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Wordsowers 2019 Christian Writers Conference

July online meeting with a one-time date change!
July 30th 6:30-8:00 pm

Topic: Make your writing active!

For the month of July only, we will meet the 5th Thursday of the month. This will again be an online meeting. Please join our Wordsowers Meetup group if you would like to be a part of our July gathering.
We will continue our discussion from the book The Curious Case of the Misplaced Modifier as we delve into active writing.

Wordsowers MeetUp Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/261653995038722

Our May monthly meeting will be online, Thursday May 28, 6:30-8.

In order to be a part of our meeting, join our Meet-Ups group on our FB page where we will be posting instructions and a link to our meeting: https://www.facebook.com/groups/261653995038722/?source_id=127095990652092

If the link does not take you directly there, go to Wordsowers FB page, scroll down the menu on the left hand side and choose groups. Our meet-up group will pop up, click to join.

Once you’ve joined, turn on notifications so you don’t miss any announcements about the meeting. I suggest you check in ahead of our meeting time in case there are any instructions you need to follow ahead of joining the meeting.

If you have any questions about the meeting, email Angela at wordsowers@wordsowers.com (include in subject line: re Wordsowers May meeting)

Note: Please do not wait until the last minute to email me or I may not get your message or be able to answer your question in time for you to join the meeting.

online writers meeting
Note from leadership:
 
Due to the current health crisis with COVID-19, Wordsowers’ March meeting is canceled. We will make a decision about the April meeting when it’s closer to time and we know what the situation is with the virus. In the meantime, spend more time with your family and stay healthy. 
 
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7
 
If you have any specific prayer requests during this time in regards to this season of health crisis, please email us at wordsowers@wordsowers.com. We would be honored to lift you up in prayer. 
 
May the Lord bless you and keep you! 
Nativity scene

During the busy holiday season we break from our normal monthly meetings so our members can focus on the Lord, and enjoy time with family and friends.

Of course, we’ll celebrate with the annual Wordsowers Christmas party. This year the party’s at Jake & Jeanie J.’s home on Friday Dec. 6, 2019 at 6:30pm.

Please bring one white elephant gift per person for the gift exchange.
Hint: Don’t worry about spending money. Find a crazy gift–the sillier the better!
Also bring one food dish to share.

Please email Jeanie@Wordsowers.com for the address.
Bring your family for an evening of food, fellowship, and fun!

Meeting resume January 2020.
We welcome you to explore our website and Facebook page, or find us on Twitter.

Photo courtesy digidreamgrafix2 @ freedigitalphotos.com

The path to self-publishing a book can be a rocky road with detours and pot holes along the way. There are challenges, for sure, but there are benefits, as well.
Nebraska author Nancy Wagner (writing under the pen name N. L. Sharp) has discovered both as she has traveled that path in the publication of her books and the books of her co-publishers.
In this presentation, Sharp will share tips and resources that she has found beneficial on her journey, and will provide participants with a step-by-step checklist to help them travel their own bumpy path to literary success.

Bonus: Nancy will also share about her Go Big Read initiative.

Nancy Sharp Wagner is a children’s author from Fremont. She has self-published several books under the pen name N. L. Sharp and co-published several books with other authors through her independent publishing house, Prairieland Press.

These books include the the former Nebraska Golden Sower nominee Effie’s Image (N. L. Sharp) and the former Nebraska Center for the Book Award winners The Flower Girl, The Ring Bear: A Flip-Over Book (N. L. Sharp), Keeping Captain (N. L. Sharp), The Ghost Juggler (Nona Morrison), and George and the Stolen Sunny Spot (Kristin Ganoung).

Please join us for an enlightening evening.

After the meeting we’ll gather for our relaxed Afterglow chat session at Village Inn, 7837 Dodge St.

We meet the fourth Thursday of the month
6:00-7:45pm at the W. Clarke Swanson Library.

The meeting room is on the basement level. Park on the east side of the building and walk into the lower door.

Lee Warren, author photo

If you’re interested in indie publishing (a form of self publishing) but believe you can’t afford it, this Wordsowers meeting is for you.

Author/editor Lee Warren will provide the information you need to take control of your publishing career without busting your budget.

Lee has twenty years experience in the Christian publishing industry, both traditional and indie publishing, and has taught at writers conferences throughout the US.
He has written eighteen books and hundreds of articles for various magazines, newspapers, and websites, including Decision, Discipleship Journal, Light & Life, War Cry, Christian Single, Bible Study Magazine, CBN.com, Today’s Christian, Breakaway, Clubhouse, Living Light News and many others.

Please join us for an enlightening evening on Thursday Sept. 26, 2019.

After the meeting we’ll gather for our relaxed Afterglow chat session at Village Inn, 7837 Dodge St.

We meet the fourth Thursday of the month
6:00-7:45pm at the W. Clarke Swanson Library.

The meeting room is on the basement level. Park on the east side of the building and walk into the lower door.

July 25, 2019
Special Event at Village Inn

We may have less than a minute to grab an editor’s attention. At this event we’ll test the lure of our opening hooks. Would an editor bite?

Please bring a piece you’d like to check (short story, article, devotional, poem, novel, etc.) and share sixty seconds of your opening.
The group will offer suggestions to strengthen it if needed.

This is also a hands-on writing night to spur us forward, so bring your favorite portable writing device, whether laptop or spiral notebook.

Author/editor Lee Warren guides this hands-on evening at the 78th & Dodge Village Inn. 6-8 pm

Again, we will meet at Village Inn 7837 Dodge St. for this event, not the library.

We welcome you to explore our website and Facebook page, or find us on Twitter.

Author Angela D. Meyer

The internet is an image-rich culture. Memes fly around on social media. Every website header, blog post, newsletter, email signature, social media header and banner has an image.

As an author you need to jump into the waters of graphics for marketing. You can either pay someone to help you out, beg your 3 year old to help you or learn to do it yourself.

Never fear, graphics do not have to be expensive, look like crayon drawings by a 3 year old or be difficult to make. Join DIY author Angela D. Meyer as she shares tips and tricks she has learned over the last eight years while building her author platform.

Angela D. Meyer, author of women’s contemporary fiction, currently lives in NE her husband of almost 28 years. They have two children, both of whom they homeschooled. Lucy, a green eyed, orange tabby who loves popcorn, rounds out their family. In addition to teaching her own children, Angela taught children’s Bible classes for over 35 years and now co-leads a women’s Bible study at her church. She currently serves on the leadership team of Wordsowers, Omaha’s local Christian writers group.

Dee Dee Lake, Christmas, memories

Dee Dee Lake, Christmas, memories

Today we welcome Dee Dee Lake as she shares

her thoughts about writing during Christmas.

I have learned to never, never ever, set a writing deadline during the holidays. As an author, I am an observer and keeper of history in the making. My job is to capture moments and honor traditions of God, family, friends, and community.

If my mind is on editing and meeting writing deadlines, I miss the life stories happening around me. I need to be available. I need to be present in the moment as we celebrate.

Christmas is a time to

  • watch babies experience their first of many Christmas celebrations;
  • meet shy new significant others and introduce them to crazy, loud, busy family;
  • see Great Uncle Joe pretend to be gruff when he truly is a teddy bear at heart;
  • hear children shriek with joy as they begin their own journey, story, and generation of new traditions and experiences;
  • welcome new people into the family and make strangers feel like family;
  • remember the reason we have this Christmas season, the birth of Christ, our Redeemer.

Conversations are a vital part of being family and close friends. We recall and laugh about our past celebrations, burnt feast, and disagree over which of Grandma Mattie Lou’s desserts should be “the best in show”. There may be tears, laughter, and raised voices all in the same conversation. During this season we take time to remember those who are with Jesus and those who are out-of-touch. These conversations bind us as family.

Being an author is what God created me to be. He wants me to capture the joy, love, and family.

Ecclesiastes 3:1 reminds me to stay in the moment because there is a time for everything. “There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every [a]event under heaven—” NASB

As my family’s scribe, I’m the story-keeper, the one who remember the details and scribbles in journals the precious recollections for future generations.  Soon enough it will be time to say good-bye to the out-of-town family and friends and begin to write down all the experiences.

My advice author friends take the time to experience the life around you and then capture the moments with words for the generations to come.

 

Dee Dee LakeDeeDee Lake is the Marriage Expert, although, she’s only be married for thirty-five years. She speaks and writes about taking your marriage and relationships from ordinary to extraordinary. DeeDee also works with CrossRiver Media as their Author Relations Coordinator. A job she loves because she connects and encourages other authors.

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Pebbls Jacobo, A& P Virtual Enterprises Owner

Thursday October 26
6:00-7:45 pm
9101 W. Dodge Rd. Omaha, NE

Pebbles Jacobo, owner of A&P Virtual Enterprises hosts an evening of hands-on computer help, with a focus on Microsoft software. Whether you’re a novice or expert, this evening is designed to help you blast past your roadblocks. Learn tips and tricks to make your computer time more productive.

Please bring your laptops to the meeting. No laptop? No problem. Bring your questions and join in this wonderful learning opportunity.

Pebbles business, A&P Virtual Enterprises, Inc. was established in 2007. Within two years Elance.com, the world’s largest freelance contracting site, ranked her business in the TOP 1% in the ‘Administrative Support’ (100,000+ virtual assistants) and ‘Writing & Translating’ (120,000+ writers and copy editors) categories.

A&P Virtual Enterprises is a result of the collaborative efforts of owners, Alfred & Pebbles Jacobo. Husband Alfred brings 40+ years of business experience to the team. Pebbles utilizes over a decade of administrative experience, and a Bachelor’s degree in Biblical Humanities from Grace University. Their faith in God drives them in business and life.
Click here to learn more.

Again, this special hands-on event is
Thursday October 26th 6:00-7:45pm
at our regular location, the 90th & Dodge library

We meet the fourth Thursday of the month
6:00-7:45pm

The meeting room is on the basement level. Park on the east side of the building and walk into the lower door.

Ginger Kolbaba, award winning author/editor

PLEASE NOTE: To facilitate better Skype reception and viewing, our August meeting will be held at the South Omaha Library, Meeting room A. 2808 “Q” St. Omaha, NE 68107

Thursday Aug 24th 6:00-7:45pm
The library is on the Metro Tech campus.

Ginger Kolbaba is an award-winning author, editor, and speaker.

She is the former editor of Today’s Christian Woman magazine, Marriage Partnership magazine, and the founding editor of Kyria.com, all award-winning resources of Christianity Today.

She has written or contributed to more than 30 books, including her novel series, Secrets from Lulu’s Café.

Ginger is a contributing writer for Thriving Family magazine, and has been a columnist for Let’s Worship. She has published more than 400 magazine and online articles.

She has spoken at national and international conferences, guest lectured on college campuses, and has appeared on national media outlets such as CNN Headline News (Nancy Grace), Court TV, Moody Midday Connection, and Family Life radio. She’s been quoted in national news outlets such as Newsweek and Chicago Sun-Times.

Bring your questions and get ready for a fantastic evening!

Click here to learn more about Ginger.

Again, to facilitate better Skype reception and viewing, our August meeting will be held at the South Omaha Library, Meeting room A
2808 “Q” St. Omaha, NE 68107

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