DENTON WRITERS LEAGUE
FIRST EDITION
 February 2007 VOL. 18 NUMBER 2

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WHERE WE MEET AND WHEN

The second Saturday of every month, at the

Denton Library-Emily Fowler Branch - click here for map 
502 Oakland St
 Denton, TX

General Meeting 10:30 a.m.

Lunch at Noon at the
 Evergreen Super Buffet - click here for map 
1006 W. University Dr
Denton, TX 76201

NEXT MEETING: January 13, 2007

Beginning January 2007, the Denton Writers League will meet at the Emily Fowler Library located at 502 Oakland St.

Guest Speakers


February 10 - Suzanne Frank
March 10 - Rondi Hillstrom Davis
April 14 -
May 12 -
June 9 - Ellen Newton Driscoll
July 14 - Judi McCoy
August 11 - Joan Neubauer
September 8 - L. C. Hayden
October 13 - Bob Sanchez
November 10 - Donna Lancaster
December 8 - Sharon Elrod

GUEST SPEAKER

Suzanne Frank is the author is seven novels including "Twilight in Babylon" and "Fashion Victim."

In addition to the two books listed above, Suzanne Frank is the author of "Reflections in the Nile" (1996), (first of trilogy completed in 1999); "Designed to Die" (2001), second in Chloe Green mystery series.

Suzanne Frank is formerly a lot of things: among them, a journalist and a freelance writer. Her passion for history has taken her to Egypt, Greece, Israel and throughout Europe. She currently has a post office box in Texas, where generations of her ancestors have lived. But she's a gypsy at heart, and with a cell phone and laptop, there is no place too far.

MEMBER NEWS

Sharon Ellsberry's second book, The Spaniel Family's Pen Pal Adventure, will be out in February 2007. This children's book is a continuation of the Spaniel family's adventures.In this book the Spaniel dogs be-friend a Chihuahua named Chico. The Spaniels go on a Texas adventure to see their new friend Chico and Chico goes on his own adventure to see the Spaniels. They all end up at the State Capitol at the same time. This book, like the first one, features a song written by Joe Cocker Spaniel. This is a fully illustrated early chapter book with some bilingual language and is suitable for ages 5-10.  

CONFERENCES, CONVENTIONS, WORKSHOPS, and CONTESTS
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CONVENTIONS

Convention                   Month    Place                    URL             

AggieCon                 March   Bryan, TX        http://aggiecon.tamu.edu/
Dreamin' in Dallas April Dallas, TX               http://www.dallasromanceauthors.com/conferences/
ApolloCon                June    Houston, TX      http://www.apollocon.org/
ConDFW                   June    Dallas, TX       http://www.condfw.org/
ConMisterio              July    Austin, TX       http://www.conmisterio.org/
Conestoga                July    Tulsa, OK        http://www.sftulsa.org/conestoga/
Armadillo Con            August  Austin, TX       http://www.fact.org/dillo/
Mythcon                  August  Norman, OK       http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon37.html
Bubonicon                August  Albuquerque, NM  http://bubonicon.home.att.net/
Fencon                   Sept    Dallas, TX       http://www.fencon.org/
     A comprehensive list of other conventions    http://www.fencon.org/links.html#calendar
World Fantasy Con        Nov     Austin, TX       http://www.fact.org/wfc2006/  

On-Line Writers resources

Author's Network-for writers about writing based in Europe, but interesting- http://www.author-network.com/
AuthorSpeak at the Dallas Library - http://dallaslibrary.org/authorspeak/authorspeak.htm
Copyright Forms- http://www.loc.gov/copyright/forms/
Dallas Screen Writers- http://www.dallasscreenwriters.com/
Denton Public Library - http://www.cityofdenton.com/pages/library.cfm
Glimmer Train Press, Inc.-A quarterly magazine of about 260 pages of literary fiction - http://www.glimmertrain.com/
Lulu.Com - A Self-Publisher - http://www.lulu.com/
National Association of Women Writers - http://www.naww.org
National Writers Union - http://www.nwu.org/
Para Publishing Website - a good writing, publishing, and promotion source - http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=/homepage.html&user=#user
Preditors and Editors-a resources to check out agents and publishers http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/
Ralan's Webstravaganza-speculative fiction resource http://ralan.com/
Society of Children's Writers and Illustrators - http://www.scbwi.org/
Texas Coalition of Authors, Inc. - http://www.texasauthors.org/
Texas Writers League - http://www.writersleague.org/
The Market List-the online resource for genre fiction writers http://www.marketlist.com/
The Novelist's Workshop-essays and advice on how to publish your book- http://www.monash.com/writers.html
Writer's Exchange - http://www.writers-exchange.com/epublishing/
Writer's Market - http://www.writersmarket.com/index_ns.asp
Writers Net-source for information for writers, editors, agents, and publishers - http://www.writers.net
Writing-World.Com - http://www.writing-world.com 

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 ( joni1957@verizon.net) - 940/382-4865
Treasurer       Joseph Marino
Newsletter      George Avera ( georgeavera@verizon.net) - 940/382-8161

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