Gerald accepted to Odyssey
Member Gerald has been accepted to the prestigious Science Fiction and Fantasy Odyssey Workshop! There he’ll spend 6 long weeks studying the art of writing in the spec fic genres with the likes of Laura Anne Gilman, former editor at Berkley, Alexander Jablokov, Michael Arnzen, Gregory Frost, and David G. Hartwell.
Erin’s published book of poetry
Member Erin has published a book of poetry with Diminuendo Press called Napkin Poems.
March Story Challenge
The story challenge for March is to write a short story titled:
“The Accidental Sheep”
Contents of the story are yours to create!
Have fun and see you Saturday, March 13 at 6pm at the Hurst Barnes & Noble Bookstore!
Feb meeting & ConDFW
Our Feb meeting will be held in the bar of the Crowne Plaza Suites where ConDFW is holding their yearly convention. We will meet at our usual time, 6pm and will have a sign on the table. Our March meeting will return to the Hurst Barnes & Noble Bookstore. For more info on the convention, see www.condfw.org
NTSFW meets every 2nd Saturday at 6pm at the Hurst Barnes & Noble.
Tom published!
NTSFW member Tom sold the hard SF tale, INTERPLANETARY TRIATHLON, to a major sports magazine , INSIDE TRIATHLON, and it should appear in the July/August “Racing” issue. This is the first time ever that a major endurance publication has tried publishing a fictional short story, and they are doing the whole 5700 words in one issue–three times longer than most of their articles. If this meets with audience approval, they are considering a series idea I had about different genre stories based in endurance racing: horror, mystery, romance, alternative history, etc. Maybe print one every other issue.
Congratulations, Tom!
Feb meeting change
Since our 2nd weekend meeting is on the same weekend as ConDFW, we decided to meet up at the convention hotel for ConDFW, the Crowne Plaza in Dallas. So next 2nd weekend we will meet in the bar at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. You do not need to pay for membership to the convention to attend the meeting. See ConDFW.org for moreconvention info.
WHEN: Feb 13, 2010
WHERE: Crowne Plaza Suites
7800 ALPHA ROAD
DALLAS, TX 75240
Phone: 1-972-233-7600
Fax: 1-972-701-8618
WHEN: 6pm – 9pm
Alley is guest blogger!
Alley (Pat Hauldren) is guest blogger at “Marketing for Authors“, a website promoting networking and marketing to authors by Tony Eldridge.
Gerald wins Honorable Mention in WoF
NTSFW member Gerald Warfield’s short story, Scattered Shards, won honorable mention in last quarter’s contest for the Writers of the Future Contest!!!
Congratulations Gerald!
2009 in review
It’s been a great year for the NTSFW members! Here’s a little update on what I can remember from our membership, I’ll amend and add as I get more info:
Gerald–got two poems published, one in Abandoned Towers Magazine and one in a Dragon anthology. He gave readings at the World Fantasy Convention in San Jose and at the Writers’ League of Texas Summer Writing Retreat. He got an honorable mention in the San Gabrielle Writers’ League Contest.
Alley–attended the World Fantasy Convention in San Jose, published a short story in Bewildering Stories and one on the website of Abandoned Towers, has a 3 column gig at Examiner.com (Fort Worth Writing Examiner, Fort Worth Hockey Examiner, Dallas Speculative Fiction Examiner), attended both of Bob Mayer’s writers’ workshops, attended David Farland’s writer workshop, pitched to an agent at the DFW Writers’ Conference and got a request for a full manuscript, met the editor of Abyss & Apex and she wants a story, met Brandon Sanderson at his Dallas booksigning, attended ConDFW, Conestoga, & FenCon.
Stacy–met P C Cast and Kristen Cast at a book signing in Plano, Beneath Ceaseless Skies is considering her book, Soul’s Wish.
Tom–attended Clarion this year.
Troy–ghostwrote a book.
Tricia–published in Abandoned Towers Magazine, attended the World Fantasy Convention in San Jose.
Shawn–published (I’ve forgotten where, Shawn, let me know), attended ConDFW, FenCon.
Crystalwizard-continues to publish Abandoned Towers Magazine and books at Cyberwizard Productions.
I know we have more! Congratulations all and we’ll see you in 2010, the 2nd Saturday of Jan, the 9th, at 6pm!
