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 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.
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!
Some news from World Fantasy
I’m back from World Fantasy and a 3 week vacation touring the American SouthWest. I’ll periodically post some notes I made and info I’ve gotten from the convention.
Cyberwizard Productions had cards on the freebie table. www.cyberwizardproductions.com/NFindex.html
The Mythopoeic Society had freebies, www.mythsoc.org
Phantasy Ink Publications LTD. had free literature on the freebie table. www.phantasy-ink.com
PMPress had a catalog on the freebie table. www.pmpress.org
More to come.
Word Fantasy Convention, San Jose
NTSFW Members Alley, Tricia, and Gerald are all spending their Halloween weekend in San Jose at the World Fantasy Convention!
Alley says check her blog for pix and updates.
The Grass is Always Greener…
Member Tricia has her story “The Grass is Always Greener…” coming out in the Nov issue of Abandoned Towers!
