Our next regular meeting of the North Texas Speculative Fiction Workshop is Saturday, July 11th, at 6pm, at the Hurst Barnes & Noble (at NE Mall). Winners of the short story contest for the anthology, The 28th Dimension: Tales from the Texas Zone, will be announced. Everyone is welcome!
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Alley’s short story, “Catsup”, has been accepted at Bewildering Stories.
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Two members of NTSFW made semi-finalist at the Writers of the Future Contest! Bill & Tom, congratulations guys! And all the best to you both. And to Tom, have fun at Clarion West!
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The next regular meeting of the North Texas Speculative Fiction Workshop is Saturday, June 13, 6pm at the Hurst Barnes & Noble Bookstore (near NE Mall). Everyone welcome!
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David Farland, also known as Dave Wolverton, author of the Runelord series, will be conducting a weekend seminar in Dallas in October!
The seminar will be held on
Sat. Oct 10 - Sun Oct 11
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
at the
Doubletree Hotel Dallas, Near the Galleria
4099 Valley View Lane,
Dallas, Texas 75244
Tel: 1-972-385-9000
Dave Wolverton/aka David Farland is a New York Times Bestselling author of science fiction, fantasy, historical and thriller novels. For nearly a decade he served as the coordinating judge for the one of the world’s largest writing competitions, where he led a talent hunt for promising new writers. He has taught creative writing at Brigham Young University, worked as a movie producer, as a videogame scripter, and as a fiction editor. Over the past twenty years, Dave had helped hundreds of authors get their first stories and novels published.
For more information and to register, go here http://davidfarland.net/writingworkshops/
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Monster by local author A. Lee Martinez has hit the shelves!

See Alex’s website here
or buy the book from
Amazon.com or
Barnes & Noble
alleypat on June 5th 2009 in Published!
Winners for the 28th Dimension: Tales From the Texas Zone anthology will be announced at our July meeting.
Join us Saturday, July 11, at 6pm at the Hurst Barnes & Noble Bookstore!
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Last night was our monthly North Texas Speculative Fiction Workshop in Ft. Worth. (www.ntsfw.com) We had a great turnout! 15 people including one new member who joined last nite. (Welcome Kent!). Last month, we had 4 new members. We discussed hosting award-winning writer Dave Farland/Wolverton in the DFW area for a one or two day workshop. News to come!
See you next month and keep writing!
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Our next meeting is this Saturday, May 9th, at 6pm
at the Hurst Barnes & Noble Bookstore.
We welcome all writers of speculative fiction. Come visit!
If you need more info, write Alley at NTSFW.Workshop@gmail.com
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Tonight is our monthly meeting!
Saturday, April 11, 6pm
Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Hurst (near NE Mall)
Everyone welcome!
~Alley
NTSFW.Workshop [at] gmail.com
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