December means parties and what better way to prepare for those winter soirées than a personal consultation with none other than Houston image coach, Pat Durham.
Did you know that we only get six seconds to make a first impression? I also learned that our clothes really do “say” something about us, such as: degree of trust, moral character, credibility, how well traveled we are, education, our parents’ education, social position, economic and success level.
The meeting kicked off with a reading from Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol” before everyone enjoyed a delicious Chinese meal. To top off the festivities, a book signing was held in honor of the release of Linda Kozar and Dannelle Woody’s new devotional book, “Babes With A Beatitude!”
As you go about the business of preparing for the holidays, please try to remember that it all started with a baby in a manger and great amount of love and sacrifice.
Merry Christmas from all us at Writers On The Storm!
Gallery of Linda
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Eleanor Clark--August 11th
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From Streams in the Desert--
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Your Clothes Are So Loud I can’t Hear What You’re Saying!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Fiction Mentoring Clinic!
DiAnn Mills' next Fiction Mentoring Clinic is on January 28-30.
Interested writers can email her at diann@diannmills.com or check out her website at http://www.diannmills.com/writers.html
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BREACH OF TRUST – Tyndale House Publishers – March 2009
A WOMAN CALLED SAGE – Zondervan – March 2010
SWORN TO PROTECT – Tyndale House Publishers – April 2010
BREACH OF TRUST – Tyndale House Publishers – March 2009
A WOMAN CALLED SAGE – Zondervan – March 2010
SWORN TO PROTECT – Tyndale House Publishers – April 2010
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Our Felonius Field Trip Pictures! Check these out.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80864865@N00/sets/72157622748727584/show/with/4081370668/
Vist Annette O'Hare's Link to Flickr to view more photos.
Our group was treated to a VIP visit to the museum by retired prison warden Jim Willet, who was an overseer over many executions. Many items of interest captured our interest (excuse the pun) and some of us did time behind bars (see Janetta, Annette and Linda). For an extra $3 we could have donned prison stripes to have our picture taken, but we passed on that since we were anxious to get to the restaurant before the rest of Huntsville got there. Good thing we did, Buses full of politicians, squad cars packed with police and beamers full of businesswomen showed up and stood in line.
We'll let you know about upcoming field trips in 2010. They're fun!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Ladies and Gentlemen, Our Spooky, Scary Flash Fiction Winners--October 28th, 2009 are. . .
From left: Scott Hall (3rd plaee), Alta Goodnight (1st place) Karen Hood (2nd place)
Linda Kozar, WOTS Prez & Ostrich Wrangler
HERE ARE TWO OF THE WINNING ENTRIES:
DINNER I FIRST PLACE
(Secular fiction: 98 words, including prompt)
by Alta Goodnight
Looking for the black top hat in the pitch black room wasn’t easy, but it was the key to solving…everything.
My eyes adjusted to darkness, and I saw it. Up side down like a vase—bracing two small, plump, bare legs.
Was this the boy I’d searched for since morning?
Did his legs connect to a body with blood still flowing through its veins?
I stepped forward and sniffed the air.
The smell of terror.
I’d found him!
I took another step and whispered. “Here I come.”
I sucked drool from my fangs when dinner begged for mercy.
The Hollow Truth SECOND PLACE
by Karen E Hood
Looking for the black top hat in the pitch black room wasn’t easy, but it was the key to solving the truth. Thaddeus, determined to find the hat worn by his great grandfather Ichabod Crane, slipped into the parlor. He felt along the wall looking for any sign of a hidden compartment when someone grabbed his arm. Thaddeus yelped.
Out of the dark came a low growl, “What are you doing in here?” Nathaniel Van Brunt, master of the family estate in the Hollow, tightened his grip.
Thaddeus jerked free, “Where is it?”
“Where is what?”
“The hat.”
Nathaniel gave a menacing sneer, “Let me show you.” The bookcase shifted.
Thaddeus Crane was never seen again.
The Hollow Truth SECOND PLACE
by Karen E Hood
Looking for the black top hat in the pitch black room wasn’t easy, but it was the key to solving the truth. Thaddeus, determined to find the hat worn by his great grandfather Ichabod Crane, slipped into the parlor. He felt along the wall looking for any sign of a hidden compartment when someone grabbed his arm. Thaddeus yelped.
Out of the dark came a low growl, “What are you doing in here?” Nathaniel Van Brunt, master of the family estate in the Hollow, tightened his grip.
Thaddeus jerked free, “Where is it?”
“Where is what?”
“The hat.”
Nathaniel gave a menacing sneer, “Let me show you.” The bookcase shifted.
Thaddeus Crane was never seen again.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Our October 8th Meeting With Kim Woodhouse
Writers On The Storm teamed up with a local Christian Writers Group, Words For The Journey Christian Writers Guild to host author/speaker Kimberley Woodhouse, Extreme Family Welcome Home.
Kim began by encouraging people to buy Pearl Girls, a compilation of encouraging true stories for women she has a story in. Proceeds from all sales go to charity. She then passed around the latest issue of Clubhouse Magazine with a feature about her children.
She then went on to challenge writers to search deep inside and answer honestly why they write.
- Christian authors should be pointing the way to God, but without bashing people over the head or including a salvation scene in every book.
- Christian authors should challenge believers.
- Christian authors should ask themselves why they are writing.
The first thing a Christian writer should do each day is PRAY. Keep that relationship with God strong. Every thing you do in your life from the most important to the most mundane should be an act of worship.
The featured exercise of the meeting was to have everyone bring the first paragraph of their WIP to read aloud for evaluation and it was popular and engaging.
What do you do when you're at the end of your rope? Tie a knot on the end and swing!
Helpful scriptures: 1 Corinthians 3:17, 1 Corinthians 10:31, 1 Peter 4:11
Three things you should ask about your WIP:
1. Does it engage the reader?
2. Does it make you ask questions?
3. Does it make you want to turn the page?
Upcoming Writers Conferences--Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Conferernce
Our courses are Apprentice (two-year introduction to fiction and non-fiction writing), Journeyman (one-year course with a fiction or non-fiction concentrate), and Craftsman (one-year fiction and non-fiction, with 5-day residency with Jerry B. Jenkins and others). Our next Fiction Craftsman course will be starting in January, 2010.
We also have two Concentrated Courses: “Fiction that Sells” is our four-month long course, “Articles that Sell” is our six-month long course. These concentrated courses costs significantly less than our other courses.
Our Writing for the Soul conference is February 18 – 21 in Denver, Colorado. Keynote speakers include Max Lucado, Philip Yancey, and Phil Vischer. Other speakers and class instructors include Jerry B. Jenkins, Bob Hostetler, Kendra Smiley, James Watkins, James Scott Bell, Dr. Dennis E. Hensley, Michelle Medlock Adams, and others. For more information about the Writing for the Soul conference, please visit this link on our website: http://www.christianwritersguild.com/conferences/default.asp
Those who register for any course, the conference, or membership during the month of October will receive an initiation to participate in a free Thick-Skinned Critique Webinar with Jerry B. Jenkins.
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