MEETING
DAY CHANGE: Because
the Richardson Library is closed on WGT’s regular meeting day,
the January meeting will be held on next Wednesday.
WRITERS'
GUILD OF TEXAS MONTHLY MEETING
WEDNESDAY,
23 January 2013
7-8:30
p.m.
Topic: So
You’ve Written Your Pitch. Now What Can You Do With It?
Speaker:
Carol
Woods
Richardson
Public Library
900
Civic Center Dr.
Richardson
TX 75080
Basement
Room
Bring
your pitch and some paper. We’ll work through how these few
sentences serve as the basis for the first paragraphs of your
query letter and synopsis, and provide the outline for your
back-of-the-book blurb.
Carol
Woods
is an award-winning writer, a conference speaker, a free-lance
editor, and founding member of the Lesser North Texas Writers, a
critique group that has met continuously since 1987. She has
edited approximately 60 published books and spoken at
conferences in Texas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Woods judged
manuscripts for conferences in Texas and Oklahoma; for three
years, she judged mainstream books for the Writer’s Digest
Magazine’s International Self-Publishing Book Awards.
She
spent seven years as acquisitions editor for a small press,
produced newsletters for local and international markets, holds
a BA in American Studies from UTDallas, reads both good and bad
books, and contends that her editing philosophy is: Don’t bore
the reader or me!
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The
Writers' Guild of Texas WGT Critique Sessions: Third
Wednesday of each month.
Registration:
6:30-6:45 p.m.
Reading/critiquing:
6:30-8:45 p.m.
Basement
room of Richardson Public
Library, 900 Civic Center Dr., Richardson TX 75080.
16 Jan.: Coordinator Liz Klein leads these
sessions. Participants
present their original work and receive feedback.
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For more information about The Writers’ Guild
of Texas, contact Membership Coordinator John Vance at john.vance1@gmail.com
or WGT Critique Group Coordinator Liz Klein at wgtcritiquegroup@gmail.com.
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Annual 2013 WGT dues of $25.00 may be paid at
meetings, or by mail to Writers' Guild of Texas, 6009 W. Parker
Road, Suite 149-175, Plano TX 75093.
All WGT events located
at the Richardson Public Library are free and open to the
public.
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Monday, 18 February
2013: David Haynes. The NEW Landscape for
Publishing and Marketing Your Work.
Monday, 18 March 2013:
Sally Felt. Effective
Blurb Copy.
Monday, 15 April 2013:
Wendi Pierce. The
Anatomy of a Writer's Blog.
Saturday, 20 April 2013:
Workshop. Jaye Wells. TBA.
Monday, 20 May 2013:
Kim Jackson. The
Gumption of Assumption: Dissolving the Barriers
between Writers and Audiences.
Monday, 17 June 2013:
WGT Read-In.
Monday, 15 July 2013:
TBA.
Monday, 19 August 2013:
TBA.
Monday, 16 September
2013: TBA.
Monday, 21 October 2013:
TBA.
Saturday, 2 November
2013: Workshop. Rachel Simeone. TBA.
Monday, 18 November
2013: TBA.
Monday, 16 December
2013: WGT Holiday Meeting.
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All Writers' Guild of Texas events held at
the Richardson Public Library are free and open to the
public.
For more information about The Writers’ Guild
of Texas, contact Membership Coordinator John Vance at john.vance1@gmail.com
or WGT Critique Group Coordinator Liz Klein at wgtcritiquegroup@gmail.com.
Writers' Events
Calendar (contact carol.woods@verizon.net
to have your conferences, meetings, or other writing-related
event listed here—no individual book signings, please):
2-4
May 2013:
Oklahoma Federation of Writers, Incorporated (OWFI). Agents,
workshops, banquets, 29 unpublished manuscripts awards, 4
published books awards, crème de la crème award. Cash prizes.
Submission opens 1 December 2012; rules for submission must be
followed exactly. Keynote
speaker: Patrick Rothfuss. Embassy Suites Norman, 2501
Conference Drive, Norman OK 73069. http://www.owfi.org/
4-5 May 2013: DFWWW conference. Super
Early
Bird registration is open at the amazing rate of $225. Hurst
Conference Center. 1601 Campus Drive, Hurst TX 76054.
http://dfwwritersconference.org/
First Saturday each month (except January): Dallas MWASW (Mystery Writers of America,
Southwest). Texas Land & Cattle, 812 South Central
Expressway, Richardson, TX 75080, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. $5.00
door fee, cash only. All who attend are invited to remain for
lunch. Contact info: LaRee
Bryant, LBryant316@aol.com. Permission to forward.
The Dallas Area Writers Group (DAWG) put together a summer reading list—including
a reading list for writers. Check it out! The
more readers in the world—the more opportunities for writers!
www.alanelliott.com
Second Saturday each month: North Texas Speculative Fiction Workshop. Meets every 2nd Saturday at the Hurst Barnes
& Noble Bookstore, 6pm.http://www.ntsfw.com
Frisco Writers Meet-Up Groups: Day group meets every 3rd Thursday and
night group every 2nd Tuesday. See website for more details. http://www.meetup.com/writers-749/
Visit http://www.writersleague.org/programs/classes.html
for up-to-date information on Writer's League of Texas
workshops held in Austin TX.
Visit http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/
for guidelines to participate in the annual Bulwer-Lytton
Fiction Contest.
The Writers' Guild of Texas is a nonprofit
professional organization whose primary purpose is to provide
a forum for information, support, and sharing among writers;
to help members improve and market their writing skills; and
to promote the interests of writers and the writing community.
If you don't wish to receive these announcements,
please let me know.
Permission to forward this email is not only
granted, but encouraged. Let's get the word out to as many in
the writing community as possible.
Carol Woods, Communications
Writers' Guild of Texas
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