June Monthly Meeting:
ONLINE June 25th
6:30-8:00 pm
Topic: Make your writing active!
Join our private FB group if you would like to be a part of the meeting.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/261653995038722/
Details are available there now.
Hope to see you!
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.
Due to inclement weather we are cancelling Wordsowers January meeting tonight. The snow/rain is supposed to continue throughout the day off and on and with temperatures going below freezing, the roads could get bad and we have people who drive from a bit outside of Omaha. We want everyone to stay safe!
We will resume our meetings in February.
We miss you all. Stay safe and warm!
Please note: The monthly meeting will be held at
Village Inn on 7837 Dodge St., Omaha, NE
6:00-9:00 pm
Topic: Starting Strong
Whether it’s the new year, an article, a book or devotional, you want to start strong. Come prepared to learn how to hook your reader and keep them turning the page. We will answer questions like what makes a good opening and, if your writing a novel, what has to happen in the first portion of the book to set up a story people can’t walk away from.
Bring pen/pencil and paper or a laptop and be prepared to practice what you learn. There will also be time for some feedback on your in-class practice. Angela Meyer will share insights on starting strong from a variety of sources.
Please join us for the 2020 kick-off meeting on Jan. 23 at Village Inn, 7837 Dodge St., Omaha, NE from 6-9pm.
The back room is reserved for Wordsowers.
We meet the fourth Thursday of the month.
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
It is fall time and change is in the air.
A new leadership team is forming. Are you ready to meet them? Stay connected via newsletter, website, and FB page to hear the upcoming announcement about our new team and their plans moving into 2020 and beyond.
In the meantime, as you have opportunity, communicate to Kat Crawford, Jeanie Jacobson and Teresa Tierney your many thanks for all they have done over the years to lead Wordsowers locally and through the annual conference.
As the new leadership makes plans, the Annual Wordsowers Writers Conference has been put into hiatus for 2020. Be sure and come to our monthly meetings and critique groups to continue growing in your craft and to stay connected to other writers.
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.
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.
Writers, discover the importance of the relationship and communication between author and illustrator as Alyssa Busse shares her insights. Learn about visual aspects such as layouts, cover design, eye-catching colors, fonts, and more.
Bring your questions and join us for an enlightening evening.
World traveler Alyssa Busse is a local illustrator and graphic designer with a degree in Graphic Communications from Grace University and many years of art classes. She has laid out novels and recipe books, illustrated and laid out children’s books, photographed and designed covers. Alyssa is skilled in turning a book from a Word document into a printed hard copy gracing a shelf. She’s passionate about great fonts and white space, and always, an eye-catching cover.
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.
Photo courtesy Simon Howden freedigitalphoto.net
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.
We had lots of fun at the 2019 Wordsowers Christian Writers Conference. Here are a few pictures from the event. Thank you all for joining us!
