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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Jan 28 10am - 12pm (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2012-01-27T10:00:00.001-06:00

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Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting

When

Sat Jan 28 10am – 12pm Central Time

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2000 Nasa Parkway Nassau Bay, TX 77058 (TAACCL) (map)

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Who

•	Jacob Silvia - creator
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Update Your Bookmarks!

2012-01-18T19:18:00.002-06:00

It's recently come to my attention that the URL for Clear Lake Area Writers (clawmarks.org) will soon be expiring. Since I run this group for free, I don't have any capital to renew it. As such, I'm going to let it expire.

Please update your bookmarks to point to http://clearlakeareawriters.blogspot.com for future CLAW posts.

Thanks.

-Jacob

Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Jan 14 10am - 12pm (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2012-01-13T10:00:00.001-06:00

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Sat Jan 14 10am – 12pm Central Time

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One More Meeting for 2011!

2011-11-19T19:28:00.001-06:00

There won't be a CLAW meeting November 26, 2011 because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Likewise, there won't be a CLAW meeting December 24, 2011 because of the Christmas holiday.

There will be a meeting on Decebmer 10, 2011, however.

Also, feel free to check out the CLAW Google+ Page.

Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Nov 12 10am - 12pm (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2011-11-11T10:00:00.001-06:00

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Sat Nov 12 10am – 12pm Central Time

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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Oct 22 10am - 12pm (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2011-10-21T10:00:00.001-05:00

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Sat Oct 22 10am – 12pm Central Time

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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Oct 8 10am - 12pm (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2011-10-07T10:00:00.001-05:00

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Sat Oct 8 10am – 12pm Central Time

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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Sep 24 10am - 12pm (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2011-09-23T10:00:00.001-05:00

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Sat Sep 24 10am – 12pm Central Time

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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Sep 10 10am - 12pm (contact.claw@gmail.com)

2011-09-09T10:00:00.001-05:00

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Sat Sep 10 10am – 12pm Central Time

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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Aug 27 10am - 12pm (contact.claw@gmail.com)

2011-08-26T10:00:00.001-05:00

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Sat Aug 27 10am – 12pm Central Time

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2000 Nasa Parkway Nassau Bay, TX 77058 (TAACCL) (map)

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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Aug 13 10am - 12pm (contact.claw@gmail.com)

2011-08-12T10:00:00.001-05:00

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When

Sat Aug 13 10am – 12pm Central Time

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2000 Nasa Parkway Nassau Bay, TX 77058 (TAACCL) (map)

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Second Saturday in July Cancelled

2011-07-13T17:16:00.002-05:00

I just got a message letting me know that due to the summer arts festival we won't be able to have our meeting on July 23, 2011. I will take it off the CLAW calendar and post this message to the blog.

The next CLAW meeting will be August 13, 2011.

Thanks.

-Jacob

http://www.clawmarks.org

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Carol Wicklander
Date: Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 12:32 PM
Subject: class

Jacob,

I am just informing you that we will be closed on Saturdays the month of July because of summer arts camp. Please notify your group with this info. See you again in august.

Thanks

carol

Second Saturday CLAW Meeting

2011-07-08T16:59:00.002-05:00

Hi all,

This Saturday, July 9th is the date of our next meeting at 10:00 in the Arts Alliance building on NASA Parkway. We had some great material at the last meeting and hope to hear more this time. Hope to see you all there.

Jim W

Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Jul 9 10am - 12pm (contact.claw@gmail.com)

2011-07-08T10:00:00.001-05:00

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Sat Jul 9 10am – 12pm Central Time

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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Jun 25 10am - 12pm (contact.claw@gmail.com)

2011-06-24T10:00:00.001-05:00

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Sat Jun 25 10am – 12pm Central Time

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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Jun 11 10am - 12pm (contact.claw@gmail.com)

2011-06-10T10:00:00.001-05:00

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Sat Jun 11 10am – 12pm Central Time

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Re: Fourth Saturday CLAW Meeting

2011-05-26T22:08:00.001-05:00

Everybody:

Just got notice from TAACCL: Because this weekend is Memorial Day weekend, there will be no CLAW meeting.

Our next meeting will be June 11, 2011.

Sorry for the late notice! But keep on writing!

-Jacob

http://www.clawmarks.org

Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat May 14 10am - 12pm (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2011-05-13T10:01:00.000-05:00

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When

Sat May 14 10am – 12pm Central Time

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CLAW Updates for April 09, 2011

2011-04-09T15:33:00.000-05:00

Greetings All!

We had another CLAW meeting today, so I heard. I was unable to attend, but Jim took the reigns and led the meeting.

We had two new attendees, Courtney and Christa. Please help them feel welcome.

Be sure to be sending out your pieces for critique. The works themselves can be any length, but please try to keep the shared section no more than 1,000 words. I'll try to send a thing or two out these next few weeks. I expect everyone else to do likewise. :)

Because of Easter, the Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake will be closed April 23rd (the day before), which is our usual fourth Saturday. Because of this, you'll all have more time for writing, or looking for Easter eggs, or something. :)

Our next meeting will be May 14, 2011, 10:00 AM to noon.

Hope to see you all there!

-Jacob

http://www.clawmarks.org

Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Apr 9 10:00 - 12:00 (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2011-04-08T10:00:00.001-05:00

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When

Sat Apr 9 10:00 – 12:00 Central Time

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2000 Nasa Parkway Nassau Bay, TX 77058 (TAACCL) (map)

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•	jacob.silvia@gmail.com - creator
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Welcome, Houston Indie Book Festival Attendees!

2011-04-03T18:41:00.001-05:00

If you got a chance to see the CLAW booth at the Houston Indie Book Festival this last weekend, and you'd like to know more, please feel free to contact us with more questions. Send your e-mails to contact.claw@gmail.com.

Hope to see you at the next meeting! (April 9, 2011, 10:00 AM to noon, at the Arts Alliance Center of Clear Lake)

CLAW Announcements for 03/26/2011

2011-03-26T15:40:00.001-05:00

We had a nice meeting today. Thank you to everybody who was able to attend.

I'd like to remind everybody that the Houston Indie Book Festival will be next Saturday, April 02, 2011, at Menil Park. The event is free and open to the public, and will be from 11 AM to 5 PM. However, participants should have a presence there from 9 AM to 6 PM. I plan on being there the entire time to help spread the word about CLAW. Find more information about the HIBF at http://indiebookfest.org/.

If anybody has any suggestions about stuff to bring and distribute other than the bookmarks we're putting together, please let me know!

Speaking of bookmarks, Tim put together a mock-up of the book mark. I have attached these. If there is an issue, please let Tim or I know before Monday at the latest.

I hope to see everybody there, if you can make it, even if you're just checking out all the books. :)

Our next CLAW meeting will be Saturday, April 9, 2011, from 10 AM to noon.

Keep sending out your stuff for critique. And keep sending out your feedback to those that do.

-Jacob

Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Mar 26 10:00 - 12:00 (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2011-03-25T10:00:00.001-05:00

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When

Sat Mar 26 10:00 – 12:00 Central Time

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2000 Nasa Parkway Nassau Bay, TX 77058 (TAACCL) (map)

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•	jacob.silvia@gmail.com - creator
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Saturday Notes

2011-03-12T20:10:00.001-06:00

All,

At the meeting today, I passed around and distributed stuff for the Houston Indie Book Festival, which will be on April 2, 2011 at Menil Park. If you would like to see digital copies of this stuff, let me know, and I'll forward you the information sent to me by the HIBF people.

If you would like to attend and help out at the CLAW table for this event, please let me know. I got a few responses at the meeting today (and a few maybes, so consider this a friendly reminder to confirm for sure :) ). Also, I'd like your opinion on CLAW t-shirts, preferably bearing the CLAW logo. We'd like to gauge a want first before committing to them. So, if you're interested in t-shirts, let me know a color preference (we'll do this democratically), as long as it's not white (too see-through) or black (might be hot and sunny that day). If we get enough interest, we'll go ahead and get 'em. Please try to let me know about the t-shirts before too long.

It's important to note, however, that you will need to pay for the t-shirt if you want one (CLAW will not be making any sort of profit off of this).

Also, please remember to send out your works for review. It is much appreciated.

And finally, here's a link to a blog post written by a science fiction/fantasy author that does a really good job explaining showing versus telling in writing: http://archonate.blogspot.com/2011/03/showing-not-telling.html

I'll see you all in two weeks, at the next CLAW meeting!

-Jacob

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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Mar 12 10:00 - 12:00 (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2011-03-11T10:01:00.001-06:00

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When

Sat Mar 12 10:00 – 12:00 Central Time

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CLAW Updates for 02/26/2011

2011-02-26T14:23:00.001-06:00

We had a lightly attended meeting today, but we got a lot done!

You may have noticed the new e-mail. contact.claw@gmail.com will be the best way now, to, you guessed it, contact CLAW. :) I'll also use this e-mail address to send out official reminders and whatnot.

Coming up in April (04/02/2011) is the Houston Indie Book Festival (http://indiebookfest.org), which CLAW will be attending. We're trying to decide on what sort of things to put on our table to attract guests and get people interested in our group. If you have an idea, by all means, let me know.

I'd also like to have a few copies of something to distribute (for free or profit, your call!) at the table, such as books or a bound collection of short stories, even if you produced it outside of CLAW. I'll even let you take 100% of the proceeds, since I'm that nice of a guy.

The festival will run from 9AM to 6PM that day, rain or shine. I'll be there all day, but would appreciate an occasional break, so let me know if you'd like to show up, and I'll be glad to let you run the table for as long as you like.

If you're the Facebooking type, I updated the CLAW Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Clear-Lake-Area-Writers/150677731640064). I'd appreciate it if you "liked" it. :)

Also, Tim suggested something that I thought was a good idea: Each meeting, we give at least one person time enough for everybody to thoroughly critique his or her work. Basically, spending half of each meeting discussing a single writer's work. I'm interested in everybody else's opinion regarding this, however, so please let me know.

If anybody has any other ideas on how to make CLAW a more useful group, please let me know. I'd be glad to hear it.

Keep sending out those works for critique, and keep sending back your critiques.

See everybody at the next meeting, March 12, 2011.

-Jacob

P.S. If you would like to stop receiving CLAW updates, please let me know. I'll take you off the distribution.

CLAW and the Houston Indie Book Festival

2011-02-15T19:13:00.001-06:00

Everybody,

I have submitted the form for CLAW to have a table at the Houston Indie Book Festival (http://indiebookfest.org/).

The event in question will be on April 2, from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. It is a free event to the public, so hopefully a lot of people will be there. I added the event to the CLAW calendar, since CLAW will be present at this event.

I'm interested in any ideas anybody might have about what we can have at our table, both to attract visitors, and to inform people about CLAW. So, please send those my way!

Also, if anybody could forward me the e-mail addresses of the three new attendees we had last meeting, I would appreciate having that contact information before sending some writing electronically for critique.

See you all at the next CLAW meeting (02/26/2011)!

-Jacob

CLAW Meeting Updates

2011-01-22T20:31:00.001-06:00

Greetings everybody!

Today's CLAW meeting was lightly attended. I'll blame the cold weather. :) Hopefully, it'll be warmer next time (February 12).

I'd like to announce that Paige has officially become our first virtual member. She'll no longer be attending the meetings, since they're now out of town for her, but please keep sending her your stuff electronically for review.

Also, I'd like to say to those who haven't been able to make it in a while, for whatever reasons: we miss you!

Hope to see everybody (at least those who can make it) at the next meeting. :D

Talk to you guys later!

-Jacob

Obligatory CLAW e-mail

2011-01-08T16:36:00.000-06:00

Hello everybody!

We had another exciting CLAW meeting today. Thank you everybody who could make it, including our newest attendee, Jason. I for one am glad to have another fantasy writer around. :)

Please remember, everybody, to send out your pieces to be critiqued (~1,000 words) for everybody to review, and everybody else please remember to respond to them.

Our next meeting will be the 4th Saturday, January 22, 2011. Hope to see everybody there!

Talk to you guys later!

-Jacob

Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting (THIRD SATURDAY) @ Sat Dec 18 10:00 - 12:00 (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2010-12-17T10:03:00.001-06:00

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Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting (THIRD SATURDAY)

This instance falls on the 3rd Saturday instead of the 4th. We will resume 2nd/4th Saturdays in January 2011.Also, Happy Birthday, Michael Moorcock!

When

Sat Dec 18 10:00 – 12:00 Central Time

Where

2000 Nasa Parkway Nassau Bay, TX 77058 (TAACCL) (map)

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CLAW Meeting Updates

2010-12-04T22:02:00.000-06:00

This is a reminder that for December, the CLAW meetings are scheduled for the first and third Saturdays, and not the second and fourth Saturdays. Based on today's turnout, I just wanted to make sure that is clear, and want to prevent people from coming when we're not meeting. Just in case, here's some eye-catching all-caps text:

WE WILL NOT BE MEETING ON DECEMBER 11. WE WILL INSTEAD BE MEETING ON THE 18th.

Please update your calendars and address books to suit. We will resume 2nd/4th Saturdays in January.

Please let me know if you have any issues with this.

And also, please allow me to introduce our newest attendee: Paige.

I'll be sending out something for review shortly.

See you on the 18th (and NOT the 11th)!

-Jacob

Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting (FIRST SATURDAY) @ Sat Dec 4 10:00 - 12:00 (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2010-12-03T10:01:00.001-06:00

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Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting (FIRST SATURDAY)

This instance of the meeting occurs on the 1st Saturday instead of the 2nd.

When

Sat Dec 4 10:00 – 12:00 Central Time

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2000 Nasa Parkway Nassau Bay, TX 77058 (TAACCL) (map)

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December CLAW Meetings

2010-11-20T19:30:00.000-06:00

I'm sorry it took me so long to get back on this!

In December, the 4th Saturday happens to fall on Christmas, for which I'm sure (a) many of you will be busy, and (b) the center will be closed. As such, at our last meeting, Tim proposed the following plan: Move the meetings, temporarily, and just for December, to the 1st and 3rd Saturday (December 4, and December 18). Because of this, we will not have a 2nd Saturday meeting in December (December 11).

Our schedule will resume to the 2nd/4th Saturdays again in January.

Assuming nobody has any problems with that, that is what we will do. Please let me know if this will be problematic!

Meanwhile, I'll update the calendar to reflect what I've just said.

Have a happy Thanksgiving, too.

-Jacob

CLAW Updates

2010-11-13T12:41:00.000-06:00

I would make the following announcements:

There will be no 4th Saturday meeting in November, being that it's the Saturday after Thanksgiving and the Arts Alliance Center is closed (I updated the calendar to reflect that)
Tentatively, in December, we were planning on meeting the 1st and 3rd Saturday. I say tentatively, as just now, I realized I still need to verify that the Arts Alliance Center will be open the last two weeks in December. I will call them on Tuesday to determine their days/hours of operation for December, and send a follow-up when I get back. Also, please let me know if the 1st/3rd Saturday in December is WORSE for you than just a 2nd Saturday meeting (the 4th Saturday being Christmas)
In January, we will be resuming 2nd and 4th Saturday meetings (or just "suming" them, if we don't make a change)
Please keep sharing your stuff electronically; it worked out well this last time

-Jacob

Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Nov 13 10:00 - 12:00 (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2010-11-12T10:02:00.001-06:00

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Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting

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Sat Nov 13 10:00 – 12:00 Central Time

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2000 Nasa Parkway Nassau Bay, TX 77058 (TAACCL) (map)

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CLAW: Your "Homework" Assignment

2010-10-25T22:02:00.001-05:00

Greetings, all.

I'm just writing to remind everyone of the "homework" assignment.

1) If you will be participating electronically, please try to e-mail something out by this next Saturday. We have two weeks until our next meeting, so I'm sure we'll all be a little forgiving if you get it out the week after that. Though, you'll lose points on the assignment (kidding!). Unless otherwise specified, we'll assume electronic responses are okay.

2) If you will be participating paperly (for lack of a better word), please be sure to bring enough copies for everybody at the next meeting. Also let us know if electronic responses are okay.

Please try to keep the writings relatively sized. I'd say in the neighborhood of 1,000 words (but that figure is purely a guideline, and totally negotiable).

If you have any special requirements for an electronic copy, please let us all know so we can be accommodating.

If you're reviewing, please try to get back to the author within a week. Since we have two weeks between meetings, that'll give everybody enough time to get those revisions in. However, I understand that since there are 8 of us, that'll mean everybody has 7 things to read in a week. In this case: the week isn't carved in stone. Just remember to give everybody the same respect that you yourself would expect. But I didn't need to tell you guys that.

If each of us doing 7 things (or more) in a week gets to be too much (I mean, we have to write sometimes too!), then maybe we can break it down into smaller review groups, to make sure everybody's getting the same benefits from the group. We can play that by ear.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me, or the group as a whole.

-Jacob

Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Oct 23 10:00 - 12:00 (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2010-10-22T10:00:00.001-05:00

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Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting

When

Sat Oct 23 10:00 – 12:00 Central Time

Where

2000 Nasa Parkway Nassau Bay, TX 77058 (TAACCL) (map)

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Who

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Pre-Meeting Sharing?

2010-10-10T11:09:00.000-05:00

At our last meeting, we discussed whether anybody would be interested in sharing their stuff electronically about a week prior to the next meeting with other members, so that we could spend more of our meeting time discussing critique.

Does anybody have anything to contribute to this? I'm thinking that this should be voluntary to be both a reviewer and a sharer, since some people don't like reading electronically, and other people don't like not having control of the copies of their work.

For this system to work, I think there needs to be two things, besides a willingness to participate: (1) You should give what you take (that is, try to balance your sharing and your reviewing), and (2) You should not under any circumstances redistribute another person's work. Both these would be on the honor system.

I'm interested if anybody has any thoughts on the matter. We're trying a pilot project currently, and will discuss it with the meeting as a whole.

Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Oct 9 10:00 - 12:00 (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2010-10-08T10:03:00.001-05:00

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Sat Oct 9 10:00 – 12:00 Central Time

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2000 Nasa Parkway Nassau Bay, TX 77058 (TAACCL) (map)

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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Sep 25 10:00 - 12:00 (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2010-09-24T10:00:00.000-05:00

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Sat Sep 25 10:00 – 12:00 Central Time

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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Sep 11 10:00 - 12:00 (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2010-09-10T10:02:00.001-05:00

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Sat Sep 11 10:00 – 12:00 Central Time

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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Aug 28 10:00 - 12:00 (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2010-08-27T10:01:00.001-05:00

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Sat Aug 28 10:00 – 12:00 Central Time

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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Aug 14 10:00 - 12:00 (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2010-08-13T10:02:00.001-05:00

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Sat Aug 14 10:00 – 12:00 Central Time

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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting (Relocated) @ Sat Jul 24 10:00 - 12:00 (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2010-07-23T10:01:00.001-05:00

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The Arts Alliance Center will be closed on Saturdays in July. Relocating to the 16616 Diana Lane
Houston, TX 77062 for the month of July.

When

Sat Jul 24 10:00 – 12:00 Central Time

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16616 Diana Lane Houston, TX 77062 (Clear Lake City-County Freeman Branch Library) (map)

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Update on Meeting Status for July

2010-07-10T06:53:00.000-05:00

We have decided to relocate the meetings for the month of July. The new meeting location will be the Clear Lake City-County Freeman Branch Library at 16616 Diana Lane, Houston, TX 77062 (http://www.hcpl.net/location/clear-lake-city-county-freeman-branch-library).

We will resume meeting at the Arts Alliance Center of Clear Lake in August, provided they are open on Saturdays that month.

IMPORTANT!!!!

2010-07-09T19:00:00.000-05:00

The Arts Alliance Center of Clear Lake will be closed on Saturdays in July (something I just learned). Therefore, we will not be meeting there. Unless we decide to meet elsewhere, the meetings in Saturday will be canceled. Updates will be posted here and to the calendar when I know for sure.

Sorry for the inconvenience! Please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments about this.

Thanks.

-Jacob

Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Jul 10 10:00 - 12:00 (Clear Lake Area Writers)

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Sat Jul 10 10:00 – 12:00 Central Time

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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Jun 26 10:00 - 12:00 (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2010-06-25T10:01:00.000-05:00

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Sat Jun 26 10:00 – 12:00 Central Time

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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Jun 12 10:00 - 12:00 (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2010-06-11T10:03:00.001-05:00

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Sat Jun 12 10:00 – 12:00 Central Time

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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat May 22 10:00 - 12:00 (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2010-05-21T10:02:00.001-05:00

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Sat May 22 10:00 – 12:00 Central Time

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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat May 8 10:00 - 12:00 (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2010-05-07T10:00:00.001-05:00

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Sat May 8 10:00 – 12:00 Central Time

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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Apr 24 10:00 - 12:00 (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2010-04-23T10:02:00.001-05:00

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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Apr 10 10:00 - 12:00 (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2010-04-09T10:02:00.001-05:00

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Exciting Things Afoot!

2010-04-06T21:46:00.001-05:00

New Logo!

I hope you all enjoy the new logo. It's part of my attempts to help vitalize CLAW.

Flier, Coming Soon!

Clear Lake denizens! Look out for CLAW fliers in your favorite establishments with bulletin boards. Also: Let me know if you'd like to put them up in your local haunts.

Edit: It's here.

Edit: Changed link to point to revised flier.

Free Critiques!

All visitors who come to the next meeting will get free critiques. Of course, everybody who comes to any meeting will always get that same deal, but WHY WAIT!?

Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Mar 27 10:00 - 12:00 (Clear Lake Area Writers)

2010-03-26T20:17:00.001-05:00

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Sat Mar 27 10:00 – 12:00 Central Time

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Meeting Reminder!

2010-01-23T09:01:00.000-06:00

There will be a meeting today, January 23, 2010, from 10:00 AM to Noon at The Arts Alliance Center of Clear Lake.

Hope to see you there!

First Meeting of the New Year

2010-01-08T15:14:00.001-06:00

This is a friendly reminder that we will be having our first meeting of the new year tomorrow, Saturday, January 09, 2010, 10:00 AM to noon.

Dust off those manuscripts and be ready to critique!

December Announcements

2009-12-11T07:17:00.000-06:00

First Announcement: I will be unable to attend this week's (December 12, 2009) meeting, but the other members are welcome to hold a meeting in my absence.

Second Announcement: There will be no meeting on December 26, 2009, as the center will be closed, and everybody will probably be stuck entertaining family or being entertained by family. Have a happy Boxing Day!

The first meeting of the new year will be January 9, 2010. See you there, 10:00 AM to Noon!

Reminder of Meeting!

2009-11-28T08:16:00.000-06:00

Sorry for the last-minute notice, but unless the center is closed (which I don't think it is), there will be a meeting today (11/28/2009) at The Arts Alliance Center of Clear Lake from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon

If the center is closed, there will be a very confused me standing outside.

Reminder

2009-11-13T21:14:00.000-06:00

There will be a CLAW meeting tomorrow, Saturday, November 14, 2009 from 10:00 AM to noon, local time. We will be meeting at the usual place, The Arts Alliance Center of Clear Lake (TAACCL; http://www.taaccl.org), in the cafeteria (most likely!).

Hope to see you there!

Meeting Reminder

2009-10-23T19:51:00.001-05:00

Don't forget: We'll be having a CLAW meeting tomorrow, October 24, 2009, 10AM to noon at The Arts Alliance Center of Clear Lake (TAACCL).

Hope to see you there!

Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting

2009-10-09T18:14:00.001-05:00

This is an announcement to say that the Clear Lake Area Writers next meeting will be tomorrow, October 10, 2009, from 10:00 AM to Noon, Central time at 2000 Nassau Parkway, Nassau Bay, TX 77058.

Be sure to bring a friend!

Manual Reminders

2009-09-15T18:26:00.000-05:00

For one reason or another, I'm switching to manual reminders (as opposed to the auto reminders I was using). I'm sure the CLAW members would appreciate that.

Additionally, if any CLAW members would like to contribute to this blog, let me know. I'll ask again the next meeting (09/26/2009!).

Thanks.

America's Press (League City-based book printer)

2009-08-08T20:34:00.000-05:00

In today's meeting, we discussed POD and vanity publishing houses. While discussing alternatives, I brought up the League City-based book printer, called America's Press.

Their website may be found here: http://www.americas-press.com/.

America's Press and C.L.A.W. do not have any existing business association.

Minutes From 05/23/2009

2009-05-31T15:53:00.000-05:00

Sorry these are late. I was really, really, really busy.

Attendees: 2.

Some people are unable to come to the 2nd Saturday meetings due to another group meeting at that time. It was suggested that the 2nd Saturday meeting be moved to the 1st Saturday. I considered this, but in the end decided against it, as then there would usually be back-to-back meetings (1st then 4th, except on months with a 5th)
There was a mention of CLAW in the latest BAWL (http://www.bawl.org) newsletter
Local Barnes & Noble (http://www.barnesandnoble.com) hosts a gamut of writers groups. These may be places to announce existence of CLAW
Local Coffee Oasis (http://www.coffee-oasis.com) hosts poetry readings with featured poets. This too may be a good place to announce existence of CLAW
There is an Alvin writer's group (name?) that hosts Spring and Fall writing workshops
RhymeZone (http://www.rhymezone.com) is an excellent resource for poets
We read Ann's piece (though I cannot remember the title at this time)\
The Writer's Market (http://www.writersmarket.com) provides a listing of various markets, for those who need help finding them. I personally use Ralan (http://www.ralan.com), which appeals more to writers of speculative fiction

Action Items:

Jacob needs to put in face time with the other local writing/poetry groups. Too bad Jacob is really busy!

Minutes for 04/24/09

2009-04-25T11:44:00.000-05:00

Attendees: 3
Duration: ~1 hour

Personal Introductions
Group Introduction
Group Discussion

Distribute electronic copies before meetings for people to read (at the leisure) before the meetings
Suggest more writing classes to the Center to get more people interested in writing
Be open to all genres
Possible readings and short talks at future meetings

Readings

Jacob: "Don't Kill the Kid" (first 4 pages)

Actions

Jacob: Find listings of markets and share with next meeting

Next Meeting: 05/09

Minutes for 03/14/2009

2009-03-14T19:47:00.000-05:00

Today was the first meeting of CLAW.

Only... nobody showed up.

So, Amber and I decided to cancel after 30 minutes and postpone the official FIRST meeting until 03/28/2009. At that time we'll discuss some aspects that Amber and I threw together.

We decided that the meetings will go as follows:

Announcements/Introductions
Critique of last time's pieces
Activity/Talk
Distribution of new stuff for next time

Additionally, we're throwing around the idea of e-mailing your works to each other electronically (if you draft it electronically, that is), and want to gage the desire of other individuals to do this (since otherwise, you'd have to print out your story and make enough copies for everyone you'd want critiquing your work).

So, please, come next time. Look at the calendar to see when it is, or check out the other posts (the important ones are tagged). Feel free to comment here or e-mail me (jacob.silvia@gmail.com) for more information.

Thanks!

First Meeting! (03/14/2009)

2009-02-20T17:59:00.001-06:00

Come one, come all to the FIRST EVER C.L.A.W. MEETING!

When: March 14, 2009, 10:00-12:00 (Local Time)

Where: 2000 Nasa Parkway Nassau Bay, TX 77058 (TAACCL, http://www.taaccl.org)

What to Bring: Please bring a work of fiction (enough copies to go around) you would like the other members to critique. The plan is for the reviewers to take them home and read them and be ready to discuss them at the next meeting. We will also establish the group's needs. Be prepared to answer the following questions:

How much time each meeting should take?
What other activities (other than critiquing) would be of interest to the members? (This will help me make agendas for future meetings!)
Would you like to make any sort of contribution to the administrative duties of the group?

Please contact me, Jacob (jacob.silvia@gmail.com), or leave a comment on the blog with any questions regarding the Clear Lake Area Writers meetings. Also, if you're planning on coming, please let me know so I can get an estimated headcount.

Thank you!

Where We Meet: TAACCL

2009-02-14T08:32:00.000-06:00

Clear Lake Area Writers is proud to announce that they will be meeting at The Arts Alliance Center of Clear Lake (TAACCL). The schedule is shortly to follow.

TAACCL is loacated at 2000 NASA Parkway, Nassau Bay, Texas 77058.

Their website may be found at http://www.taaccl.org.

A special thanks goes out to TAACCL for providing a space for us to meet.

The CLAW Calendar

2009-01-17T21:15:00.001-06:00

The calendar containing CLAW events can be found here:

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HTML: http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=2mk07j7cdccp1uk5ku4op0tflc%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Chicago

It is a public calendar. Please let me know if you are unsure how to use it.