January 2013: Q&A with Susan K. Downs

Join us Saturday, January 5 at 10:30am and participate in a Q & A session with Susan K. Downs.

Susan serves as a senior fiction editor for Guideposts Publications. Included in her responsibilities is the oversight of a direct-to-consumer mystery series, which releases a book every four weeks. Until recently, she supervised a retail fiction line under Guideposts’ Summerside Press imprint.

Susan’s editorial career began at age 10, when her newspaper-publisher father paid her a nickel for every error she could find while proofreading copy. As a multi-published author with experience as an acquisitions editor for another CBA publisher, she brings a well-rounded perspective to her editorial assignments. 

Learn the ins and outs of publishing with this respected editor of Christian Fiction.

DFW Ready Writers will meet the second Saturday of each month starting in February.  We meet at the Bedford Library, 2424 Forest Ridge Drive, Bedford, Texas. Join us at 10:30am for fellowship, workshops and more.

DFW Ready Writers is the local chapter of American Christian Fiction Writers. Visitors welcome! 

Christmas Gathering

Join us this Saturday at the Bedford Public Library for our Christmas meeting.  Bring a gift $15 or under and we'll have a Chinese gift exchange and have some fun writing things as our program.  We'll start at 10:30.

November 2012: Collin County Sheriff's Deputy Visits

Join us Nov 3 to hear Deputy D.L. Thomas of the Collin County Sheriff's Office.  He will talk to us about how a sheriff's office differs from a metro police department.  He has taught a class how a sheriff department functions.  Any questions you have, he can answer.  To learn more, visit:  http://www.co.collin.tx.us/sheriff/crime.jsp

We will meet on Saturday November 3 @10:30am at the Bedford Public Library. 

DFW Ready Writers is the local chapter of American Christian Fiction Writers. Visitors welcome! 

October 2012: Using Archetypes to Create Your Hero

What kind of man is that hero of yours?  Is he the chief?  The bad boy?  The charmer?  How about your heroine?  Is she the boss? The seductress?  The spunky kid? 

Multi-published author Leann Harris will talk about using Archetypes to create your heroes and heroines.  Think about your guy and find him at our talk.

We will meet on the 2nd Saturday of October, 10/13 @10:30 at the BedfordPublic Library. 

DFW Ready Writers is the local chapter of American Christian Fiction Writers. Visitors welcome!

September 2012: Synopsis

How to write a synopsis or a killer one-page.  Be prepared and bring your current work in progress and be teamed with an experience writer who will help you craft that synopsis or one page.  You'll be ready for ACFW conference in September.

Join us at our new location and time for our next meeting on Saturday, September 1.  Take a break from your holiday weekend festivities to learn how to write a great synopsis or one-sheet.   We will meet at the Bedford Library, 2424 Forest Ridge Drive, Bedford, Texas. From 183/121 east or west bound, take the Central Drive/Forest Ridge Drive exit. Go north on Forest Ridge Drive. The Library is on the right hand side of the street just past Bedford Road.

The meeting begins at 10:30am, but come early for set-up, visiting and fellowship. Doors open at 10:00am.  See you there! 

August 2012: Gina Conroy

 On Saturday, August 4, Gina Conroy joins us at the Bedford Library for a discussion on "Out of the Box Marketing: How Building Relationships Can Lead to More Sales." 

With brick and mortar book stores going the way of extinction and epublishers on the rise, writers have exciting options in publishing. Whether authors are assisted by a marketing team, or you’re going the DIY route, we all face the same problem. How to get our book noticed among the masses? Gina Conroy will show how the 3 Rs of relationships building can not only help build your platform, but can lead to more sales.

 

 

Gina Conroy is a creative marketing and social media enthusiast who loves helping authors plan launch parties and spice up their promotion. Her first novella, Buried Deception, in Cherry Blossom Capers, released from Barbour Publishing in January 2012 and she's recently contracted her first full length mystery. As founder of Writer...Interrupted, she loves to build relationships with writers and readers. When she isn’t writing, teaching, or driving kids around, you can find her on Facebook and Twitter, or tearing it up on the ballroom dance floor.

Join us at our new location and time for our next meeting on Saturday, August 4.  This is the first Saturday of the month instead of our usual second Saturday.   We will meet at the Bedford Library, 2424 Forest Ridge Drive, Bedford, Texas. From 183/121 east or west bound, take the Central Drive/Forest Ridge Drive exit. Go north on Forest Ridge Drive. The Library is on the right hand side of the street just past Bedford Road.

The meeting begins at 10:30am, but come early for set-up, visiting and fellowship. Doors open at 10:00am.