Hi, chaps, it's me again.

Kate

While you may equate my reappearance on this blog to a certain Beach Boys song involving the stolen vehicle of a patriarch, I do have a something to share.

If you have attended any meeting of DFWWW in the last year or so, you may have noticed our visitors mentioning they heard about us on the Internet. You may have also noticed that we only post about once a week on this blog.

I put it to the members: What would you like to see up here?

A few weeks ago, I implored a certain member to write a guest post on how to be a monitor. I'm sure he's still considering the offer, but I believe that would be something you would want to see. I can't come up with all this stuff by myself. I would love ideas (aside: you can comment directly on this post).

What do you want to see? Do you want to know what my overweight cat is up to? Do you want to know what our members are up to? Do you want me to steal the RSS feeds from other sites and post them up here? Do you pray for someone who isn't me to write something that is at least coherent and organized?



Let me know.

I'm from the DIY generation, which comes with fast typing speech-to-text, built in Intel processor, technobabble translator,  and built-in Internet navigational computer. Even when I'm wireless, I'm still plugged in.

If you want to contribute a blog post, that would be great, too! You see, once I post this, it goes out all over the Internet. Twitter, Facebook, and, of course, the DFW Writers' Workshop homepage. We tag your name, and (bam) Google takes notice. While I understand the gritty underworld of the Internet (Search Engine Optimization, reputation management, synergy) is not everyone's cup of tea, you can use it as a tool to brand yourself and get your name circulating.

And, I wouldn't let you post anything that would make you look bad... *wink*

I do believe our group can offer a great deal to each other and the writing community.

Send me your thoughts. On Facebook, Twitter, or right here.

Four visitors and one new member joined a good-sized crowd at the March 23 meeting of the Workshop.

In the news, Nik Holman announced he is among 500 Quarter Finalists in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest for his book, The Boy Who Wasn't There. Pat Hauldren is teaching an online class and needs test subjects to help her work out the bugs. Rosemary Clement Moore is participating in Operation Auction, an online event to help a family in need. Rosemary is offering a copy of her novel The Splendor Falls, an advanced reader of her newest book, Texas Gothic, and up to 20-pages of critique.

Finally, President Donna Lasko reminded everyone of the importance of keeping the new building clean. She also asked for volunteers to serve as ambassadors to greet the increased number of weekly visitors.

A large crowd attended the March 16 meeting of the Workshop to help celebrate the grand opening of our new building. In addition to 70+ regular members, we had eight visitors. Four of them were students from a creative writing class at Tarrant County College visiting for Spring Break. We also had two new members join us. The parking lot filled quickly, but we managed to find space for everyone.

President Donna Lasko opened the meeting with a thank you to the volunteers who helped to pack over 20 years of books, awards, and memories (enough boxes to fill the main room at the old building). She also thanked the volunteers who helped to supervise the move and to unpack all of the boxes.

As always, DFWWW members are a busy crew. In the news, Ginnie Bivona signed a contract



with agent Al Longden for ebooks. Kathryn Thomas' submission to the Amazon Breakthrough Novel contest was recognized as a Top 1000 and moves forward in the competition. Troy Young advised his novel On the Darkest Nights is available for the Nook eReader. He also has a poem in an upcoming issue of Abandoned Towers magazine.



In still more news, Matthew Usey signed with agent Louise Fury after he met her at the DFW Writers' Conference.  A blog by Pamela Skjolsvik appeared in the online version of the Dallas Morning News as a guest blogger. Jimmie Kepler had a poem accepted by Poetry and Prose magazine.

The March 9 meeting of DFWWW was a sad occasion: the last time that we will meet at the Ruth Millican Center. But push your melancholy away and get ready to move to our new home!

Watch your email for detailed instructions about this weekend's move. The email offers important dates, times and places. If you don't receive the email, check your SPAM filter. If you still don't find it, contact [email protected] for the details.

Our new address is 508 Simmons Dr., Euless, TX 76040. It's a great location, which offers numerous benefits. Remember, our first meeting there is next Wednesday, March 16. Everyone is asked to bring a potluck dish to help celebrate DFWWW's new home.

I wanted to thank you all for a fantastic conference and a wonderful time. All of you did wonders with your jobs.

Jeff and Jason... a fantastic conference.  The workshops, not that I got to any except my own , I had heard were truly informative.

Tom Gensler (Cherry's agent assistant) was something of the 8th wonder. He was absolutely fabulous and did his job above and beyond. I can't say enough about that without having violins start to play.

I can truthfully say that this is one of the best workshops I have gone to and I have been going to them for a long time.

Thank you and know that I would love to come back..... any time you want me.

Cherry

CHERRY WEINER LITERARY AGENCY