FIRST EDITION
SEPTEMBER 2002 VOL. 13 NUMBER 9
DWL Home Page: http://byjoni.com/dwl/
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WHERE WE MEET, AND WHEN
Business
meeting
General meeting at
Lunch at the Old Country Buffet at
NEXT MEETING
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JULY'S
MEETING RECAP
Mitchel Whitington is the author of five books, a contributor to
three short story anthologies, and his work has
appeared in several national magazines and technical publications. While promoting his work, Mitchel
developed a formula for author press kits that he has taught to writers’ groups
and conferences from
He spoke on the Press Kit. His website list eight books, including two non-fictions on book
marketing, two non-fictions on ghosts, and three works of fiction. He used his Uncle Bubba's Chicken Wing
Fling as a working example of a press kit.
His website (http://www.whitington.com/write/presskit.htm)
contains an article on the press kit, marketing techniques, and how to his book The Art of the Press Kit. The Art of Press Kit, which available on CD
ROM only, contains several examples of press kits.
He recommends keeping the press kit short, unique and inviting to
read. The handouts that he distributed
at the meeting and his website go into detail on creating a press kit. Some of the points he emphasized were:
The press kit is an important tool in the selling
of your book. It should immediately grab the reader's
attention.
Attached to the newsletter are copies of his handouts for members who could not attend.
Also discussed at the meeting was the idea for an anthology of stories and poems from the DWL members. It was mentioned that Tattersall Publishing might be interested in the venture. There will be further discussion at the September meeting. Joni Latham will gather information on the feasibility of such an undertaking.
Miriam Hees a member of the Writer's League of Texas announced that Blooming Tree Press has an open call for submission for a new inspirational non-fiction book called Love Texas Style. The book will be comprised of stories 200-2,000 word long from Texas women about their most romantic moments. If you'd like to look at the detailed guidelines please go to www.bloomingtreepress.com and click on submissions. It would really be a pleasure to get all the women of Texas involved in this project.
September 17-21, Texas/Oklahoma State Fair (
September 28,
September 28, Writers Roundup (
October 12, Writers Roundup (Wimberley).
Contact: Linda@flamewriter.com
October 17-20, BoucherCon World Mystery
Conference, Renaissance Hotel (
October 19, Book Fair (
November 2, Writers Roundup (
November 2, George West Storyfest.
Contact: Paul Perry PERRY10900@aol.com
November 9, Writers Roundup (
November 15-17, Book Festival (
From the Texas Author’s Coalition, Inc website. URL in listing below.
On-Line Writers resources
Society of Children's Writers and Illustrators http://www.scbwi.org/
Writer's Market http://www.writersmarket.com/index_ns.asp
New Writer's Market http://hge.members.atlantic.net/
eBook Writer's Market Directory http://www.ebookwritersmarket.com/
Ebook Connections http://www.ebookconnections.com/
Preditors and Editors-a resources to check out agents and publishers http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/
The Novelist Workshop http://www.monash.com/writers.html
Writer's Exchange http://www.writers-exchange.com/
WritersNet http://www.writers.net/
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