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Abilene Writers Guild
P.O. Box 2562
Abilene, Texas 79604
Email: AWG@AbileneWritersGuild.org
Meets
4th Thursday at 7 p.m., January through October
Center
for Contemporary Arts
220 Cypress Street
Abilene, TX
"Not failure, but low aim, is crime." -Lowell
Visit the Abilene Writers Guild site »
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Austin Chapter,
Romance Writers of America
Meets
Second Tuesday of each month
at 7 p.m.
Mr. Gatti's
3720 Far West Blvd.
Austin,
TX
The ARWA is a group of dedicated
writers ranging from those new to writing romance to published
authors frequently found on best-seller lists.
If you are new
to writing romance, come join us. We have programs to help
you learn the basics and you will be able to discuss writing
with others who share your interest.
If you have finished a
book or two but are not yet published, come join us. We have
programs to help you learn what it takes to make that big step
to being published.
If you are published, come join us. You
will find many of our speakers can give you the research information
you need for your next book.
Austin RWA is a friendly, helpful,
fun group dedicated to supporting each other in all stages
of a writing career.
Visitors are always welcome at our meetings.
Visit the ARWA site »
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Austin
Screenwriters
Meets
First & Third Saturdays of
the month at 9:30 a.m.
BookPeople
Austin, TX
Visit the Austin Screenwriters site »
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Authors and Publishers Association
6124 Hwy. 6 North, PMB 109
Houston, TX 77084
The Authors and Publishers Association is a non-profit association
based in Houston, Texas, and is composed of authors (and would-be
authors), editors, designers, artists, printers, publishers,
self-publishers, marketers, distributors, booksellers, Internet
professionals -- anyone associated with the production, developing,
marketing and distribution of books.
The association aims to
assist writers, authors, publishers and trades people in keeping
the literary craft alive. To encourage tomorrow's Hemingways,
Vonneguts and Sagans.
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Bay
Area Writers League
P.O. Box 580007
Houston, TX 77058
E-mail: info@bawl.org
Meets
First Thursday of the month
Barnes & Noble
1029
W. Bay Area Blvd.
Webster, Texas
The Bay Area Writers League is an organization
of writers in the Galveston Bay area near Johnson Space Center.
It was founded in 1989 and currently has about 190 members.
Visit the By Area
Writers League site »
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Cowtown Crime Solvers (Sisters in Crime)
PO Box
100223
Fort Worth TX 76185
817-731-8551
E-mail Barbara Ford: info@countrydaytravel.com
Meets
4th Sunday of
the month, except July and December at either 3:30 or 4:00
depending on our speaker.
Borders Booksellers
Hulen Street and I-20
Every meeting except December is
a speaker format. We have authors, police, coroners, forensic,
experts in fields that relate to crime, the list is endless.
Once a year we have a fund raising dinner with book sale and
donate the money to a literacy program.
We have extra activities
such as a potluck dinner if an author is in town and it is
not our regular meeting time. We do occasionally set up field
trips. We support a trip of mystery to England on a bi-annual
basis. The trip is based on mystery books, authors and events
and will be sponsored by Murder by the Book in Houston
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El
Paso Chapter (Sisters in Crime)
345 Shadow Mt. #1610
El Paso TX 79912
915-587-6457
E-mail Patricia A. Phillips: pphillip@libr.utep.edu
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The Final Twist (Sisters in Crime)
PO Box 100223
Fort Worth TX 76185
817-731-8551
E-mail President Sheridan Rowe: sheridanrowe@worldnet.att.net
E-mail Membership Director Jana Phillips:
jlphillips@houston.rr.com
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Ft.
Bend Writers Guild
12523 Folkcrest Way
Stafford, TX 77477-3529
Meets
Tuesdays 7-9 p.m.
Sugar Land Barnes & Noble
2545 Town Center Blvd
Sugar Land,
Texas 77479
(Hwy 6 Exit off the Southwest Freeway/Highway 59)
The weekly
critique meetings are devoted to helping each other hone that
manuscript for publication. All genres are welcome. (Well, almost.
We'll tell you if you're too torrid for us.)
The Ft. Bend Writers Guild
is a Houston, Texas area writers group.
Visit the Ft. Bend Writers Guild site »
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Heart of Texas Chapter (Sisters in Crime)
1009 Harwood Pl
Austin TX 78704
E-mail: hotxsinc@yahoo.com
Membership
HOTXSINC c/o Sarah Ann Robertson
PO Box 49939
Austin
TX 78765
Phone: 512-331-1820
E-mail Kathy Borich: kathyborich@yahoo.com
Visit the HOTXSINC site »
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North Texas Romance Writers
of America
La Hacienda Ranch Restaurant
5250 HWY 121 frontage road just
south of the Hall-Johnson Exit
Colleyville, Texas
Meets
3rd
Saturday of each month
10 AM: Doors
open
10:30 - 11:30: Program
11:45 - 1 PM: Business Meeting and
lunch Meeting
La Hacienda Ranch Restaurant
Colleyville, Texas
Directions or call: 817-318-7500
A $1 admission
at the door includes raffle ticket. Guests are welcome to visit
three times before asked to join.
Chapter #33, Region 5 of the Romance Writers of
America® was organized in March of 1983 and offers educational
programs, an informative monthly newsletter, and a friendly
atmosphere for networking, and access of up to date information
on agents, editors and publishers of romantic fiction. NTRWA's
mission is to educate, support, and mentor published and unpublished
members in the profession of romance writing. We are a multi-genre
romance writing group from traditional romance to one of the
most recent sales of our chapter in young adult. Our membership
also includes various published members from book-length non-fiction
and magazine publications.
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San Gabriel Writers’ League
Box
798
Georgetown, TX 78627
Phone: 512-869-1833
Meets
First Thursday of the month beginning
at 7 p.m.
Main Street Baptist Church
1001 South Main
Georgetown, TX
Enter through the South Door. Visitors welcome.
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San Antonio Romance
Authors
P.O. Box 160818
San Antonio, TX 78280-3018
Meets
3rd Wednesday of each month
6-6:30 PM: Sign in/mix & mingle
6:30-8:30 PM: General Membership meeting & speaker
presentation
Joe’s Crabshack
IH-10 and DeZavala
(south of the Loop 1604/IH-10
exchange)
SARA is Chapter #41 of Romance Writers of America®.
Visit the San Antonio Romance Authors site »
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Sherlock Holmes Society of Austin
Kerbey Lane Cafe
12602 Research
Blvd.
Austin, TX
E-mail Carolyn Hoehn: choehn@austin.rr.com
Meets
2nd Monday of the month.
The group usually
discusses a story or has a program at its monthly meetings.
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Texas Deadly Allies (Sisters in Crime)
3424
Chaparal Dr
Dallas TX 75234
E-mail Judith Fitzgerald: fitzdallas@sbcglobal.net
Meets
Phone 214-363-8374 for date
and time
Community room
in the far left back corner of the store as you come in the
front doors of Half-Price Books
East of Central Expressway
at 5915 E. NW Hwy. and ShadyBrook.
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Without a Clue (Sisters in
Crime)
Remember the Alibi Bookstore
8055 W. Ave. #101
San
Antonio TX 78213
210-344-7776
E-mail Patsy
Asher: patsy@world-net.net
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Writers' League of Texas
(formerly Austin Writers' League)
1501 W. 5th Street / Suite
E-2
Austin, TX 78703
Office Hours:
Tuesday-Friday Noon until 6:00 p.m.
Office phone: (512)499-8914
The Writers'
League of Texas is a nonprofit professional organization whose
primary purpose is to provide a forum for information, support,
and sharing among writers, to help members improve and market
their writing skills, and to promote the interests of writers
and the writing community.
With approximately 1,400 members nationwide,
WLT is composed of published and unpublished writers as well
as those who recognize the written word as art and simply love
to read. Over 50% of the membership base resides outside the
Central Texas area.
Meets
3rd Thursday of each
month except for September when the league hosts the Violet
Crown Awards and December when no meeting is held.
7 PM: Social
Time (coffee and pastries)
7:30 PM: Program
Barnes and Noble Westlake
701 Capital of Texas Highway South
(
just south of the corner
of Bee Caves and Capital of Texas Highway in the Village at
Westlake Center)
512-328-3155
The program is about an hour and then there is time for people
to network and meet with the program presenters.
Directions
The bookstore is not that easy to find the first
time. If coming south on Capital of Texas Highway (360), pass
Bee Caves and turn left at the next light and go into the shopping
center (should be Las Cimas Parkway) and take the first (or second)
left -- the one you see buildings -- and go into the parking
lot. Call the bookstore for assistance if you need.
Learn
about upcoming programs »
The
Writers' League of Texas promotes the art of writing and brings
the power of self-expression to people across the state. It offers
professional growth to its members through education, a supportive
community, market resources, and ways to connect with the reading
public.
Visit the Writers League of Texas site »
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