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Meeting Announcement: Our May “End of Year Party” will be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at the home of Jackie Siglin, south of Alpine. (See more information below.)
Writing Assignment: Okay, Gang! Is third time a charm? These are GOOD topics! Let’s rock these!
500 words on one of the following of your choice:
- Good Old Days (past, non-fiction)
- The Devil May Care (horror, mystery)
- What Lies Within (faith, inspiration)
Refreshments: It’s a Pot Luck!
TMTW “End of Year Party“
Spring Potluck May 21, 2013, 6 PM: Our May meeting is always fun and full of sun!! We’ll be at Jackie Siglin’s house. The TMTW will furnish beverages and paper goods. Please let Jackie know what you plan to bring so she can make sure we don’t have too much of something. And don’t forget your writing opportunities: Good Old Days (past, non-fiction), The Devil May Care (horror, mystery), What Lies Within (faith, inspiration). This is also the meeting where we elect officers for next year. Please consider taking a job you haven’t tried before. Our club needs all of us to keep it strong.
Please RSVP to me at ten.d1369197598nebgi1369197598b@1ak1369197598salad1369197598ekab1369197598 OR RSVP to TMTW at gro.s1369197598retir1369197598wliar1369197598tniat1369197598nuoms1369197598axet@1369197598suksa1369197598, and directions will be emailed to you!
Hasta la vista,
Jackie
Is It May Already?
David and I have a joke between us, “Is it Friday already?” The weeks seem to fly, and it’s similar to the way this writers’ year has flown. (Addendum: When you are young, and working 8 to 5, you say, “Is it Monday already?)
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Meeting Announcement: Our April meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. in the Fiesta Room of the Hallmark Apartments in Alpine.
Program: 2013 Retreat in Review
Writing “Opportunity”: 500 words on one of the following of your choice:
Good Old Days (past, non-fiction)
The Devil May Care (horror, mystery)
What Lies Within (Faith, inspiration)
Refreshments: Delicious treats from Elaine Davenport.
President Chat
It’s impossible to write a blurb for this month’s Log of the Trail without babbling about the magnificent Spring Retreat we just concluded. We had over forty people in attendance throughout the weekend, and the presenters were fantastic, knowledgeable as well as entertaining. Nina Amir, blogging to book coach, Bill ONeal, Texas State Historian, and Juan Perez, poet, kept the retreat fast paced and information filled.
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Meeting Announcement: Our March meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 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 6:20 pm. (Note the new earlier departure time so we arrive with time to spare!)
Program: Eleanor Taylor. My experience with e-publishing. My novel, WET MY MOUTH WITH HONEY, has just been published by OutskirtsPress.com–a process consuming the last five months of my life–and I’d like to share my experience with the group. I hope it will be beneficial to some that might like to try that publishing route.
Writing “Opportunity”: Darrell’s assignments this year are a little tougher because they specify a genre, but remember your way of interpretation will be fine. We want you to WRITE, and changing the challenge to suit you will be great. His assignments are for fun and to stretch our abilities. Remember, out of town writers, send yours in by email and we’ll read it and insert it in the 2014 Chaos West of the Pecos (the deadline has already passed for the 2013 Chaos). Choices are:
Good Old Days (past, non-fiction)
The Devil May Care (horror, mystery)
What Lies Within (Faith, inspiration)
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Meeting Announcement: Our February meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. in the Fiesta Room of the Hallmark Apartments in Alpine.
Program: “Plot and the Plot Whisperer” - presented by Anne VanLoon
Writing “Opportunity”: 500 words on one of the following of your choice:
Young and the Restless – Romance
The Secret Storm – Mystery
Edge of Night – Science Fiction
Refreshments: Delicious treats from Darrell White.
No President Chat. Instead, NEW UPDATED INFORMATION about our wonderful Writers Spring Retreat! Click Here to Read!
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Meeting Announcement: Our December CHRISTMAS PARTY POTLUCK will be held on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, at the home of Anne VanLoon in Alpine at 6:30 pm.
Writing “Opportunity”: The word limit is 500 words. And note there is a specific genre for each one!
- Footprints in the Snow (Mystery genre)
- Faded Mistletoe (Romance genre)
- Up On The Rooftop (Comedy genre)
Celebrate Christmas with the Trail Writers
Our Christmas party will be at my house (Anne VanLoon) in Alpine on Tuesday evening, December 11th at 6:30 PM.
As per the usual format, we will have a pot luck supper. When you decide which specialty you wish to bring, please email me that you are coming, how many are coming with you, and what dish you will bring.
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Meeting Announcement: Our November meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 13, 2012, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. in the Fiesta Room of the Hallmark Apartments in Alpine.
Program: eBook Publishing – Pros, Cons & Kindle vs Nook – presented by Kip Piper, Internet Marketing Expert & Trainer
Writing “Opportunity”: 500 words on one of the following of your choice:
A Turkey Defense
Love in Fall
Hot Time in the Old Town
Refreshments: Delicious treats from Elaine Davenport.
President Chat
Thankful for November and Thankful for Texas Mountain Trail Writer friends!
Seems the older I get the more thankful I become; however, the less I want to decorate my home and prepare huge feasts. Is that an oxymoron?
Congratulations to our writers who are participating in NaNoWriMo at this time. My tang gets tungled when I try to say it, but it means National Novel Writing Month, and that month is November. If you are participating, please comment through the Log of the Trail or email me, moc.l1369197598iamg@1369197598slaes1369197598ssorc1369197598r1369197598.
Our November meeting is a week early this month to avoid conflicting with Thanksgiving plans. It will be in Alpine, November 13, 2012 at the Hallmark Apartments on Hwy. 118 north. The program is one that is of great interest to writers in the current printing and distributing climate, e-book publishing. It will be presented by Kip Piper who has a number of years of business experience on the internet. Refreshments will be provided by Elaine Davenport.
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Meeting Announcement: Our August meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 21, 2012, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.in the Fiesta Room of the Hallmark Apartments in Alpine.
Topic for discussion: E-Publishing—publishing on-line. Whether you have information about how to self-publish on-line, or not, please come and share in the discussion as we learn from [...]
Meeting Announcement: Our July meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 24, 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: “Characterization” (See President Ramblings below for more information.)
President Ramblings
Hey fellow friends and writers,
June’s summer session discussion went well. Marian and Anne provided us with information about science fiction or fantasy worlds and we went from there. As an outgrowth of that, we decided to talk about characterization in July. The meeting will be at the Ft. Davis library, on July 24, at 7 pm. It would be good to bring articles you like about characterization, also examples from your own work or work that you like by other authors. The club will provide refreshments and if you wish to carpool from Alpine, be at the Big Bend Telephone parking lot at 6:30.
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Meeting Announcement: “Summertime, Summertime, Sum, Sum, Summertime!” Our June meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. in the Fiesta Room of the Hallmark Apartments in Alpine.
President Ramblings
From the Editor: EPIC FAIL! My Outlook became corrupted and crashed last week. The latest backup I could restore was from waaaay back on May 5. Which means I lost 45 days of emails – including Jackie’s ever eloquent ramblings. (And Jackie is out of town, or else I would ask for them again.)
As a result, you’re getting me (the editor) instead. It’s tough I know. And I will stumble through, try to glean from my distant memory what Jackie wrote and sent to me… Well, dang! Memory has failed me, also.
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Meeting Announcement: Our May “End of Year Party” will be held on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, at the home of Jackie Siglin, south of Alpine. (See more information below.)
Writing Assignment: In 500 words or less (prose or poetry), here are three topics to consider for your opportunity to write for the May 22 [...]
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