT TO VISIT IN MAY.  Courtney Dreslin of DHS Literary will be the guest speaker at our May Meeting.  Web Site - http://www.dhsliterary.com/

Writer's Digest editor to present TCU writing workshops

FORT WORTH, TX--Michael Garrett, first editor and publisher of Stephen King and Editorial Associate of the Writer's Digest School, presents his ìHow To Be Publishedî workshop series April 19 - 21 at Texas Christian University. All sessions are open to both beginning and intermediate writers, with no pre-requisites required. Seating is limited; early registration is recommended. Cost ranges $50 to $80 workshop. For information, call TCU Office of Extended Education at (800) 828-7134. Garrett is credited as the first editor and publisher of Stephen King in Kingís book ìOn Writing: Memoirs of the Craft.î He has also edited the works of Joyce Carol Oates, Lawrence Block, and others. A re-issue of his sold-out movie-optioned first novel ìKeeperî and his non-fiction book on writing, ìThe Prose Professional,î are available at www.buybooksontheweb.com. Garrett maintains a free web site of advice for writers at www.manuscriptcritique.com.

Contact:   Texas Christian University
           Suzie Mahony    (800) 828-7134
           Michael Garrett (205) 956-6013
                           (205) 907-0140
                   worddoctor@netzero.net

Frontiers in Writing Conference
Panhandle Professional Writers
June 14-15, 2002
http://users.arn.net/~ppw/

The 2002 conference will be held in its entirety at the Ambassador Hotel in Amarillo.  Speakers, agents and editors and a half day of intensive workshops on Friday afternoon followed by a full day Saturday of excellent programs and agent and editor interviews.
Registration form included with the newsletter.  Click here.

On-Line Writers resources

Society of Children's Writers and Illustratorshttp://www.scbwi.org/
Writer's Market http://www.writersmarket.com/index_ns.asp
New Writer's Market http://hge.members.atlantic.net/
eBook Writer's Market Directory http://www.ebookwritersmarket.com/
Ebook Connections http://www.ebookconnections.com/
Preditors and Editors-a resources to check out agents and publishers http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/
The Novelist Workshop http://www.monash.com/writers.html
Writer's Exchange http://www.writers-exchange.com/
WritersNet http://www.writers.net/
There are multitudes of writing resources available on the Internet. Go to any search engine and ask for writer's resources, writer's markets, writer's contests, writer's conferences, etc

DWL OFFICERS:

President - Joni Latham (joni@verizon.net) - 940/243-5200
1st VP - June Powell - 940/565-1013
2nd VP and Program Chairman - Oleta North - 940/458-3960
Treasurer - Florence McClain - 940/497-3433
Secretary - Rae Nell Causseaux - 940/321-2739
Newsletter - George Avera (gavera@chatter.com) - 940/382-4130