WRITERS'
GUILD OF TEXAS MONTHLY MEETING
Monday,
18 March 2013
7-8:30
p.m.
Topic: Effective
Blurb Copy
Speaker:
Sally
Felt
Richardson
Public Library
900
Civic Center Dr.
Richardson
TX 75080
Basement
Room
Effective
blurb copy is crucial for
self-published authors, but it's also important for
querying/pitching to editors and agents and lining up
promotional interviews. Knowing how important it is doesn't make
it any easier for most of us to do. Using examples from various
genres and 30 years of copywriting experience, author Sally Felt
will share techniques, tools and tips to help writers feel
better prepared—or at least more inspired—to write a selling
blurb.
Sally
Felt built a thirty year career as an advertising copywriter,
creating brochures, web sites, ads and speeches for an
international clientele. To live life more purposefully, Felt
downgraded her full-time responsibilities, and now uses the
extra time to conduct playshops, which help others find their
own map to fun and to write books filled with characters who are
learning to leap. In addition to writing, speaking and
adventuring, Felt takes on freelance copywriting jobs from time
to time. Her erotic romance novel "Going Native" was published
in January 2013.
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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:
6:45-8:45 p.m.
Basement
room of Richardson Public
Library, 900 Civic Center Dr., Richardson TX 75080.
20 Mar.: 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, 15 April 2013:
Wendi Pierce. The
Anatomy of a Writer's Blog.
Saturday, 20 April 2013:
Workshop. Jaye Wells. The Writer’s Heroic Journey.
$25.00/members; $35.00/non-members.
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:
LaRee Bryant. The Business
of Writing.
Monday, 16 September
2013: Jill Allison Bryan. Writing
Past Procrastination, Perfectionism and Perfectly Good
Excuses-5 Fun Ways to Jump Start Your Creativity.
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):
Wednesday-Saturday,
20-23
March 2013: SMU LitFest 2013.
WordSpace Student Readings, Wed. 20 Mar.,McCord Auditorium in
Dallas Hall, 6:30 p.m.; Gabrielle Calvocoressi and Natalie
Serber, Sat. 23 Mar., DeGolyer Library, 2 p.m.; Alix Ohlin and
Alan Michael Parker, Fri. 22 Mar., Degolyer Library, 3 p.m.;
Matt Olzmann and Debra Spark, Thurs. 21 Mar., Degolyer Library
6 p.m. — reception 6:30 p.m. — readings; Vievee Francis and
Tatjana Soli, Fri. 22 Mar., DeGolyer Library, 6 p.m. reception
6:30 p.m. — readings. FREE!! www.smu.edu?LitFest |
twitter.com/SMuLitFest2013 | facebook.com/smuliteraryfestival
Friday-Saturday,
29-30
March 2013. Dreamin' in
Dallas Conference: Doubletree Hotel in Richardson TX. Keynote
speakers: Cherry Adair, Christie Craig, Meljean Brook.
Agents/editors appts. Workshops, author book signings. REGISTRATION
IS LIMITED AND CLOSES Friday, March 15, 2013.
http://www.dallasromanceauthors.com/conferences/
Friday-Saturday,
26-27
April 2013.
Northeast Texas Writers’ Organization (NETWO). Workshops,
agents, authors. Optional conference dinner. Mt. Pleasant
Civic Center, Mt. Pleasant, Texas. http://www.netwo.org/conference/currentconf.htm
Thursday-Friday,
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/
Saturday-Sunday, 4-5 May 2013: DFWWW conference. Keynoters:
Michael
Capuzzo, David Corbett, Deborah Crombie. More than a dozen
agents, also editors and publishers. Workshops, panels.
$325.00, can register online. Hurst Conference Center. 1601
Campus Drive, Hurst TX 76054. http://dfwwritersconference.org/
Friday-Sunday.
19-21
July 2013: Mayborn Literary
Nonfiction Conference. Workshops, agents, speakers, contest. http://themayborn.unt.edu/MaybornConference.htm
Thursday,
15 August 2013:
The Writer's Block presents the second of two FREE! The
Craft of Fiction Writing Series 2013. “Beginnings,
First Chapters, and Endings" led by writer Ann Fields. The
Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak in Dallas,
Texas, 75204, (214) 821-0911. Register
online at http://www.writersblockinc.org/.
Thursday-Sunday
24-32
October 2013: Austin Film
Festival 2013 Conference. Film competition now open.
Screenplay competition now open. Austin
TX www.austinfilmfestival.com.
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.
First
Saturday each month: Pens and Pancakes Writers Workshop.
10:30 a.m.-noon. The
Dock Bookshop. 6637 Meadowbrook Dr.
in Fort Worth, TX 76112. Guest facilitator Shewanda Riley. Dock Bookshop (www.thedockbookshop.com).
817.457.5700. FREE.
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.
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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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