DFW WRITERS' CONFERENCE 2012

This weekend was the DFW Writers' Workshop's annual DFW Writers' Conference and it was bigger and better than EVER! It was held at the brand-new Hurst Conference Center in Hurst, Texas. The featured keynote speaker was international best-selling thriller author of The Sigma Force Series: James Rollins. The conference also featured special guests, authors Lori Wilde and Jodi Thomas. Other guests in attendance were several prominent literary agents including Writers House LLC and JABberwocky Literary Agency. Also in attendance were authors and fellow DFW Writers' Workshop members Rosemary Clement-Moore, Russell C. Connor, and A. Lee Martinez who presented a number of classes and panels. This year's theme was "The Changing Face of Publishing". Since our goal has always been to put on the best possible conference, we realize the publishing industry has gone through many changes as well as the rise of self-published authors and small-press agencies. The conference was a great opportunity to meet and mingle with many fellow writers of all genres and experience levels and also to meet and network with literary agencies and publishing companies. I have been a member of the DFW Writers' Workshop for almost 6 years and I've gotta say this was our best conference so far. The venue was huge and perfect for our needs and the classes and agent pitches were very successful too! To my fellow workshop members who helped make this conference great, I am thankful for all your efforts! See ya'll next year!

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Hurst Conference Center

DFW Writers' Conference

This weekend is the 3rd Annual DFW Writers' Conference on February 26 & 27 at the American Airlines Training and Conference Center in Ft. Worth, Texas, sponsored by the DFW Writers' Workshop. This year is going to be HUGE! There will be lots of classes, vendors, agents, editors, publishers, everything! This year's keynote speaker will be New York Times Best-Selling author Sandra Brown! If you are an aspiring writer in the North Texas area, you should have already registered for this conference! I have been a member of the workshop for 4 years and currently serve on the board of directors. This year, due to our growing membership we moved the conference to a bigger venue, having held the conference for the last two years at the Grapevine Convention Center in Grapevine, TX. This is going to be a big year for the workshop and this conference is a great chance to help writers of all genres to get some expert advice and information. We at the workshop have worked really hard on this one although it hasn't been without it's obstacles. We hope this years conference will be a great one and we hope anyone not familiar with the workshop to feel free to come and visit us every Wednesday night at 7pm (soon to be at our NEW location) in Euless, TX! Hope to see you there! Follow my Twitter @ChernobogsLair for updates at the conference!


"It isn't easy. Nobody has ever done it consistently. Those who try hardest, scare it off into the woods. Those who turn their backs and saunter along, whistling softly between their teeth, hear it treading quietly behind them, lured by a carefully acquired disdain."
- Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing