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Brazos Writers is a not-for-profit organization for writers in the Brazos Valley. We support, educate and encourage anyone who is interested in the written word.

July Monthly Meeting: Open Readings 

Our July monthly meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 8, 2009, at 7 pm at the Arts Council Building (2275 Dartmouth Street in College Station). It's an open readings meeting, which means you can share your inspired writing or be inspired by listening to others. The theme for the month -- appropriate for the July Fourth holiday -- is "Stories that Go Boom!" 

July Workshop: Literary Laws and Lingo 

Saturday, July 11, 2009, 9:00-12:00, College Station Conference Center, 1300 George Bush Dr., College Station, TXCost: $25 for Brazos Writers members, $35 for non-members -- There are sharks out there.  Do you know enough to safely navigate the rough waters of publishing?  Learn the legal aids and pitfalls in your writing career, whether fiction, non-fiction, music or other media, from Don Tomlinson, LL.M,J.D. This workshop will cover the basics of what you need to know to protect your work, including copyrights and intellectual property law.To reserve your space at this workshop, send a check for the correct amount to BrazosWriters, PO Box 4025, Bryan, Texas 77805. Make the check out to Brazos Writers and include your e-mail address so we can send you a confirmation. You may also register at the door, but seating is limited and we cannot guarantee a place.  Here's the information in PDF form.

About Don Tomlinson, LL.M,J.D.: Singer, musician,songwriter, novelist, and photographer are just some of the many avocations of former journalist and professor, Don Tomlinson. After working as an Associated Press writer in Little Rock, Don went to law school, which, he says, almost ruined him as a writer. He taught media law in the Journalism Department at Texas A&M for twenty years. For ten years, he was Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center, where he taught Entertainment Law. He now is in the full-time practice of law; among his clients are several authors. In academic year 2000-2001, he was Professor of Recording Industry at Middle Tennessee State University near Nashville, where he taught copyright law, music publishing law, and recording industry legal problems.

Tomlinson holds an LL.M. in intellectual property from UHLC in addition to a J.D. from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock,a master's in journalism from the University of North Texas, and a bachelor's in journalism from Arkansas State University. He has published many law review articles in such journals as the Stanford Law & Policy Review, Hastings COMM/ENT, and the Federal Communications Law Journal. While at A&M, Don wrote his first novel, Oedipus Tex, published by Xlibris in 2001.  He is currently working on a sequel to OedipusTex and on a science fiction novel about interspecies communication between humans and marine mammals.

August Monthly Meeting: Marketing for Writers 

Our August monthly meeting will be held Wednesday, Aug 12, 2009, at 7pm at the Arts Council Center (2275 Dartmouth Street in College Station).  Writer, publisher, and placement expert Tom Knowles will tell us what an author can do to publicize and market a book both before and after it is published. Whether you have already published a book, hope to publish a book, or are just curious why all those writers want to publish a book, come to the Brazos Writers meeting to find out more.  Many of the tips will apply to writers of genres other than full-length novels.

2009 News and Events 

Here is our 2009 calendar so you can see what we have done and what we will be doing.

The fall season is shaping up, so don't miss our upcoming meeting topics and special events -- bound to give you inspiration for your next story or chapter.

Here is the June newsletter. 

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Last Updated ( Thursday, 02 July 2009 15:35 )