Wow, can summer
really be almost over? I think I blinked and missed it! It was good to
see many LCW members at Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers
Conference. Others took in St. Davids or Montrose Conferences. If you
didn't make it to a conference, I trust your summer has at least
included some writing time.
SEPTEMBER LCW KICKOFF: Regardless,
do jump-start your fall writing by joining Lancaster Christian Writers
2015-2016 Kickoff on Saturday, September 26th at Lancaster Alliance
Church, 210 Pitney Rd (off Hwy 30 across from Costco) from 9:30AM-12
noon (registration opens at 9). Please note this is the FOURTH Saturday,
rather than the usual THIRD, due to a scheduling conflict (mine,
actually. I will be ministry traveling over the next 2 1/2 months on
three separate continents, but will be briefly back in Lancaster for
9/26).
SPEAKER: LCW
president Jeanette Windle (yes, that's me!) will be sharing one of most
popular and practical workshops she taught at GPCWC: The A to Z of Writing a Sellable Article.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: The A to Z of Writing the Sellable Article:
Where to find material or choose a topic? What makes an
attention-grabbing lead and headline? What to include and how to
organize? A great conclusion or just petering out? Taught by a
twenty-year-veteran missions journalist and editor, this workshop lays
out in practical steps how to turn out consistently exciting, tightly
written articles, no matter your theme or subject matter.
SPEAKER BiO: Award-winning
novelist, missions journalist, editor and collaborative writer Jeanette
Windle grew up in equatorial South America's guerrilla hot zones, has
lived in six countries and traveled in more than thirty. Those
experiences have birthed 16 fiction titles, including bestselling Veiled Freedom (2010 ECPA Christian Book Award/Christy Award finalist), Freedom's Stand, (2012 ECPA Christian Book Award/Carol Award finalist), and Congo Dawn (2013 Golden Scroll Novel of the Year) as well as non-fiction collaborative titles Hope Underground: The Chilean Mine Rescue and Forgiven: The Amish Schoolhouse Shooting, a Mother’s Love, and a Story of Remarkable Grace (Bethany House, Fall, 2015).
OCTOBER MEETING: We
have also confirmed as speaker for our October meeting on Saturday,
10/17 (yes, that is back to 3rd Saturday!) Shelley Adina, bestselling
Christian steampunk and Amish romance novelist, who was with us in 2013.
She will be flying in again from CA for the Strasburg Railroad Festival
and is taking time out to share another fiction workshop with us: Creating Communities With Character.
FALL/WINTER CALENDAR: We
still have openings for speakers November-June, so if you have a
suggestion for either speaker or workshop, please contact me at jeanette@jeanettewindle.com We
also have openings to share a devotional (5-10 minutes) each month.
This is your opportunity to share your own inspirational writing with
the group, so please do contact me if you'd like to get on the schedule.
As always, email questions or concerns to jeanette@jeanettewindle.com
Blessings,
Jeanette Windle
President, Lancaster Christian Writers
