Crime Doesn’t Pay . . . Enough!
The Dallas
Mystery Writers
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.
Membership dues are $50 per
year.
Click the “Pay Membership
Dues” button to submit through
PayPal. Members attend in-
person meetings for free, and
get the Zoom link for meetings
they prefer to attend remotely.
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS:
•
No door fee at meetings
•
Zoom link provided for every
meeting
•
NEW! Free 30 minute one-
on-one session with one
professional writer member
(LaRee, Sandy, Susan, or
James) each year.
LOCATION:
The Dallas MWASW group
meets the first Saturday of each
month (except January) at the
Olive Garden, 4240 Belt Line (at
Midway), Addison, TX, 75001.
Meeting time is 10:15 AM –
Noon, followed by lunch.
There is a $10 fee for non-
members (cash only) for the
program and drinks-only
attendees when we meet in
person (members get in
automatically). No reservations
are necessary there’s always
room for another writer. All who
attend are encouraged to
remain and break bread(sticks)
with your fellow writers.
Contact info:
james@gaskin.com
Dallas MWA
Events:
Saturday, February
5, 2023
10:15 AM - Meeting
in Person (And on
Zoom! for
members)
Reavis Z.
Wortham
The Road to
Publication and
Other Great
Disasters
To date, more than 2,000
newspaper and magazine articles
bear Reavis Wortham’s byline.
The Rock Hole was a finalist in the
prestigious Benjamin Franklin
Award presented by the
Independent Book Publishers
Association, and a finalist for the
Will Rogers Medallion. He’s a
member of Mystery Writers of
America, the Writers’ League of
Texas, International Association of
Crime Writers (North American
Branch), Sisters in Crime, The
Texas Outdoor Writers
Association, and International
Thriller Writers.
He's an avid outdoorsman, loves
to travel, camp, canoe, backpack,
hunt, and fish, to name only a few
activities. He says he’s also that
rare male human animal that has
no use for competitive sports,
professional or otherwise.
The quote about Reavis Wortham
from Jeffery Deaver, his friend and
fellow author of The Bone
Collector, sums his work up nicely.
“Think: Elmore Leonard meets
James Lee Burke.”
And if you haven’t read either of
those gentlemen, shame on you
as a writer.
BONUS!!!
Free Book Give-
Away
When you sign-in at the meeting
be sure to get your raffle ticket. At
the end of Reavis Wortham’s
presentation he will draw a ticket
for some lucky winner to receive a
free copy of one of his books.
REMEMBER: Our speakers
basically come to us for free and a
lunch, so supporting them by
purchasing their books shows our
appreciation.