Abilene Writers Guild 2013 Workshop and Luncheon
Saturday, March 23, 2013
| Location: | First Baptist Church, 1333 North 3nd St., Abilene Texas Enter the Dining Room door nearest North 2nd and Hickory |
| Workshop Speaker: | 9:00-12:00 AM: Laurie Moore |
| Subject: | Writing Snappy Dialogue: How to Avoid the Pitfalls to Boredom |
Workshop Registration opens at 8:30 AM on March 23. Workshop begins at 9:00 AM.
Lunch starts about noon followed by the contest awards ceremony The AWG annual workshop and luncheon is open to all who are interested, regardless of whether or not that person entered the annual contest, is a member of the Guild, or is even a writer. Our speakers are professionals in their fields of writing from around the country, and their information is fresh and informative. Come join us! We would love to meet you!
Download a printable 2013 Workshop Registraton form.
You may mail a check to either address below, or make
your reservation by phone and pay at the door.
Call Gail McMillian at
325-529-3885 or 325-338-0348
(leave a message if necessary)
Make Check or Money Order payable to
Abilene Writers Guild
Gail McMillan
419 Meadow Lane
Abilene TX 79602
Abilene Writer Guild
P.O. Box 2562
Abilene, TX 79604
Writing Snappy Dialogue-How to Avoid the Pitfalls to Boredom
Meet Laurie Moore
At the age of six, Laurie Moore wrote her first novel in orange Crayola on blue construction paper and gave the mystery-horror hybrid to her father for his birthday. This fifth generation Texan was reared in South Texas and graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. degree. At her parents’ urging to become a Spanish teacher, she rebelled and joined the police department. For six years, she worked street patrol and criminal investigations until the brass decided to promote her to the rank of sergeant.
She later worked as a DA Investigator in Austin, Lockhart, and San Antonio before moving to Fort Worth to attend law school (kicking and screaming).
CONSTABLE’S RUN (2002), THE LADY GODIVA MURDER (2002), CONSTABLE’S APPREHENSION (2003), THE WILD ORCHID SOCIETY (2004), and CONSTABLE’S WEDDING (2005) are her first five novels. JURY RIGGED (2008), WOMAN STRANGLED – NEWS AT TEN (2009), and DEB ON ARRIVAL – LIVE AT FIVE: A DEBUTANTE DETECTIVE MYSTERY (summer, 2010) are her latest mysteries.
Laurie holds an active police commission. She is currently a reserve deputy constable in Tarrant County, Texas, and maintains a thriving law office in the Cultural District of Fort Worth (a.k.a. Cowtown & The Panther City). 2010 marks 31 years of law enforcement for Laurie.
She has a daughter, a Siamese named Ling who is Director of Homeland Security, and a Welsh Corgi named Jezebel who is in charge of Border Patrol. She also co-owns a destructive Siamese named Julius Caesar. Laurie has served on the board of the DFW Writers’ Workshop in Euless, Texas.
COUPLE GUNNED DOWN – NEWS AT TEN and DEB TO THE WORLD – LIVE AT FIVE: A DEBUTANTE DETECTIVE MYSTERY are summer releases slotted for 2011. She is currently working on a new project.
Laurie Moore
P.O. Box 10333
Fort Worth, Texas 76114