DENTON WRITERS LEAGUE

FIRST EDITION

OCTOBER 2002 VOL. 13 NUMBER 10

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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 October 12, 2002

 Again, there is no speaker scheduled for the October 12 meeting.  It's been hard to find speakers because there are so many conferences and conventions going on at this time of the year.

Suzanne Frank-November
James Reasoner-December

AUGUST'S MEETING RECAP

Everyone was reminded that membership dues for the 2002-2003 season were due, and the membership list of those that have already paid was brought up to date.  Copies of the By-Laws were distributed.  Handouts were also distributed for the Texas Writers Roundup in Wimberly and Fort Worth Book and Paper Show.  The anthology was discussed.  After going over the bid from Tattersall, the project was tabled while further investigation was done into grant money.  Lastly, an announcement was made that the North Texas Book Fair would in Denton in 2003.

During the rest of the meeting, members brought several pages of their current project to read at the meeting.  Everyone had very interesting Works-In-Progress.   Among the pieces read were mysteries, time travels, life in a small town, life in a big town, and even a selection of poetry.

Texas Conferences and Events

October 12, Writers Roundup (Wimberley). Contact: Linda@flamewriter.com

October 17-20, BoucherCon World Mystery Conference, Renaissance Hotel  (Austin). Contact: Karen Meschke   meschke@io.com

October 19,  Book Fair (McAllen) Contact: Maria Luisa Salcines  mlsalcines@aol.com

November 2, Writers Roundup (Elgin). Contact: Judy Sears jlbcats@yahoo.com

November 2, George West Storyfest. Contact: Paul Perry PERRY10900@aol.com

November 9, Writers Roundup (Somerville). Contact: Elizabeth Reid buenobooks@yahoo.com

November 15-17,  Book Festival (Austin). Visit:   www.texasbookfestival.org  

NEW  December 7, Texas Authors on the Square (Fayetteville). See 6th Annual Country Christmas, below.
Contact: Yvonne McCowen bymc@ev1.net

April 1-4, 2003, Texas Library Association Convention, Houston. http://www.txla.org/

From the Texas Author’s Coalition, Inc website.  URL in listing below.

On-Line Writers resources

Author's Network-for writers about writing based in Europe, but interesting http://www.author-network.com/
Copyright Forms- http://www.loc.gov/copyright/forms/
New Writer's Market http://hge.members.atlantic.net/
Preditors and Editors-a resources to check out agents and publishers http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/
Society of Children's Writers and Illustrators http://www.scbwi.org/
Texas Coalition of Authors, Inc.  http://www.texasauthors.org/
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
The Zuzu's Petals Literary Resource Homepage-for both writers and poets http://www.zuzu.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 (joni@verizon.net)- 940/243-5200
1st VP - June Powell - 940/565-1013
2nd VP and Program Chairman - Oleta North - 940/458-3960
Treasurer – Joseph Marino
Secretary - Rae Nell Causseaux - 940/321-2739
Newsletter - George Avera (gavera@chatter.com)- 940/382-8161