Meeting of April 16, 2008

Our regular DFW meeting came off without a hitch, except of the (later corrected) delay in the announcement of Submissions.

The stats:

Rejections: 7 reported. Either the editors are getting more ferocious out there, or the writers of this workshop are getting more honest.

Acceptances: Jessica Eldredge had a magazine article accepted, Del Cain has been asked to write a magazine article; Alex Martinez is working on a script for Dreamworks; the teleplay of Ginnie Bivona’s book will feature actresses Leslie Ann Warren and Meredith Baxter Birney, Rosemary Clement Moore’s book Prom Dates from Hell (paperback coming out next Tuesday) won the Gail Wilson award for Excellence in the YA division.

Submissions: Grace Roeber, Rosemary Clement-Moore, Sonja Cassella, Dan Anders.

Announcements:

Glen Norton told the group that his wife, member Wanda Norton, has had a stroke but is recovering.

Rosemary Clement-Moore’s paperback Prom Dates from Hell is out on Tuesday. Since important sales tracking figures are based on the first week’s sales, Rosemary encouraged all who have considered buying Prom Dates to do so in the first week – also to do the same for other authors they want to support. She also reminded members to ask at the information desk of the bookstore for books you want if they’re not in stock, so they will order them.

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Writers’ League Agents and Editors Conference, June 20-22, 2008 – So far we have 6-8 DFWWW members who plan to attend. Don't miss the biggest writer's conference in Texas, and your chance to pitch your project to one of 26 agents and editors (23 agents, 3 editors). For more information, see the FAQ's at the Writers’ League website. Register as soon as possible for the best chance to get the agent of your choice. Writers’ League notes the date and time of your conference registration, and when they begin assigning agent appointments in June,* they go from the first registration on to the last received. More information on this process.

For more information about car pooling or hotel rooms, see Sonja Cassella.

*May 6^th is the deadline to turn in agent/editor selections for those who have already registered. The Writers’ League will continue taking new registrations after that point until all spaces are filled, but agent/editors selections will be due at the time of registration. They will not begin making the actual appointments until mid-June. All registrants will be notified of the details of their appointment (date, time, agent/editor) no later than June 16.

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Nick Holman announced that he, Rosemary Clement-Moore and Grace Roeber attended the ArtsNet award breakfast and picked up a check for $1263 to support our conference. Thank-you to ArtsNet for supporting the workshop!

2009 conference: next meeting will be May 7, at 6 p.m. before the workshop. The DFWWW Board will meet April 30, 2008 at 6 p.m.