The Power of a Rewrite
The right words ARE powerful!
Please enjoy this one-minute clip. It has meaning for all writers . . . for all
people.
DCWF Yahoo Group!
Do you desire a more in-depth critique than time allows during our regular meetings? Then post your manuscript in the "Current Meeting" folder on our Yahoo! group. Here's how:
You can feel confident posting your manuscript on our Yahoo! group because of the secure server. Only approved members of the fellowship will be able to open them.
To join, visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DCWF
We encourage you to post your manuscript one week prior to the meeting so we'll have time to critique it in advance.
If you edit a posted manuscript, print out your "track changes" pages and bring them to the meeting to discuss and present to the author during our critique time.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR POSTING:
If you want to post a manuscript on our Yahoo! group in advance of the meeting, sign in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DCWF. Then look on the left-hand side at the menu options. Click on "Files." When that window opens, you'll see a folder for the current meeting. Open it and click "Add File" near the top on the right. Click click on "Browse" for the File Name you want to add. Then click the "Upload" button at the bottom right. If this doesn't work, send it to me via email, and I'll post it for you.
NON-MEETING POSTS:
If you have a WIP you want feedback on but don't plan to present it at a regular meeting, you may post your manuscript in the blank area. Again, be sure to post a message so we'll know it's there. Members may email their critiques directly to the author.
Prophecy for Christian Writers
This prophecy was given on November 24, 2003. If you are a Christian who writes, composes music, or publishes as God leads, this will encourage you to press on.
Gold Pen Prophecy.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [16.7 KB]
Writer Services and Helpful Contacts
Need a website to promote your book or writing endeavors? Fruitbearer Web Services is owned and operated by Candy Abbott, director of DCWF. Quality websites for creative Christians.
MY BOOK THERAPY
Susan May Warren's website: The Craft and Coaching Community for Novelists
Direct links to Christian writers' markets! Just click and find guidelines to most U.S. Christian publishers. This is a Canadian non-profit endeavor. What a find!
Whether you’re looking for a Christian women’s event speaker, an author, or a writing instructor, you’ve come to the right place! Go ahead, take your shoes off and get comfortable. Let’s get to know each other!
Vine and Vessels Christian Writers Fellowship
Joyce Sessoms and Betty Ricks-Jarmon co-founded Vine and Vessels Christian Writers Fellowship, “Where Pen Connects to Purpose” . . .
To provide a nurturing, supportive environment which lends itself to personal growth and written-expression; where members are esteemed, empowered and encouraged to polish and perfect their craft for the up-building of the Kingdom of God.
Mission: Raising cultural awareness and appreciation of the arts through advocacy, education, mentoring, and community partnerships; while enhancing the rich, proud traditions of African American culture.
Vision: To serve as a public forum to promote various venues of sharing all of the "good news" using print, electronic, and digital media. "And God is able to make all grace to abound toward you, that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work” (2 Corinthians 9:8 KJV).
Meetings: The fourth Saturday of each month at the Seaford Public Library, 402 North Porter Street, Seaford, DE 19973 from 9:30 am – 11:00 am.
RANTS & RAMBLINGS
On Life as a Literary Agent . . . This active, insightful blog by Rachelle Gardner, literary agent, is a goldmine for writers. Scroll
down the topical list on the right for one of the best discussions I have seen on the subject of self-publishing.
MaryAnn Diorio, Ph.D. offers a free writer's e-zine that is filled with great information and resources to help you become the writer God created you to be. She says, "We are living in what Scripture calls "perilous times" (2 Timothy 3:1). As the days grow darker, making it increasingly difficult to proclaim the Good News, we must work while it is yet day (John 9:4)."
AMERICAN CHRISTIAN WRITERS
Susan Titus Osborn helps to locate, educate, and motivate writers and speakers through American Christian Writers. Visit her site for a huge selection of books and seminar tapes, conferences in 24
cities, correspondence classes, writers’ chapters, manuscript critiquing service, and periodicals such as The Christian Communicator and Advanced Christian Writers.
DELAWARE CHRISTIAN WRITERS CONFERENCE
“At the first Delaware conference in 2006, I felt as comfortable as a kid in a big family. The humor throughout the three days set us free and kept us from stewing in our insecurities. The key note
lit that “I can do it” spark. The seminars contained no fluff—except for that much-needed laughter—just practical helps for this exciting adventure in writing. From Al Gansky’s dynamic opening
address, through all the sessions, to the last good-bye, the conference was powerful and transformational.” —Connie Lewes, Maryland
I LOVE TO WRITE
DAY
November 15 (annual event)
The world’s biggest party for writers
The official site of “I Love to Write Day” (November 15). Sign up! It’s FREE and a great
opportunity for writers to generate the public’s enthusiasm for the written word. Check out suggested activities and come up with creative ideas of your own. I Love To Write Day is a grassroots
effort to have people of all ages practice their writing skills. Created by Delaware author John Riddle, I Love To Write Day is an opportunity for people of all ages to write something: a poem, an
essay, a letter to the editor, a short story, start a novel, finish a novel…the possibilities are endless! On the first I Love To Write Day, 11,328 schools all across the country held special writing
events and activities. Last year, we signed up 15,123 schools. This year our goal is to have an I Love To Write Day program in over 20,000 schools. Please help us spread the word: tell schools,
libraries and bookstores in your community about I Love To Write Day.
GRAMMAR HELP
Free e-mail newsletter that helps you improve your writing and grammar skills!
JIM WATKINS
Jim Watkins, who bills himself as “author, speaker, and threat to society,” presents over 300 articles, columns, mp3 songs, reviews, “top ten” lists, and more. Check it out. But beware, he doesn’t
hold anything back.
CHRISTIAN AUTHORS NETWORK (CAN)
and the blog/facebook pages
http://canblog.typepad.com/canbookmarketing/
https://www.facebook.com/ChristianAuthorsNetwork
CAN blogs on the craft of writing and how to market the facebook pages announces new books, free ebooks, contsts, and news about CAN authors
Only for royalty published authors.
MARLENE BAGNULL
PHILADELPHIA/COLORADO CONFERENCES and more
Don’t miss the dynamic connections afforded by this site. Marlene Bagnull, director of the Colorado and Philadelphia Christian Writers Conferences, includes a wealth of information for Christian
writer’s conferences, seminars, critiques, and more.
RANDY INGERMANSON
This marketing dynamo is known as “the Snowflake Guy” for his novel-writing method, Randy was both class nerd and class clown. He’s now an award winning novelist, a physicist, and a fiction teacher.
From fiction 101 to advanced fiction writing, Randy’s insight is something you won’t want to miss. Sign up for his free newsletter.
ANGIE HUNT’S BLOG, “A LIFE IN PAGES”
In no particular order, Angela Hunt is a novelist,
teacher, mother, wife, mastiff owner, reader, musician, student, aspiring theologian, and bubble gum connoisseur. The things that enter her life sooner or later find their way into her books, hence
“A Life in Pages.”
SALLY STUART’S CHRISTIAN WRITERS’ MARKET
GUIDE
At last! A sampling of the wealth of information contained in Sally’s Christian writers’ market guide is available on-line! Conference listing, book and magazine publishers, a bookstore for writers,
contract and manuscript evaluation services, and don’t miss her links! Of course, you’ll probably want to order your own copy of the most recent edition of her market guide for your own personal use.
Visit Sally's blog. The marketplace changes constantly, so having access to Sally's updates via the
blog is a boon to serious writers!
For people who want to learn about marketing their royalty-published books, this site is produced by CAN (Christian Author’s Network)
For those who want to read opening chapters of new book releases
Speaker Training
(Christian Leaders, Authors & Speaker
Services)
Writing and speaking go hand-in-hand. If you need training,
consider registering for a 3-day CLASS intensive training. They find raw talent, train it, develop it, educate it and nurture it, and when it is ready, launch it through their speakers’ service and
publishing assistance. Churches and other Christian groups from all over the country call CLASS looking for speakers for their various events. Publishers are looking to CLASS for their future
authors.
CHRISTIAN WOMEN SPEAKERS
If you are a woman
speaker, an event coordinator seeking speakers, or a speaker seeking training, visit Women Speakers.
TOASTMASTERS, INTERNATIONAL
If you’re looking for an organization to help
you become more comfortable in the arena of public speaking, this is an economical option. Connect with Southern Delaware
Toastmasters. Meetings are held the 2nd and 4th Tuesday nights from 6 to 7:30 at Delaware Tech in Georgetown.
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