There will be no guest speaker for July.  We will discuss the plans for the anthology.

DWL 2ND ANTHOLOGY

Due to the varying genres of our members, we will not limit the content to just one genre. Non-fiction will be accepted too as it relates to writing and any aspects of writing (ie, marketing, publishing, editing).

There are two editors already signed up.  I need 2 more editors. The editors will read the submissions for acceptance. Once accepted, the submissions will be divided amongst the editors for content and grammatical editing. I'll format the manuscript for publishing and place it on Lulu.Com.  This way we are free to order as many or as few as we want or need. 

If anyone is interested in how to use Lulu to publish their own works, you are more than welcome to sit with me when I load the files or I can actually give a small course in how to publish a book using it. LUlu can also be used to publish calendars, yearbooks, cd's and dvd's. The only out of pocket cost is paying for a copy to proof or if you want to use one of their ISBN's. They also over editing and marketing for a price. I haven't used any of the paid services but I have published 3 books through Lulu, mainly as a "family" thing and one "print on demand" for an e-book.

Besides volunteers for editing, we will need to decide on a submission deadline, a title and cover art. I think due to what I learned last time, we'll limit the short stories and essays to 5000 words and the poetry to 25 lines but no limit on the number of poetry submissions. Some of the poetry in the last anthology were so long that it carried over to another page and sometimes over to two pages which made the flow hard to maintain which in turn made the poem hard to read.

POETRY CORNER

Poetry Group
3rd Saturday
10:00 am
Emily Fowler Library
502 Oakland St
Denton, TX

Basement Poetry
1st Wednesday
7:00 pm
Hydrant Cafe
208 W Oak St
Denton, TX

CONVENTIONS

Convention                   Month    Place                    URL             

ConDFW                   Feb     Dallas, TX       http://www.condfw.org/
AggieCon                 March   Bryan, TX        http://aggiecon.tamu.edu/
Dreamin' in Dallas       April   Dallas, TX       http://www.dallasromanceauthors.com/conferences/
Texas Frightmare         May     Dallas, TX       http://www.texasfrightmareweekend.com/lifetype/
ApolloCon                June    Houston, TX      http://www.apollocon.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://www.bubonicon.com/
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.worldfantasy.org/