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Monday, April 22, 2013
Monday, April 15, 2013
May 2013: Lessons About Conferences - For Veterans and Rookies Alike
You don’t just attend
classes at a conference. You learn life lessons. Things like pearl-diving and
treasure-hunting. Things like realizing the most important appointments may not
appear on your schedule. Things like learning that “no” might mean “yes,” and
that the conference doesn’t end on the last day—it begins. We’ll discuss what
expectations are realistic vs unrealistic. And why that open chair at the lunch
table may not be your key to publication.
Join us Saturday, May 11th at 10:30am at the Bedford Public Library.
Dr. Richard
Mabry is a retired physician, a member of DFW Ready Writers, past
Vice-President of the American Christian Fiction Writers, and the author of five
published novels of medical suspense. His books have been finalists in
competitions including ACFW’s Carol Award and Romantic Times’ Inspirational
Book of the Year. His novel, Lethal
Remedy, won a 2012 Selah Award from the Blue Ridge Mountain Christian
Writers Conference. His most recent medical thriller, Stress Test (Thomas Nelson), was released in April of this year, and
will be followed by Heart Failure in
October.
Richard’s
non-fiction book, The Tender Scar: Life
After The Death Of A Spouse (Kregel Publishers), has ministered to multiple
thousands of grieving individuals. His meditations and short pieces have
appeared in The Upper Room, In Touch, and several other periodicals.
When Richard
is not writing, he spends his time reading, working fruitlessly to improve his
golf game, and defending his title as the world’s best Granddad. He and his
wife are active members of Stonebriar Community Church, pastored by Dr. Chuck
Swindoll.
Upcoming Speakers:
June: Becky Wade will discuss Advanced Writing.
Don't
miss a meeting of DFW Ready Writers, the second Saturday of every month
at 10:30am at the Bedford Library. Visitors welcome!
DFW Ready Writers is the local chapter of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW). For details, go to www.acfw.com.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
April 2013: Make Your Good Manuscript Great
Join DFW Ready Writers on Saturday, April 13th as we welcome published author Anne Greene who will discuss "Taking a Manuscript from Good to Great."
Here's what Anne says about this topic:
God has called us
writers to a heavy responsibility. As writers we need to
make the story God gave us jump off the page and leap to life for the reader. We
are life changing witnesses of what we know to be true.
We bring encouragement
and hope. We help readers discover themselves in our stories. We paint a
picture of what God is like—His nature, His love, His faithfulness. We help readers
see Jesus. The tools I’m offering you will help.
I advocate belonging to
a critique group. BUT sometimes if you are working too fast, a weekly critique
group is too slow. Sometimes you’re under a deadline and can’t wait for your
work to be critiqued by your group. Sometimes you can’t find a good fit in a
critique group.
So, I’m giving you
tools to enable you to critique your own work as well as forge you into a
sought-after critique partner. It’s a win-win learning opportunity.
Sounds boring, right?
No. It’s absolutely exciting.
You can use these TOOLS
whether a seat of the pantser or a storyboard/plotter. Then you can submit
those manuscripts to agents and editors with confidence.
ANNE GREENE delights in writing about wounded heroes
and gutsy heroines. Her second novel, a Scottish historical, Masquerade
Marriage, won the New England Reader Choice award, the Laurel Wreath
Award, and the Heart of Excellence Award. The sequel Marriage By Arrangement releases in April. A Texas Christmas Mystery
also won awards. In 2014, her World War II novel, Angel With Steel Wings,
about WASPs, women test pilots will release. She makes her home in McKinney,
Texas. Tim LaHaye led her to the Lord when she was twenty-one and Chuck
Swindoll is her Pastor. In 1990, Anne graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Literary Studies from
the University of Texas.
View Anne’s other books, her blog, travel pictures, and art work at http://www.AnneGreeneAuthor.com. Anne loves to speak to book clubs, libraries, and conferences. Her love of sailing, horseback riding, history, and art, as well as her Citizens Plano Policy Academy training, and military life sometime figure in her books. She judges the Rita, Golden Heart, Book of the Year, and many other contests. A Critique and Writing Craft group meets at her home on Monday nights.
Her highest hope is that her stories transport the reader to an awesome new world and touch hearts to seek a deeper spiritual relationship with the Lord Jesus.
Upcoming Speakers:
May: Dr. Richard Mabry joins us to share what he learned from conferences.
June: Becky Wade will discuss Advanced Writing.
Don't miss a meeting of DFW Ready Writers, the second Saturday of every month at 10:30am at the Bedford Library. Visitors welcome!
DFW Ready Writers is the local chapter of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW). For details, go to www.acfw.com.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Monday, February 18, 2013
March 2013: Hootsuite
Join us on Saturday, March 9th as we continue our discussion on Social Media. Lena Nelson Dooley will be our speaker and will discuss "How to Save Time
Online with Hootsuite." Lena will also touch on Pinterest
and Goodreads.
Award-winning author, Lena Nelson Dooley, has more than 700,000 books
in print.
Helping
other authors become published really floats her boat, with over 20 signing
their first book contract after her mentoring. Three of her books have been
awarded the Carol Award silver pins, and she has received the ACFW Mentor of
the Year award. The high point
of her day is receiving feedback from her readers, especially people whose
lives have been changed by her books.
Her
2010 release Love Finds You in Golden, New Mexico, won the 2011 Will
Rogers Medallion Award for excellence in publishing Western Fiction. Maggie’s Journey appeared on a reviewers
Top Ten Books of 2011 list. It also won the 2012 Selah award for Historical
Novel. Mary’s Blessing released in
May 2012. It recently appeared on a review site’s Top Five Reads in 2012 list. Catherine’s Pursuit is coming in
February 2013.
In
addition to her writing, Lena is a frequent
speaker at women’s groups, writers groups, and at both regional and national
conferences. She has spoken in six states and internationally. She is also one
of the co-hosts of the Gate Beautiful blog radio show.
Lena has an active web presence on Shoutlife, Facebook,
Twitter, Goodreads, Linkedin and with her internationally connected blog where
she interviews other authors and promotes their books.
Find
her online here:
Website:
www.lenanelsondooley.com
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/lenandooley/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lena.nelson.dooley
Twitter: www.twitter.com/lenandooley
Upcoming Speakers:
April: Anne Green talks about "How to take your manuscript from good to great."
May: Dr. Richard Mabry joins us to share what he learned from conferences.
June: Becky Wade will discuss Advanced Writing.
Don't miss a meeting of DFW Ready Writers, the second Saturday of every month at 10:30am at the Bedford Library. Visitors welcome!
DFW Ready Writers is the local chapter of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW). For details, go to www.acfw.com.
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