Vice President of Membership: Lauren Danhof

President: Sally Hamilton

Vice President of Events and Programs: Matthew Rollins

Vice President of Digital Media: Lauren Lanza Osias

Vice President of Community Outreach: Jenny Martin

Secretary: John A. Brown

Board members present: John Bartell, A. Lee Martinez

Regular Meeting Start: 7:02

Number of members in attendance: ~55

Visitors:

• Joanne, writes children's fiction, and found us on Google
• Collin Rankin, is writing a biography, found us through Google
• Greg, found us through Alan
• Angeline, found us through Google, writes YA
• Nat, found us through DuckDuckGo, writes poems and short stories

New Members:

• N/A

Rejections:

• Lauren Danhof, Alcove passed on her work, she will move to general submissions
• Stanislav had his work rejected by Georgia Review and Analog Magazine
• Mark Dye had five submissions unanswered
• Madeline, an agent rejected her YA fantasy but wants her to resubmit after moving agencies
• Ron Sole had two rejections on his YA novel.

Submissions:

• John Bartell submitted his elevator book to an agent today
• Stanislav submitted his short story to Analog Magazine (different story)
• ??? Submitted all the art for her comic on Monday (Kindred Dragons, which will be out Oct. 14)
• Mark Dye submitted his children’s book to nine agents
• Ron Sole submitted his YA to four more agents
• Travis submitted his adult sci-fi to Avias Literary.

Acceptances:

• Mark Dye got a phone call from New York (Jennifer Welch) and had some thoughts about his book. She said to revise and resubmit.

Book Reviews:

• Mark Dye a collection of short stories by ???
• BJ reviewed Matt Rollins’s Steelwing: Friend or Foe
• ??? read and reviewed Forgotten Sun by BJ Sloane
• Alan did a review of ??? by Helen Dent

Additional Announcements:

• BJ says she has a book signing March 8th at the Talking Animals book store. It’s on Saturday from 2-4 PM. And possibly margaritas after the event.
• John Bartell says on March 29th, the second annual Quicksilver poetry event will happen here in the Grapevine Public Library. Shakespeare in Dallas will also be there.
• Harry Hall says March 8-9 and 15-16 will be the grand opening of the Larry Murtry Literary Center. On 15-16, Glenn Stout will be leading a 3-day session of writing nonfiction book proposals.
• Shawn Warner says March 1st will be the North Texas Teen Bookfest at the Irving Convention Center.
• Our next meeting in the Grapevine Library will be August 10th.

Meeting Adjourned: 7:25