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Join us May 27th, 7:00-8:00 pm as writer Elizabeth Erlandson shares “How to Write and Sell Your Personal Experiences.”

Elizabeth’s personal experiences articles have been published in dozens of magazines including Today’s Christian Woman, Plus, Sports Spectrum and the Christian Herald and reprinted in The Lookout and Power for Living. The recently released Chicken Soup for the Soul anthology, Be You, includes her story “The Sweetest Game in Town” detailing her experience creating and building a “brick and click” candy store.

Woman’s World magazine published three of Elizabeth’s stories in 2020. She also writes for Bryan Medical Center’s Journeys magazine..

She says, “Writing personal experience articles is accessible to all writers. You may think that other people have more interesting lives than you do, and that may be true. But personal experience writing is not about how interesting or fascinating your life is, it’s about sharing experiences that are meaningful to you and which may help your reader look at her own life with greater insight.”

Elizabeth has included links below to three publications which publish and pay for personal experience stories. Please join us for Elizabeth’s presentation, then use that knowledge to hone your own personal experience story for publication.

https://www.womansworld.com/contact-us

https://submissions.upperroom.org/en/meditations/new

https://www.chickensoup.com/story-submissions/possible-book-topics

Please join our private FB group if you would like to be a part of this informative meeting.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/261653995038722/

For the health and safety of our Wordsowers family we’ll continue meeting on Zoom.

Wordsowers Monthly Meeting
Marketing Q & A with Patricia Durgin
April 22nd 7:00-8:00 pm (Central Time)

Please join us for a special question and answer session with Marketers on a Mission‘s Patricia Durgin. Patricia specializes in marketing Jesus’ way, messaging, and building a loyal following through service.

Amazon sold its first book back in 1995. That was the year Patricia Durgin began studying online marketing. Since then, she’s invested thousands of dollars to learn from leaders in the field, and countless hours adapting those principles for Christian writers and speakers.

Online marketing is a confusing tangle of technology and messaging. Patricia helps Christian communicators cut a straight path, so they can escape the maze and fulfill their calling, which is to reach more people for Christ.

Patricia delivered 505 60-minute programs as the host of Marketers On A Mission, a program for Christian writers and speakers, until Christ placed it on indefinite hiatus. She continues to serve
1) as the Admin of the private Facebook group Marketers On A Mission ENGAGE;
2) as a faculty member at many Christian writers and speakers conferences across the country;
3) through The Encourager, a weekly devotion, and;
4) via private coaching sessions.

Patricia and her husband live near Atlanta. Their two daughters are children’s pastors and their two sons-in-law are youth pastors. Their four grandchildren are a delight, and their two pups, Lucy and Linus, rule the roost at home.

Please join our private FB group if you would like to be a part of this informative meeting.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/261653995038722/

For the health and safety of our Wordsowers family we’ll continue meeting on Zoom.

March 25th, 2021 6:30-8:00 pm

The best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul books inspire people world-wide. Competition is fierce for these coveted story spots. Discover tips to capture the editor’s attention and dramatically increase your publication chances.
Learn what to do, and which pitfalls to avoid when writing for them and other anthologies.

Please join us as Jeanie Jacobson leads this interactive workshop. Jeanie’s stories appear in many Chicken Soup for the Soul releases, as well as Bethany House anthologies.

For the health and safety of our Wordsowers family we’re going to continue meeting on Zoom.
Please join our private FB group if you would like to be a part of the meeting.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/261653995038722/

Wordsowers 2019 Christian Writers Conference

Wordsowers Monthly Meeting (Online)
Feb. 25, 2021
6:30-8 pm

Ask a group of writers what their needs are and you’ll hear a plethora of answers. Some need help marketing their books. Others wonder where to sell their articles. Some seek to hone their writing skills, or find a critique group.
What are YOUR writing needs?
Whether you’re new to the writing world or a multi-published author, please join us online Feb. 25th. We’ll share our literary concerns and discuss solutions to them.

Please join our private FB group if you would like to be a part of the meeting.https://www.facebook.com/groups/261653995038722/

Holiday, turkey dinner, family

No Meetings In November or December.

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 still enjoy our annual Wordsowers Christmas party…in Zoom form!

Date: Friday December 11th
Time: 6:30 pm
-Don your Christmas finery, as if we were gathered in-person.
-Bring your favorite mug of something and a Christmas goody you can enjoy during the party.
-All writers are encouraged to write a piece about Christmas up to 100 words in any genre. We’ll share our stories during the party.
-Everyone who participates gets their name in a drawing. The winner receives a devotional and other books, and a Christmas mug filled with candy.

Please join our private FB group and come party with us!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/261653995038722/

Wordsowers Monthly Meeting


Online


Oct. 22nd 6:30-8:00 pm

NaNoWriMo–What’s that?


November is National Write a Novel month. Join us as Susan Bristol shares her “NaNo” expertise with us.

The NaNoWriMo website states, “National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days.
Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand new novel.

Writing a novel alone can be difficult, even for seasoned writers. NaNoWriMo helps you track your progress, set milestones, connect with other writers in a vast community, and participate in events that are designed to make sure you finish your novel.”

Join the Wordsower October meeting and get ready to tackle your novel in November!

For the health and safety of our Wordsowers family we’re going to continue on Zoom.
Please join our private FB group if you would like to be a part of the meeting.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/261653995038722/

Wordsowers Monthly Meeting
Online
Sept. 24th 6:30-8:00 pm

Wordsowers keeps transforming!

For the health and safety of our Wordsowers family we’re going to continue on Zoom.

We hope you’ll join us virtually because you are the HEART of Wordsowers. Leadership has changed with new members stepping in, but we still have the same message; to share the love of God through the written word.
Join us to discover where we’re going from here!

Join our private FB group if you would like to be a part of the meeting.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/261653995038722/

Wordsowers Monthly Meeting ONLINE
Aug. 27th 6:30-8:00 pm

Wordsowers keeps transforming!

August was planned as an in-person meeting, but instead we’ve moved the gathering to an online platform.
For the health and safety of our Wordsowers family we’re going to continue on Zoom.

We hope you’ll join us virtually because you are the HEART of Wordsowers. Leadership has changed with new members stepping in, but we still have the same message; to share the love of God through the written word.
Join us to discover where we’re going from here!

Join our private FB group if you would like to be a part of the meeting.

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.