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Meeting Announcement: Our January meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. at the Fort Davis Public Library in Fort Davis, TX. If you wish to carpool from Alpine, meet us in the Big Bend Telephone parking lot before we depart at 6:30 pm.
Program: Critique – Polish Your Writing to a Shine presented by Jackie Siglin.
Writing “Opportunity”:
- New Year Resolutions
- Something Remembered
- West Texas Intrigue
Choose one or incorporate one or more of the topics into one story (or poem)–use your vast and endless imagination. Limit is 500 words. Go wild! At the meeting, you may read your work or not, as you prefer. Just enjoy doing it.
President Ramblings
Happy New Year!
We can’t start off a new writing year without a few resolutions – right? or should I say – WRITE!!!
That is the gist of every article I read and every speaker I hear. If you want to be a writer, improve your writing, experience writing, you need to WRITE.
So what could we resolve:
- To set aside writing time. Some people start small – 5 minutes, 30 minutes, once or twice a week. For me, a retired person, I try to write, or at least be present in my chair in front of the computer, five days a week for two to three hours. Does that mean I always succeed? No, but I have, like we say in my yoga class, an intention. Continue reading January Newsletter | “Log of the Trail” →
Meeting Announcement: Our November meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 15, 2011, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. in the Fiesta Room of the Hallmark Apartments in Alpine.
Program: “In Search of Your Right Brain” by Eleanor Taylor.
Writing “Opportunity”: The word limit is 500 words. Choose from
- Taking a Chance
- Thanksgiving: Past, Present or Whenever
- Pick a cliche (your favorite or just any one will do) and build a story around it
Refreshments: Delicious treats from Phyllis Musgrove.
President Ramblings
The sunlight rolled into my bedroom about seven this morning. What a glorious thing – the end of daylight savings time. I sip my coffee, watch the red tinge the horizon, enjoy the quiet before time to walk the dog. Wait – am I supposed to be writing my president’s column for the Texas Mountain Trail Writer’s November newsletter? Why, yes I am.
Pardon my slip into interior dialogue. Elaine Davenport’s program for our October meeting has me trying my hand at it. I’m starting a new mystery novel and already her tips are making my characters more lively.
Continue reading November Newsletter | “Log of the Trail” →
Meeting Announcement: Our June “End of Year Party” will be held on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, at the home of Jackie Siglin, south of Alpine. (See more information below.)
Writing Assignment: Something you have written that you would like to read to us. 250-500 word limit. Something you have written that you would like to read to us.
Refreshments: It’s a Pot Luck!
TMTW “End of Year Party“
Has it been hot enough for you? Do you feel the edges of your brain begin to curdle as soon as you leave the circle of the fan zone? Then having a gathering with your fellow TMTW friends might be just the thing to perk you up.
We are having our end of the year party on June 21 at my house. It will start at 6:30 and go until we are ready to leave. It is a potluck and if people will let me know what they plan to bring, I can coordinate it a bit. (I still remember the year with 5 potato salads – all delicious, but hey ??)
To RSVP and for directions, please email gro.s1328457894retir1328457894wliar1328457894tniat1328457894nuoms1328457894axet@1328457894wtmtk1328457894sa1328457894 and let us know what you are bringing!
Continue reading June Newsletter | “Log of the Trail” →
Hi everyone!
Just a quick update to let you know there will be NO meeting in May.
Instead, we will have our End of Year Party on Tuesday, June 21 at the home of Jackie Siglin.
Look for more information and our June newsletter in early June!
Kip Piper TMTW Newsletter Editor
Meeting Announcement: Our April meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 19, 2011, in the Fiesta Room of the Hallmark Apartments in Alpine.
Writing Assignment: Under Texas Skies, 250-500 word limit. This is the same assignment as was for the conference. Any members who don’t have a chance to read at the conference may read at the meeting.
Refreshments: Elaine Davenport will provide refreshments for the April meeting.
From the Desk of our President
What a great retreat! We enjoyed hearing Texas Poet Laureate Larry Thomas talk about the path to becoming one. He challenged TMTW poets to have confidence in our creativity and used readings from his work to discuss different forms we can use.
Multi-talented Andy Wilkinson described how curiosity about his famous relative, Charles Goodnight, awakened his interest in historical research which he has used in poetry, books, articles, music and stage plays. He also recited poems and accompanied himself singing his lyrics to demonstrate the difference between poetry and song.
Continue reading April Newsletter | “Log of the Trail” →
Meeting Announcement: Our March meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at the Fort Davis Public Library in Fort Davis, TX, from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. If you wish to carpool from Alpine, meet us in the Big Bend Telephone parking lot before we depart at 6:30 pm.
Speaker: Barbara Blake – “The Character Arc: A Journey of Change”
Refreshments: (You know who you are, we hope!)
Writing Assignment: Something Irish (500 words or less)
From the desk of our president:
March winds and April showers? Don’t we wish? Wild fires? Brave pilots and big yellow helicopters that drop retardants on them? Skunks and their early morning perfume? A morning with one percent humidity? Vertigo and my sympathy to fellow sufferers?
Take your pick or think of a better one. Perhaps you can turn it into a poem or story.
Happy days, restful nights and productive writing to each of you.
Phyllis Musgrove
Barbara Blake’s Presentation at the March TMTW Meeting
Author Barbara Blake will present a short program entitled “The Character Arc: A Journey of Change” at the March 15 meeting of the Texas Mountain Trail Writers. Barbara is the author of the book A Guide to Children’s Books about Asian Americans (England: Ashgate Publishing Co.,
Continue reading March Newsletter :: “Log of the Trail” →
Meeting Announcement: Our February meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 15, 2011, in the Fiesta Room of the Hallmark Apartments in Alpine.
Writing Assignment: Love Lost, Then Found Again, 250-500 word limit.
Speaker: Phyllis Musgrove will speak about “Who Says Writers Heads are Blocked?”
Refreshments: Petei Guth will provide refreshments for the February meeting.
From the Desk of our President
Our new year got off to a great start, and we welcomed several newcomers and visitors to our January meeting in Fort Davis. We enjoyed an outstanding program from Jackie Siglin.
Despite February’s roaring in like a lion, our spring retreat planning committee finalized plans for what I think will be an outstanding 20th anniversary conference. I hope many of you can attend.
Phyllis Musgrove
Continue reading February Newsletter | “Log of the Trail” →
Meeting Announcement: Our January meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 18, 2011, at the Fort Davis Public Library in Fort Davis, TX, from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. If you wish to carpool from Alpine, meet us in the Big Bend Telephone parking lot before we depart at 6:30 pm.
Speaker: Jackie Siglin – Can You Write It Better?
Jackie’s Presentation at the January TMTW Meeting
Jackie Siglin will present a program, Can You Write It Better?, at the TMTW meeting on January 18, 7 pm at the Fort Davis Public Library. The presentation will be on how to self-edit your writing, make it tighter and clearer. The information will be based on what she learned this summer in a Writers’ League of Texas session presented by author, Carol Dawson.
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Texas Mountain Trail Writers Spring Retreat
April 8, 9, 10, 2011
The Texas Mountain Trail Writers invite you to celebrate their 20th annual retreat in the mountains at the Paisano Encampment (7 miles west of Alpine)
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Meeting Announcement: Our December CHRISTMAS PARTY POTLUCK will be held on Tuesday, December 14, 2010, at the home of Reba and David Seals in Alpine at 6:30 pm.
Celebrate Christmas with the Trail Writers
The Texas Mountain Trail Writers of Alpine, Fort Davis, and the Big Bend area invite members and guests to a Christmas party in the home of Reba and David Seals in Sunny Glen on Dec. 14, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. Guests are asked to bring a covered dish and to call Reba at 837-2919 naming their choice.
For the traditional Chinese Gift Exchange, each person is requested to bring a wrapped gift under $10.
Another tradition is a Christmas writing assignment of not more than 500 words which you may read aloud at the party.
Continue reading December Newsletter | “Log of the Trail” →
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2012 Annual Writers Spring Retreat April 27, 28, 29, 2012
Mountain Trail Lodge & Outdoor Learning Center, Fort Davis, Texas
NEW! Check out our Retreat Speakers!
Keep your eyes peeled here for more information and details!
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