DENTON WRITERS LEAGUE
FIRST EDITION
 March 2010 VOL. 21 NUMBER 3

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

If you would like a copy of the newsletter e-mailed to you instead of through the US post,
please contact Joni Latham-dentonwritersleague@verizon.net.

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
TBD
Denton, TX

NEXT MEETING: March 13, 2010

Guest Speakers

March 13 - Hazel Spire - Emily Fowler Library
April 10 - Joyce Foy - Emily Fowler Library
May 8 - Dr, Alexey Root - Emily Fowler Library
June 12 - Danny Puckett - Emily Fowler Library
July 10 - - Emily Fowler Library
August 14 - Cindy Vallar - Emily Fowler Library
September 11 - Cindy Vallar - Emily Fowler Library
October 9 - - Emily Fowler Library
November 13 - - Emily Fowler Library
December 11 - - Emily Fowler Library

GUEST SPEAKER

HAZEL SPIRE was born in London and grew up on the Isle of Wight, England. She came to the US in 1978, after meeting her Texan husband in Iran. More than fifty of her poems, articles, fillers, and stories have appeared in magazines, from On the Line to Woman's Day to Mature Years.

Royal Fireworks Press published Hazel’s first middle-grade mystery, SECRET OF THE SEVENTH GATE, in 2001. She published two poetry chapbooks in 2004 and 2006. A second children’s novel, ARROWHEAD’S LOST HOARD (The P3 Press, 2008) was a finalist in the North Texas Book Festival 2009.

Hazel teaches elementary art in Lewisville, but plans to retire in June and spend more time writing. She has led numerous workshops at schools, conferences, libraries, and bookstore events. For more details, go to www.hazelspire.com  
Anthology for 2010/2011 Membership Period

If we are going to do another anthology for the 2010/2011 Membership period, there are things that need to be dicussed and done to make it flow smoother than last time.

Are we leaving the genre open like we did last time?

Are we going to restrict submissions to current members and any who join later? Or, are we going to open it to the public again with the stipulation that they have to join DWL? Last time it seemed rather thin which is why we opened it to the general populace.

We'll follow the same procedures as last time. We'll take submissions and then the editors will read through the submissions to determine publishability and I will inform the authors of our decision. Once we have closed submissions, the submissions will be divided among the editors to go through the editing process.

I'll format the manuscript to send to Dan for publishing if this route we choose to go.

I've learned a lot during the last anthology. All stories and poems will be submitted one story or one poem per WORD or RTF file. After the author has approved the gallery, there will be no changes unless something is misspelled. Last time due to authors wanting to make numerous changes after the galley had been completed, there were some errors in the formatting of the final product.

Purchasing copies will be a little different this time if Dan publishes it. As in most cases, the more we order, the cheaper they'll be, so we'll have to put together one order with pre-payment by the authors for their copies.

Think about these things and let me know what you want to do.

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

ANNUAL CONVENTIONS
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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/ 

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/
The New Covey Cover Awards - http://thenewcoveycoverawards.blogspot.com
Dallas Screen Writers- http://www.dallasscreenwriters.com/
Denton Public Library - http://www.cityofdenton.com/pages/library.cfm
Flashing Swords Magazine - http://flashingswords.sfreader.com
Fort Worth Book Blog - http://booksblog.guidelive.com/
Glimmer Train Press, Inc.-A quarterly magazine of about 260 pages of literary fiction - http://www.glimmertrain.com/
How Stuff Works - Want to know how something works, try this link - http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Lulu.Com - A Self-Publisher - http://www.lulu.com/
MeetUp.Com - A place to find MeetUp groups in your area  - http://www.meetup.com/
   Jeff Crilley's DFW Do-It Yourself PR Group - http://freepublicity.meetup.com/1/
National Association of Women Writers - http://www.naww.org
National Writers Union - http://www.nwu.org/
Next Day Flyers - bookmarks, postcards, business cards, flyers, etc - http://www.nextdayflyers.com/printing/
Northeast Texas Writers' Organization - http://www.netwo.org/
Para Publishing Website - a good writing, publishing, and promotion source - http://www.parapublishing.com/sites/para/
Preditors and Editors-a resources to check out agents and publishers http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/
Printing for Less - Good prices and I understand good product - http://www.printingforless.com/index.html
Ralan's Webstravaganza-speculative fiction resource http://ralan.com/
Society of Children's Writers and Illustrators - http://www.scbwi.org/
Suite 101 - read articles on a variety of subjects or post your own - http://www.suite101.com/
Texas Coalition of Authors, Inc. - http://www.texasauthors.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
Vista Prints - inexpensive business cards, postcards, etc - http://www.vistaprint.com
Writing for Dollars - Good resource on paying markets with a weekly newsletter -   http://www.writingfordollars.com/
Writers Conferences and Centers - http://writersconf.org/
Writer's Exchange - http://www.writers-exchange.com/epublishing/
Writer.com - on-line classes and other writer's information - http://writers.com/
Writers' League of Texas - http://www.writersleague.org/
Writers Net-source for information for writers, editors, agents, and publishers - http://www.writers.net
Writing-World.Com - http://www.writing-world.com 
Writing.Com - Community for readers and writers of all skills levels and interests - http://www.writing.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 ( dentonwritersleague@verizon.net) - 940/382-4865
Vice-President 
Newsletter      George Avera ( george.819471@verizon.net) - 940/387-8315

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