The Dallas Mystery Writers Group

This is the website for the Dallas chapter of the Mystery Writers of America. We are open to writers of all genres from mystery to romance to speculative fiction and all points in between. If you want to write, or write better, you are welcome to attend any of our regular workshops.

Membership in the national MWA is not necessary to attend the Dallas group meetings. There are plenty of benefits in joining the MWA, but there's no membership requirement to attend the Dallas meetings.

NEW LOCATION:

The Dallas MWASW group meets the first Saturday of each month (except January) at the Olive Garden, 4240 Belt Line, Addison, TX, 75001. Meeting time is 10:00 AM – Noon, followed by lunch.

There is a $10 fee (cash only – please bring fives or ones) for the program and drinks-only attendees. The fee is reduced to $5.00 (cash only) for those staying for lunch. All who attend are encouraged to remain and break bread(sticks) with your fellow writers.

 Contact info: james@gaskin.com

Calendar of Dallas MWA events:

July 1, 2017 - Tall Tales Told Short by Ann Fields

Ann began her writing career in 1996 with the publication of her first romance novel by Kensington Publishing company. She published four romance novels and one novella under the pen name of Anna Larence before she encountered her first ghost. That one brush with the supernatural shifted her focus from love and happily ever after to love and life in the here and after. It also broadened her writing focus to include short form writings. Her short stories are featured in Voices from the Block (volumes I and II, Lyrical Darkness, and A Legacy of African-American Literature. Her novel, Fuller’s Curse, was an Amazon featured title. Her time management book on writing, Stop Stalling and Write, is available on Smashwords. She can be reached online at her website, Twitter, and Facebook.

Tall Tales Told Short

 In this age where bite-sized pieces of information rule, the short story form of storytelling is enjoying a resurgence, and evolving in ways the masters (Poe, Cooper, Chandler, Crane, among others) of the art form may not have imagined. Join author Ann Fields in a lively discussion on short story telling and the elements used to create unforgettable short stories.