GUEST SPEAKER

Mike Farris is a literary agent with Farris Literary Agency and an entertainment attorney with Vincent Lopez Serafino Jenevein, P.C., in Dallas. Mike represents independent producers and has negotiated sales of movie and television rights to major Hollywood studios. His client Sheldon Russell's mystery novel The Insane Train was named one of the top 6 mysteries of 2010 by Publisher's Weekly. Mike is also a screenwriter, and his feature screenplays The Incident on Ni'ihau and Live From the Boneyard are in the works with Sweet Revenge Entertainment in Beverly Hills; his inspirational family screenplay Reaching Jordan is in development with Advocate Pictures; and his short film Balaam Gimble's Gumption was released last year by Blue Logic Productions. As a book writer, Mike is the author of the non-fiction Call Me Lucky: A Texan in Hollywood, published by the University of Oklahoma Press, and the novels Kanaka Blues and Manifest Intent, both published by Savant Books.

Farris Literary Agency, Inc.
P.O. Box 570069
Dallas, TX 75357
972-203-8804 www.farrisliterary.com
farris1@airmail.net

Member News

Membership Renewal Time

It's that time of year again.  Time to renew your Denton Writers League membership.  It's still only $15 a year. Click here for the membership form.  For those of you who have their newsletter postal mailed, a form is included with the newsletter.

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/