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DAWG Officers 2009
President: Beverly Shay
VP: Gayla Kokel
Sec/Treas: Patsy Summey
Writing
Opportunities
Includes information about learning how to write, contests, and other
writers groups in the area.
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| Jan 13, 2009 - Author/journalist Carlton Stowers' books include bestsellers TO THE LAST BREATH and CARELESS WHISPERS, both winners of the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allen Poe Award as the Best Fact Crime Book of the Year, INNOCENCE LOST, which was nominated for a Pulitzer, and his autobiographical SINS OF THE SON. His books have been selections of the Book of the Month Club, Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club, Mystery Book Club, True Crime Book Club, Preferred Choice Book Club, Playboy Book Club and Guideposts Book Club and five have been optioned by motion picture/TV productions companies. In 2001 Stowers was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters and in 2007 was the recipient of the A.C. Greene Literary Award for lifetime achievement. |
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February 10, 2009 -
Critique Night - DAWG members will have an opportunity to
read a
selection from their work and have it critiqued by a published writer.
Sign up is on a first-come basis -- begins at 7pm. DAWG members are
given priority. Expected panelist include Beverly Shay, Win Shields, Ginnie Bivona and James
Gaskin. Here are the DAWG critique guidelines -- please read them before signing up for a critique. |
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March 10, 2009
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Alex Powe Allred - Alexandra Allred won the U.S. Nationals in
September 1994, making sports history as a member the first women’s
bobsled team. The U. S. Olympic Committee named her Athlete of the
Year, beginning a long fight to include women’s bobsledding in the
Olympics. Allred acted as World cup team captain, media relations
officer and international correspondent for the U.S./international
female sliders. Allred remains the first women’s bobsled champion for
the United States.
While pregnant with her second child, Allred participated in a study with the renowned Dr. James Clapp III on how extreme exercise affects the placenta. At five months pregnant, Allred was squatting 375 lbs. and clocked 21 MPH on sprint drills. Her workout regime is used by the United States /International Olympic Committee for pregnant athletes. Allred earned her second black belt while pregnant with her third child and taught boot camp style kickboxing throughout that pregnancy. As daughter of a U.S. Diplomat, Allred lived in Baghdad, Iraq; Tunis, Tunisia and Moscow, Russia; her firsthand experiences of the effects of discrimination and abuse against women and children launched her writing career. She was nominated Mom of the Year by iParenting.com and named Author of the Month by Qcircuit.com. In 2005, she was awarded the Amelia Bloom Award for her book, Atta Girl. She has been featured in Sports Illustrated, Muscle&Fitness Hers, Self, Fit, Self Defense for Women, Shape, Redbook magazines and in USA Today, Dallas Morning News, New York Times and the Washington Post. Allred test piloted, drove and wrote about the only Gravity Car in existence, testing its speed, suspension system, steering mechanism and overall ride. Allred serves as fitness/nutrition expert for www.pregnancy.org. She teaches kickboxing and talks to youth about health, happiness and proper nutrition. |
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April 14, 2009 -
Dr.
David F. Ciambrone (www.davidciambrone.com) Dr.
David Ciambrone is a retired executive, scientist, oceanographer,
professor, magician, US Treasury Commissioner and author living in
Georgetown, Texas. He has published five mysteries in the Virginia
Davies Series: Laguna Treasure, Napa Nights, Pelican Cove, Castle
Finlaystoke and the newest one, Left at Georgetown. Dave’s newest book
will be in another series, but he is presently working on a new Virginia
Davies novel. Dr. Ciambrone has woven his background in police
procedures, magic, science and engineering into the stories.
He has been past vice president of Sisters-in-Crime; a member of Mystery Writers of America, President of the San Gabriel’s Writer’s League, Texas Writer’s league, Williamson County Coroners and Austin Mystery Writers. Dave also writes a helpful hint newspaper column under the name “Ask Uncle Dave” for the Williamson County Sun. Dr. Ciambrone has also published three best selling management books which have sold at home and internationally. He has worked for police departments and been a consultant on poisons to police agencies. He has also worked with chemical and biological weapons. Dave has been a speaker at writers groups, schools and colleges and mystery writers and technical conferences internationally. (He will also be teaching a class on murder for the Writer’s League of Texas June 19th at the Westlake Barns and Noble in Austin, Texas at 7:00 p.m.) |
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| May 12, 2009 Elizabeth Scott, author of Raindrops on Roman; Overcoming Autism: A Message of Hope. Scott is a graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She has a Master’s Degree in Elementary Education and is a former elementary school teacher. With her professional skills and her deep devotion as a mother, she persevered in leading her son through his early childhood years to recover from 45 symptoms of autism. Her mission now is to serve as a coach, consultant, and speaker for professionals and families helping children with autism. She currently works as an athletic counselor and educational and Bible study teacher at the Ron Burton Training Village, a non-profit, summer sports camp for underprivileged inner-city youth. |
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June 9, 2009 - Critique Night - DAWG members will have an opportunity to read a
selection from their work and have it critiqued by a published writer.
Sign up is on a first-come basis -- begins at 7pm. DAWG members are
given priority. Expected panelists include Beverly Shay, Ginnie Bivona and James
Gaskin.
Here are the DAWG critique guidelines -- please read them before signing up for a critique. |
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July 14, 2009 - Amanda Tackett has been writing for years...grocery lists, checks, and the occasional thank-you note. She began her professional writing career in the pages of D Magazine. Throughout 2008, D Home and Garden Magazine published a colmn column chronicling the trials and tribulations of renovating Amanda’s “Dream House.” Her current column, “Adventures in Suburbia” is featured in Living Magazine.
Amanda is the 2008 Katie Award recipient for “Magazine Writer of the Year” from the Dallas Press Club. |
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August 11, 2009 - Steve A. Miller is a Content Editor at Lilley Press. He is also an editor with MindFlights magazine, recognized by Writer’s Digest as one of the “Top 100 Markets for Magazine and Book Writers” (Writer’s Yearbook 2009), and has critiqued more than five hundred short stories for the magazine. An author in his own right, his fiction includes speculative fiction in The Sword Review, humor in The Wittenburg Door, and science fiction in Ray Gun Revival. His nonfiction includes a devotional that appears in The One Year Life Verse, a personal experience in Michigan Out-of-Doors, and articles how to write software in the old journals such as SQL Server Professional, Oracle Developer, and FoxTalk. He has a bachelor degree in linguistics from Michigan State University . His interests include swimming, playing the bass guitar, and making smoothies. Visit Steve's website at www.HolisticEditor.com for more information. |
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| September 8, 2009: David Haynes has been recognized by Granta magazine as one of America's best young novelists. The author of six critically acclaimed novels and five children's books, he is director of creative writing at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. The former sixth grade teacher's short stories have been heard on "Selected Shorts" on NPR, and his novels have been recognized by the American Library Association. |
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| October 13, 2009 -- Critique Night - DAWG members will have an opportunity to read a
selection from their work and have it critiqued by a published writer.
Sign up is on a first-come basis -- begins at 7pm. DAWG members are
given priority. Expected panelist include Beverly Shay, Win Shields, Ginnie Bivona and James
Gaskin.
Here are the DAWG critique guidelines -- please read them before signing up for a critique. NOTE: LOCATION CHANGE FOR OCT 13, 2009 MEETING: |
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| November 10, 2009 - Jeff Crilley retired from TV news after 25 years in the business to start the country's first "all journalist" PR firm. During his career he made hundreds of national news appearances including CNN, CNN Headline News, FOX News, The Discovery Channel, Good Morning America and The CBS Early Show.
He has been recognized by his peers with dozens of national and regional awards including the Emmy, the National Headliners Award, the Edward R. Murrow Award, the Thurgood Marshall Award and in 2004 was named by the Texas Associated Press, "The Best TV Reporter in the state." You won't want to miss this talk. Jeff has a popular demonstration to illustrate one of his points that will have everyone blowing bubbles. No kidding! This is not a lecture, folks. It's the event everyone will be bubbling about. |
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| December 8, 2009 - James E. Gaskin has been solving computer and network problems for businesses small and large since 1984. He also writes books, articles and jokes about technology AND real life. In 16 books and thousands of articles, columns, blogs, and Web videos, James teaches people faster, cheaper, newer, and smarter ways to connect to each other and the world. He'll be talking about how you can make money writing for Internet websites. |  |
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