2024!! Time to write!

NTSFW GOES VIRTURAL

Well, we lost our .com. So this will be our 'go to' website for the time being. Most of us haven't the time to dedicate to a new site, nor the $, since we are a FREE group, so ... here we are :)

The North Texas Speculative Fiction Writes has gone TOTALLY VIRTUAL! And we're no longer "North Texas" focused, we are global and over on Discord now (www.discord.com) where doing voice/video conferences are FREE for us all. And we each as members of our group can chat with each other anytime.

Come join us at: discord.gg/69UY5MfGkw and say hi! We still meet every 2nd Saturday at 6pm central time in the video/voice channel titles "NTSFW Monthly Meeting." 

WEDNESDAY WRITE IN!

Also note that every WEDNESDAY I host a WEDNESDAY WRITE IN on the Writers Write In! server on Discord. We meet in the voice/video channel "Write In!" about 1pm ct and write until we can't write anymore. Usually for most of us, it's till suppertime about 4-6pm. Sometimes later. You are welcome to pop in anytime you want, bring your writer friends and you don't have to wait on me if you wanna write earlier or later! 

So, if you're ready to write, and you write speculative fiction, come join us for some camaraderie and share our ethereal brain power!

Give me a shout if you have any questions.

@alleypat & @PattyPulsar 

Pat

Yur’s Night Sat Apr 13

Yur’s Night Sat Apr 13
In the DFW area, we are celebrating Yuri's Night both Friday night at the UTA Planetarium with the local branch of the National Space Society, then Saturday starting at noon at the Benbrook Library. NTSFW monthly meeting is at 3pm at the library. Films start at noon, more events at 6pm. See you there!

If you're not in the DFW area, check www.yurisnight.net for an event near you.

Class; Witches, Faeries & Wizards: Divining the Supernatural World

Witches, Faeries, & Wizards: Divining the Supernatural World

by Pat Hauldren

Dates: March 1 –31, 2013

Course Description:

The black arts have divined their way into our hearts and our love for lore has been listening to us tell their tales of foe and woe. The supernatural world surrounds us — on all continents, in all aspects of our mundane lives — yet we know little of how or why.

In this class, we will not only study the origins of the supernatural, especially those areas common to paranormal and fantasy literature, but also study how they affect us and therefore affect your readers as we divine the supernatural world.

Registration: Non Members

Registration: OIRW Members

Yuri's Night Short Story Contest - deadline Mar 1, 2013

Short Story Contest Deadline March 1

The Yuri’s Night Short Story Contest deadline isMarch 1, 2013.

Human Spaceflight became a reality over 50 years ago with the launch of a bell-shaped capsule called “Vostok 1.” The capsule was carrying Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who took his place in history as the first human to leave the bounds of Earth and enter outer space.

This year, Yuri’s Night will be co-sponsored with the Greater Ft. Worth Chapter of the Moon Society and the North Texas Speculative Fiction Workshop at the Benbrook Library, Benbrook, TX. Along with snacks, poetry readings, and short story readings, Ken Murphy from NSSNT will bring a movie about Yuri Gagarin.

Part of this year’s celebration is a short story contest. The theme must be about space, space exploration, development, and/or settlement.

Prizes will be awarded April 13, 2013 at the Yuri’s Night celebration at the Benbrook Library,  1065 Mercedes Street, Benbrook Texas 76126

For more information about the short story contest go to http://www.nssofnt.org/activities/yuris-night/  or email me, Alley at alleypat (at) gmail.com 

Class: Creative Science Fiction Sat Nov 10

DFW authors Pat (Alley) Hauldren & Gerald Warfield are presenting a class:

CREATIVE SCIENCE FICTION: HISTORY, CLICHES, TROPES, MARKETS on
SAT NOV 10 @11 am at the TCC NW campus.

FREE and open to the public!

Visit TCC's all day Creative Writing Workshop sponsored by Tarrant County Community College NW Campus. See you there!

For more info, email Alley: alleypat@gmail.com or www.pathauldren.com

See you there!

Writing Contest for students: Cassini Scientist for a Day

Writing Contest for students: Cassini Scientist for a Day
Students grades 5-12 are encouraged to become a scientist for a day with this essay contest about Saturn

Pat Hauldren » Next class: The science in science fiction

Pat Hauldren » Next class: The science in science fiction

Learn how science and science fiction have grown up together and influence each other, as well as how we as SF/F writers can use (or avoid) tropes and cliches. Stars July 9. See you there!

Alley
www.alleypat.com

My guest blog at FF and P

I’ll be teaching a class at FF&P this July (Me & Chi) and here is my guest post about the class:

http://bit.ly/Mgmnt6

Alley

www.alleypat.com