JSC2010-E-125337 (6 May 2010) --- The Orion launch abort system lifts off during the Pad Abort 1 flight test on May 6, 2010 at the White Sands Missile Range. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA’s Orion Spacecraft is landing at the American Airlines Center (AAC) in Dallas Jan. 27-29 at Victory Park. The capsule making a stop in Dallas was a low fidelity model that was used for fit checks prior to the launch abort test that took place in 2010.

Due to the low security restrictions on the vehicle, the public will be allowed to sign their name or write messages on some of the panels on the capsule.

NASA astronauts Nick Patrick and Clay Anderson will be available at the exhibit on the 27th and 28th respectively.

Our local chapter of the National Space Society (NSSofNT.org) will be there as well.

Congratulations, Gerald!

Short & Twisted.

Congratulations!

Short & Twisted is an anthology of dark tales where nothing is as what it seems.

Published in the anthology are Shawn Scarber, Lorelei Buckley, Becky Burkheart, Tricia Ferguson, Emma Aprea (Author),), Autumn Shelley (Author), William Ledbetter,Amy Oakley, and Christian P. Lambright (Illustrator).

Gerald reads his short story

NTSFW member Gerald Warfield‘s poem, “Rivers Do Not Flow Within”, is published at From The Depths. Congratulations, Gerald!

Read “Rivers Do Not Flow Within“

Gerald Warfield’s short story “Poly Islands” won second prize in the first quarter of the 2011 Writers of the Future Contest. His humorous story “The Origin of Third Person in Paleolithic Epic Poetry” took first place this year in the nationally syndicated Grammar Girl contest. His poetry has appeared in numerous magazines including New Mythes, edited by Scott Barnes. Gerald published fifteen how-to books before turning to fiction. He is a graduate of the 2010 Odyssey Writers Workshop.

NTSFW meeting Oct. 8, 2011

What a fun group last night! We had several new members attend and excellent manuscript analysis as always.

Gerald said he’ll be attending this year’s World Fantasy Convention in San Diego and will participate as a panelist as well. Gerald also had some creative writing exercises for us last night that really got our creative juices flowing and our writers’ minds thinking, all from a few Ursula K. LeGuin excerpts.

Alley shared a website she discovered, Storyfix.com by Larry Brooks and a book he wrote that has helped her, Story Engineering.

Remember all, that our December meeting is a CLOSED MEETING and we will NOT MEET AT B&N. We will meet at a member’s home. Information will be given on the Yahoogroup. Guests and alcohol are welcome, but be responsible. Our January meeting will open back up with another great year to publish!

Keep writing!

Join the National Space Society of North Texas for a day full of unique displays, interesting programs, and great family activities!

The annual MOON DAY is a celebration of space exploration, celebrating the 42nd anniversary of the first moon landing, with exhibits from not just NSSofNT, but the Dallas Mars Society, the University of North Texas, the Moon Society, UTA Planetarium, the Civil Air Patrol,the Fort Worth Astronomical Society, the UT Dallas Center for Space Sciences, Comics in Space, and more.

Speakers include Starman Ron DiIulio who is a Solar System Ambassador (SSA), Spaceminers.org, Bob Finkelman, Dr. James Carter, Ken Ruffian, Pat Hauldren, Jason Major, and many others.

See the 2011 MOON DAY page for all the details. Join NSSofNT for a day full of unique displays, interesting programs, and great family activities! See you Saturday!

At the end of this workshop, you will know how to format your manuscript for various types of publication (print/online/etc.). An editor or agent should never have to inform the writer how to format a manuscript and some agents actually reject the first hint of non-professional formatting. Here we’ll not only learn how to format properly, but to set up templates for different types of writing software and markets. The audience for this class is anyone wishing to publish professionally.