At the Oregon Christian Writing Fall Meeting, Sat. I met a long term mentor, Stan Baldwin, a critiquing partner of years past, Roberta Hagland and two new writing friends, each with great promise. What a wonderful time to study and learn from each other. Jayne Loseke, a young children’s writing friend Jessica Smith, a new writer friend and Geneva….
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Oregon Christian Writers Conference
“Yes, I like these articles. Send them to my office,” said a magazine editor. “I think this children’s story will work for our magazine,” said another. “I like your, Hotline To Heaven proposal. I’d be willing to represent it,” commented one agent. “Send me a full book proposal,” said another.” How sweet such words are to an author’s ears. And…
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Does God Care About Hair
About a year ago I submitted a story to an on line publication called Breathe Again Magazine. The story was about how my hair got burned off by my curling iron just before my daughter, Crystal’s wedding in Israel. Since I didn’t hear anything, I assumed it wouldn’t be published. Wrong. Earlier this month I received notice that they had…
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AWSA Membership
“You should join AWSA,” my friend and critiquing partner Yvonne Ortega told me sometime back. “What’s that?” I asked. I learned the acronym stood for Advanced Writers and Speakers Association. At first I wasn’t very interested, but I agreed to go over their requirements and mission. I discovered that AWSA is open to writers and speakers who have written at…
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Writers Retreat
Every year toward the end of January, three of my writing friends and I go to my son’s home on Netarts Bay to write and critique our writing for a weekend. We even get in a walk on the beach or two. This year we went out to eat at Rosana’s in Oceanside one night. It’s a delight to have…
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