The May 12^th meeting of the DFW Writers' Workshop saw a large crowd that included two visitors and three new members.

In the biggest news of the night, Jenny Martin announced she has signed with Mary Kole of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency, Inc. What's even better is that Jenny met Mary at the 2010 DFW Writers' Conference, making this yet another success story for an event designed to connect authors with agents and editors.

In other news, Carolyn Williamson announced the addition of three new writer's market books for the Workshop's library. While these reference books may not be checked out, there are many others available for use by DFWWW members.

Finally, it's rumored that 15 literary agents have already agreed to attend the 2011 DFW Writers' Conference. With success stories like Jenny's proving the value of the event, attendees will want to register early for the best chance to meet with one of next year's agents.

It was a night for numbers during the March 3 business meeting of the DFW Writers' Workshop. The 2010 Workshop and Conference budget were discussed with both showing in the black. Five new books were donated to the Trophy Room, bringing the number of traditionally published books written by DFWWW members to 296. Three new members joined the group.

In other news, Ginnie Bivona has an essay in the recently released work Hear Us Roar. A. Lee Martinez displayed a copy of his upcoming book Divine Misfortune. Virginia Traweek's alma mater selected her to produce a promotional magazine titled Peer Perspectives.

Finally, volunteer sign-up for the DFW Writers' Conference begins next week. Pat Hauldren and Carolyn Williamson are looking for volunteers for the registration table and class monitors respectively.

During the October business meeting, members of the DFW Writers' Workshop were reminded that nominations for the 2010 Board of Directors will be opened in November. The current occupants of each office described his or her duties.

Other volunteers needed to keep things moving smoothly are:  An elections coordinator (see Russell Connor), people to help with the registration desk during the 2010 DFW Writers' Conference (see Alley Hauldren), agent attendants (see Larry Enmon), and classroom monitors (see Carolyn Williamson).

In other news, Alley Hauldren's short story "Catsup" was selected to appear in the editor's choice edition of an upcoming issue of Bewildering Stories. Rosemary Clement-Moore has a book signing for her Young Adult novel, The Splendor Falls, on Saturday, October 10 from 1 p.m to 3 p.m. at the Barnes & Noble store in The Parks Mall. Candace Havens was featured on the front cover of last week's edition of DFW.Com Ink magazine.

The first meeting of every year is when we elect a new board of directors. To be eligible to vote, members must have attended at least three of the last five business meetings. (Business meetings are the first Wednesday of every month.)

This year's slate of candidates is:

President: Russell Connor
1st Vice President: A. Lee Martinez
2nd Vice President: Carolyn Williamson
Secretary: Nik Holman
Treasurer: Fred Campos
Director: Kristen Lamb
Director: Chris Lee Moore

Thanks to these members for stepping up to lead the organization through another great year!