Dallas MWASW--Dallas Mystery Writers Saturday November 5, 2016

Larry Enmon, former Houston Police Office and U.S. Secret Service Agent

Larry Enmon attended Sam Houston State University and received a Law Enforcement & Police Science Degree in 1975. That same year he joined the Houston Police Department where he worked in both patrol & undercover vice divisions.

In 1981, he accepted a job with the U.S. Secret Service and traveled the United States and world working protective missions. His last assignment was the Secret Service liaison agent to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force in Dallas, TX. He has attended numerous FBI and CIA schools in weapons of mass destruction.

He is a member of the DFW Writers' Workshop and just submitted his manuscript, The Wormwood Mystery, to his agent.

http://www.larry-enmon.com/

ALSO:

The local Sherlock Holmes Society presents THE WOMEN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES on Monday, November 7, 2016 at 6:30pm at the Allen Public Library.

Details here.

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NEW LOCATION:

The Dallas MWASW group meets the first Saturday of each month (except January) at Olive Garden, 4240 Belt Line, Addison, TX, 75001. Meeting time is 10:00 AM – Noon, followed by lunch.

There is a $10 fee (cash only – please bring fives or ones) for the program and drinks-only attendees. The fee is reduced to $5.00 (cash only) for those staying for lunch. All who attend are encouraged to remain and break bread(sticks) with your fellow writers.

 Contact info: james@gaskin.com

James E. Gaskin
http://www.gaskin.com
Writer / Consultant / Speaker

Member Internet Press Guild

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Dallas MWASW--- Dallas Mystery Writers Saturday, August 6, 2016

Self-Publishing: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Self-publishing can be very freeing and lucrative for some, but it isn’t for everyone. Janis Patterson learned how to self-publish the hard way and is happy to share what she knows.

Explore the ins and outs of publishing your own books. Learn about formats, ISBNs, covers, and all the details of being your own publisher. Find out the differences between doing it yourself and hiring a book packager. Get an idea of the costs involved. Maybe most importantly, learn what not to do.

Janis Patterson, who also writes as Janis Susan May, Janis Susan Patterson, and JSM Patterson, published her first novel with Dell in 1979 and has been writing more or less ever since. She has also worked as an actress and singer, talent agent, Supervisor of Accessioning for a genetic testing lab, document checker for a travel agency, editor in chief of two multi-magazine publishing groups, and was the editor/publisher of the only monthly publication for the American Research Center in Egypt in the world. Janis Susan is a Founder and Charter Member of Romance Writers of America and a regional Board Member for MWA, as well as being a member of Sisters In Crime, NINC, and the Author’s Guild. She has been self-publishing since 2013.

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NEW LOCATION:

The Dallas MWASW group meets the first Saturday of each month (except January) at Olive Garden, 4240 Belt Line, Addison, TX, 75001. Meeting time is 10:00 AM – Noon, followed by lunch.

There is a $10 fee (cash only – please bring fives or ones) for the program and drinks-only attendees. The fee is reduced to $5.00 (cash only) for those staying for lunch. All who attend are encouraged to remain and break bread(sticks) with your fellow writers.

 Contact info: james@gaskin.com​

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James E. Gaskin
http://www.gaskin.com

REMINDER: MWA Dallas meeting on Saturday, May 7, 2016

Panel Discussion: Everything You Wanted to Know About the Book Business but Were Afraid to Ask

It's time again to face the Gang of Four - and ask any and all questions you were afraid to ask in polite company. In this forum, honesty rules, and that's not always polite. Respectful, yes, but some questions unfit for "polite society" can be asked and answered.

Presented by Your Friendly Gang of Four

LaRee Bryant, Sandy Steen, Janis Susan May Patterson, and James Gaskin have collectively written millions of words and scores of books ranging from mysteries to gothics to romance to urban fantasy to young adult to humor to children's books to cozies to technical to country line dancing (place your bets on who wrote THAT book) and more.

Bring your questions, bring your answers, and bring your appetite because the give and take and delightful discussions should last well into lunch.

Some smart person once said there is no one right road to success, but many wrong ones. Let's help each other stay off the wrong roads and out of the bad neighborhoods.

​Doors open at the Olive Garden at 10:00 AM. Official fun stuff starts a bit after that.

Bonus: a report from the NETWO Conference in Mt. Pleasant. Not as good as attending the conference, but you'll hear some highlights, interesting stories, and knowledge nuggets.

NEW LOCATION:

The Dallas MWASW group meets the first Saturday of each month (except January) at Olive Garden, 4240 Belt Line, Addison, TX, 75001. Meeting time is 10:00 AM – Noon, followed by lunch.

There is a $10 fee (cash only – please bring fives or ones) for the program and drinks-only attendees. The fee is reduced to $5.00 (cash only) for those staying for lunch. All who attend are encouraged to remain and break bread(sticks) with your fellow writers.

MWA Meeting Saturday, March 5, 2016, 10:00 AM

March 5, 2016

Chief Frank Returns!

This was the bio in the local paper when Chief Frank joined the City of Corinth PD as Administrative Lieutenant assigned to the office of the Chief of Police:

McElligott is a thirty-seven year law enforcement veteran and started his law enforcement career with the Greece Police Department in upstate New York. He moved to Plano in 1979 and joined the Plano Police Department where he served in various capacities such as patrol, criminal investigations, narcotics, professional standards, crime prevention training division and supervised the hostage negotiation team. After 28 years, McElligott retired from Plano PD and became the chief of police in Hutchins. During his six and a half years as chief, Hutchins achieved recognized status from the Texas Police Chiefs Best Practices program as well as developed numerous crime prevention initiatives.

We, of course, know Chief Frank as the "criminal whisperer" able to identify, track, and arrest criminals, then tell us those stories with an extra side of funny.

NEW LOCATION:

The Dallas MWASW group meets the first Saturday of each month (except January) at Olive Garden, 4240 Belt Line, Addison, TX, 75001. Meeting time is 10:00 AM – Noon, followed by lunch.

There is a $10 fee (cash only – please bring fives or ones) for the program and drinks-only attendees. The fee is reduced to $5.00 (cash only) for those staying for lunch. All who attend are encouraged to remain and break bread(sticks) with your fellow writers.

 Contact info: james@gaskin.com

MWA REMINDER: Saturday, Feb 6, 2016 meeting IN NEW LOCATION

ALERT:

DO NOT GO TO TEXAS LAND AND CATTLE!

We have a new location for our meetings. DO NOT go to Texas Land and Cattle – they have changed their policy about group meetings and now demand hundreds of dollars per meeting for use of the room.

NEW LOCATION:

The Olive Garden on Belt Line at Midway in Addison (4240 Belt Line). They have a nice private room and free bread, but in the form of sticks rather than loaves. We can order off the lunch or dinner menu.

If you go to the old location by mistake, you'll have time to get to the new one before the meeting starts. Why? Next paragraph.

NEW TIME:

Doors open at 10:00 AM, meeting starts at 10:30 AM. If you arrive before 10:00 AM, bring a book so you can read while sitting on the Olive Garden's nice stone bench outside the front door.

SAME SATURDAY:

We still meet the first Saturday of every month except January. Our next meeting is Saturday, February 6, 2016

NEW GUEST:

Kendel Lynn, Co-Founder and Managing Editor of Henery Press.

ABOUT KENDEL LYNN

Kendel Lynn is a Southern California native who now lives in Dallas, Texas. She writes the Elliott Lisbon Mystery Series, the first of which (Board Stiff) was an Agatha Award nominee for Best First Novel. She belongs to both Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, and currently serves as President of SinC North Dallas. She’s the co-founder and Managing Editor of Henery Press, a mid-sized press with a primary focus on mysteries from cozies and crime capers to paranormals and PIs.

ABOUT HENERY PRESS

Henery Press is a traditional mid-sized press publishing mostly mysteries with a splash of chick lit. Books in the Hen House focus on the cozier side of life: cozies with a hook, cozies with an edge, cozies with humor, cozies with adventure (and the chick lit? Cozies sans murder). They’re fortunate to have had several books hit the USA TODAY bestseller list, and multiple books win industry awards and garner nominations (Agatha, Anthony, Macavity, Daphne, Golden Heart). For more about Henery Press and the authors, please visit www.henerypress.com.

NEW LOCATION:

The Dallas MWASW group meets the first Saturday of each month at Olive Garden, 4240 Belt Line, Addison, TX, 75001. Meeting time is 10:00 AM – Noon, followed by lunch.

NEW FEES:

There is a $10 fee (cash only – please bring fives or ones) for the program and drinks-only attendees. The fee is reduced to $5.00 (cash only) for those staying for lunch. All who attend are encouraged to remain and break bread(sticks) with your fellow writers.

Contact info: james@gaskin.com

NEW LOCATION:

OLIVE GARDEN

4240 BELTLINE RD

ADDISON TX 75001

(972) 239-9096

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James E. Gaskin
http://www.gaskin.com
Writer / Consultant / Speaker

Member Internet Press Guild

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Posted by: James Gaskin

UPDATE--- MWA Meeting canceled for Saturday, Dec 7

Received this update a few minutes ago...

 We bravely face blank sheets of white paper, but blank sheets of white road ice is another story entirely. No meeting on Saturday, December 7.

As always, we skip the first Saturday of the year to avoid intruding on the New Year's Day hangovers, er, festivities.

See everyone Saturday, February 1, 2014.

James

James E. Gaskin
http://www.gaskin.com
Writer / Consultant / Speaker
Latest book: Email From a Dead Friend (Kindle)

Dallas MWA Meeting--- Saturday, September 7, 2013

From James Gaskin and with his permission.....
  

I know you're anxious, but it's two weeks before the next meeting on September 7, 2013, at 9:30 AM. Our speaker in September is Tommy Le Noir:

Now a criminal investigator for the Dallas County District Attorney's Office, Tommy Le Noir spent thirty years in the Arlington Police Department in Narcotics, Major Cases, Homicide, and Cold Case Homicide. He's appeared on multiple national television shows and hosted Spike TV's "Murder" series. He was the lead detective featured prominently in Pat Springer's Mail Order Murder true crime book.

 

The Dallas MWASW group meets the first Saturday of each month at Texas Land & Cattle, 812 South Central Expressway, Richardson, TX 75080. Meeting time is 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.There is a $5.00 door fee, cash only. All who attend are invited to remain for lunch. Contact info: james@gaskin.com

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James E. Gaskin
http://www.gaskin.com
Writer / Consultant / Speaker
Latest book: Texas Hysterical Society

 

 

More info at the website  http://www.dallasmysterywriters.com/