This is your last chance before LCW’s summer break to network with other writers, bring those chapters to critique, and do some hands-on writing. So do join Lancaster Christian Writers Saturday, June 18, 2016, at Lancaster Alliance Church, 210 Pitney Rd (off Hwy 30 across from Costco) from 9:30AM-12 noon (registration opens at 9). Collaborative writer, editor, novelist (and LCW president-yes, that’s me) Jeanette Windle will be sharing a workshop on memoir/biography writing.
SPEAKER: Award-winning novelist, collaborative writer, and journalist Jeanette
Windle has lived in six countries and traveled in thirty-plus. Those
experiences birthed 16 fiction titles, including ECPA Christian
Book/Christy/Carol Award finalists Veiled Freedom and Freedom's
Stand, and 3 non-fiction collaborative titles, including 2016 ECPA
Christian Book Award/Christian Retailing Best Awards finalist Forgiven: The
Amish Schoolhouse Shooting, a Mother’s Love, and a Story of Remarkable Grace
(with Terri Roberts).
WORKSHOP:
“A Story to Tell: Writing the Memoir/Biography—Your
Own or Another’s.” Non-fiction biography is the bread-and-butter of
freelance writing. Whether writing your own memoir or someone else’s life story,
this workshop will walk you through the practicalities of breaking down,
organizing, and weaving into story form a compelling life narrative. Not
writing a full book? Principles apply as well to the personal experience short
story/article.
WRITERS
CONFERENCES: While LCW will not be meeting in July/August, that
doesn’t signify any lack of writer opportunity. Two of North America’s premier Christian
writers conferences take place in PA each summer. Montrose Christian Writers
Conference will be held July 17-22 in Montrose, PA (near Scranton). Greater
Philadelphia Christian Writers Conference is August 3-6 at Cairn University
(near Philly). Check out their websites for faculty and workshop listings, and
consider jump-starting next fall’s writing by attending at least one of these
conferences.
CRITIQUE
GROUPS: And
don't forget to bring your latest work-in-progress from this summer for
critique groups (ten copies up to 1500 words).
As
always, email questions or concerns to jeanette@jeanettewindle.com
Blessings,
Jeanette Windle
President, Lancaster Christian Writers
Blessings,
Jeanette Windle
President, Lancaster Christian Writers
