Don't miss our last Lancaster Christian Writers monthly meetingbefore summer break Saturday, June 15th, at Lancaster Alliance Church, 210 Pitney Rd (off Hwy 30 across from Costco) from 9:30AM-12 noon (registration opens at 9). Author and organizer extraordinaire Lisa Lawmaster Hess will be sharing from her own vast experience how to organize life for more effective writing.
WORKSHOP: Organizing for Writers: Let’s be honest. Creative people may be great at coming up with new ideas and crafting cunning characters, but the same great minds that produce winning manuscripts can have trouble remembering which safe place we left the manuscript in. Why not try a better, low-stress way to keep track of things — one that's more your style? Come explore personal and organizational styles that interfere with getting organized and learn how to use them to your advantage. Bring your sense of humor and leave the judgment behind as we match up styles with the strategies that make organizing less onerous. For more tips, check out Lisa's brand-new title on the topic:
Know Thyself is
an effective and fun way to discover your personal and organizational
styles, and will help you own your style. You’ll take what you might
have thought was a flaw and learn how to make it a strength. And that,
plus Lisa’s help and a sense of humor, will guide you toward an
organization method that’s a good fit for your organizational challenges, not someone else's.SPEAKER: Lisa Lawmaster Hess is a transplanted Jersey girl who has lived in Pennsylvania for most of her adult life. She is the author of two nonfiction books (Acting Assertively and Diverse Divorce) and two novels (Casting the First Stone and Chasing a Second Chance) as well as a contributor to The Catholic Mom’s Prayer Companion and the anthology 50 Over 50. Lisa’s articles have appeared online and in regional and national publications. Lisa blogs at The Porch Swing Chronicles and Organizing By STYLE and writes weekly STYLE Savvy posts CatholicMom.com. A retired elementary school counselor, Lisa is an adjunct professor of psychology at York College of Pennsylvania. Her new book, Know Thyself: The Imperfectionist’s Guide to Sorting Your Stuff comes out this month and is available for preorder.
CRITIQUE GROUPS: We will be making time as well for our usual peer critique groups, so if you have a piece you'd like critiqued, bring 10 copies of up to 1500 words.
As always, email questions or concerns to jeanette@jeanettewindle.com
Blessings,
Jeanette Windle
President, Lancaster Christian Writers
