In case you’re not already planning on going, I’d like to take a second to recommend the DFW Writer’s Workshop confererence. The workshop membership has been working for over a year to bring this inspirational and practical event to writers in Texas and southern Oklahoma.  New York agents and bestselling authors will be there to give inspirational talks, other writers will be sharing stories and support, and there’s even a luncheon and door prizes. If you want to know what going will be like, you can start by checking out all the breakout sessions being offered. The Grapevine Convention Center is an ideal venue for the event; large enough to give space for all the activities, and small enough so you don’t get lost.

The conference runs from tomorrow at 9 a.m. to Sunday at 5. 

I went last year and found it far more fun and … dare I say humane … than Editors and Agents in Austin. This is the conference where people really talk and get moving and get inspired.

If, on the other hand, you can’t get to the conference, you might attend the DFW Writer’s Workshop, which meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Ruth Miliken Center in Euless near the airport. Information is at the DFW Writer’s Workshop website.