Dallas Mystery Writers


All writers welcome
Join when you're ready
Fun mix of beginner to professional
Murder for fun and profit!

Dallas Mystery Writers

A group of friendly writers enjoying a program at every meeting. Sometimes about writing, sometimes about criming (descriptions, not instructions).

LOCATION:
The Dallas Mystery Writers 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 necessary — there’s always room for another writer. Stay after the program and break bread(sticks) with your fellow writers.

Contact James with questions  

    Program for July 5, 2025

    Writing Technology Update:
    AI Slop to Software to Security and More AI


    Taming the Tools to Help You Write Better and Faster

    This is your yearly update on all the good and bad parts of technology for writers, with special attention to AI and AI slop and how to use AI to brainstorm, outline, edit, and polish.

    Bring your questions, concerns, worries, hopes, and fears to James to answer, validate, console, verify, and banish (in order). In other words, free tech support for the price of breadsticks and spaghetti.


    FREE BOOKS!

    Want a free copy of The July Fourth Murders, an anthology with four murders during four wars on the Fourth of July by four authors (Susan, Sandy, James, and Penny Richards)? Now's your chance, all for the promise of posting reviews. Seven copies available, and they'll go to the ones most earnest with their review promises.

    James Gaskin writes books, articles, and jokes about technology, and consults for those who don't read his books (15 technical and one technical humor) and articles (30+ years of columns, reviews, how-to articles, and gripes about misbehaving vendors). Since technology goes out of date so quickly, he now writes fiction about fun subjects like telepathic teenagers and sentient AI computers, because good stories last forever.

    Membership Details

    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.

    Zoom Access, onsite prepayments, and support for the group’s continuing efforts (dues, kinda) are $50 per year.

    Members attend in-person meetings for free and get the Zoom link for meetings they prefer to attend remotely (although we’ll miss you).

    MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS:
    •No door fee at meetings
    •Zoom link provided for every meeting.
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