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WRITERS' GUILD OF TEXAS MONTHLY MEETING

Monday, 18 March 2013

7-8:30 p.m.

Topic: Effective Blurb Copy

Speaker: Sally Felt

Richardson Public Library

900 Civic Center Dr.

Richardson TX 75080

Basement Room

Effective blurb copy is crucial for self-published authors, but it's also important for querying/pitching to editors and agents and lining up promotional interviews. Knowing how important it is doesn't make it any easier for most of us to do. Using examples from various genres and 30 years of copywriting experience, author Sally Felt will share techniques, tools and tips to help writers feel better prepared?or at least more inspired?to write a selling blurb.

Sally Felt built a thirty year career as an advertising copywriter, creating brochures, web sites, ads and speeches for an international clientele. To live life more purposefully, Felt downgraded her full-time responsibilities, and now uses the extra time to conduct playshops, which help others find their own map to fun and to write books filled with characters who are learning to leap. In addition to writing, speaking and adventuring, Felt takes on freelance copywriting jobs from time to time. Her erotic romance novel "Going Native" was published in January 2013.

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The Writers' Guild of Texas WGT Critique Sessions: Third Wednesday of each month.

Registration: 6:30-6:45 p.m.

Reading/critiquing: 6:45-8:45 p.m.

Basement room of Richardson Public Library, 900 Civic Center Dr., Richardson TX 75080.

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20 Mar.: Coordinator Liz Klein leads these sessions. Participants present their original work and receive feedback.

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Annual 2013 WGT dues of $25.00 may be paid at meetings, or by mail to Writers' Guild of Texas, 6009 W. Parker Road, Suite 149-175, Plano TX 75093.

All WGT events located at the Richardson Public Library are free and open to the public.

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Monday, 15 April 2013: Wendi Pierce. The Anatomy of a Writer's Blog. Saturday, 20 April 2013: Workshop. Jaye Wells. The Writer?s Heroic Journey. $25.00/members; $35.00/non-members. Monday, 20 May 2013: Kim Jackson. The Gumption of Assumption: Dissolving the Barriers between Writers and Audiences. Monday, 17 June 2013: WGT Read-In. Monday, 15 July 2013: TBA. Monday, 19 August 2013: LaRee Bryant. The Business of Writing. Monday, 16 September 2013: Jill Allison Bryan. Writing Past Procrastination, Perfectionism and Perfectly Good Excuses-5 Fun Ways to Jump Start Your Creativity. Monday, 21 October 2013: TBA. Saturday, 2 November 2013: Workshop. Rachel Simeone. TBA. Monday, 18 November 2013: TBA. Monday, 16 December 2013: WGT Holiday Meeting.

All Writers' Guild of Texas events held at the Richardson Public Library are free and open to the public.

Writers' Events Calendar (contact carol.woods@verizon.net to have your conferences, meetings, or other writing-related event listed here?no individual book signings, please): Wednesday-Saturday, 20-23 March 2013: SMU LitFest 2013. WordSpace Student Readings, Wed. 20 Mar.,McCord Auditorium in Dallas Hall, 6:30 p.m.; Gabrielle Calvocoressi and Natalie Serber, Sat. 23 Mar., DeGolyer Library, 2 p.m.; Alix Ohlin and Alan Michael Parker, Fri. 22 Mar., Degolyer Library, 3 p.m.; Matt Olzmann and Debra Spark, Thurs. 21 Mar., Degolyer Library 6 p.m. ? reception 6:30 p.m. ? readings; Vievee Francis and Tatjana Soli, Fri. 22 Mar., DeGolyer Library, 6 p.m. reception 6:30 p.m. ? readings. FREE!! www.smu.edu?LitFest | twitter.com/SMuLitFest2013 | facebook.com/smuliteraryfestival Friday-Saturday, 29-30 March 2013. Dreamin' in Dallas Conference: Doubletree Hotel in Richardson TX. Keynote speakers: Cherry Adair, Christie Craig, Meljean Brook. Agents/editors appts. Workshops, author book signings. REGISTRATION IS LIMITED AND CLOSES Friday, March 15, 2013. http://www.dallasromanceauthors.com/conferences/ Friday-Saturday, 26-27 April 2013. Northeast Texas Writers? Organization (NETWO). Workshops, agents, authors. Optional conference dinner. Mt. Pleasant Civic Center, Mt. Pleasant, Texas. http://www.netwo.org/conference/currentconf.htm Thursday-Friday, 2-4 May 2013: Oklahoma Federation of Writers, Incorporated (OWFI). Agents, workshops, banquets, 29 unpublished manuscripts awards, 4 published books awards, cr?me de la cr?me award. Cash prizes. Submission opens 1 December 2012; rules for submission must be followed exactly. Keynote speaker: Patrick Rothfuss. Embassy Suites Norman, 2501 Conference Drive, Norman OK 73069. http://www.owfi.org/ Saturday-Sunday, 4-5 May 2013: DFWWW conference. Keynoters: Michael Capuzzo, David Corbett, Deborah Crombie. More than a dozen agents, also editors and publishers. Workshops, panels. $325.00, can register online. Hurst Conference Center. 1601 Campus Drive, Hurst TX 76054. http://dfwwritersconference.org/ Thursday, 15 August 2013: The Writer's Block presents the second of two FREE! The Craft of Fiction Writing Series 2013. ?Beginnings, First Chapters, and Endings" led by writer Ann Fields. The Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak in Dallas, Texas, 75204, (214) 821-0911. Register online at http://www.writersblockinc.org/. Thursday-Sunday 24-32 October 2013: Austin Film Festival 2013 Conference. Film competition now open. Screenplay competition now open. Austin TX www.austinfilmfestival.com. First Saturday each month (except January): Dallas MWASW (Mystery Writers of America, Southwest). Texas Land & Cattle, 812 South Central Expressway, Richardson, TX 75080, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. $5.00 door fee, cash only. All who attend are invited to remain for lunch. Contact info: LaRee Bryant, LBryant316@aol.com. Permission to forward. First Saturday each month: Pens and Pancakes Writers Workshop. 10:30 a.m.-noon. The Dock Bookshop. 6637 Meadowbrook Dr. in Fort Worth, TX 76112. Guest facilitator Shewanda Riley. Dock Bookshop (www.thedockbookshop.com). 817.457.5700. FREE. The Dallas Area Writers Group (DAWG) put together a summer reading list?including a reading list for writers. Check it out! The more readers in the world?the more opportunities for writers! www.alanelliott.com Second Saturday each month: North Texas Speculative Fiction Workshop. Meets every 2nd Saturday at the Hurst Barnes & Noble Bookstore, 6pm.http://www.ntsfw.com

The Writers' Guild of Texas is a nonprofit professional organization whose primary purpose is to provide a forum for information, support, and sharing among writers; to help members improve and market their writing skills; and to promote the interests of writers and the writing community.

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Writers' Guild of Texas

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