Anyone who has written freelance knows that wonderful writing isn't the only thing our piece needs to get accepted. It also needs to be timely. Write and submit an article about C. S. Lewis in 2014 and chances are editors will reject it, whereas they may well have accepted it in 2013. Why? Because 2013… Continue reading Freelance Writer’s Almanac – coming soon!
It's July and the season of flowers where I live. One look through my photo collection will show you how much I like them (maybe it's because I'm named after a flower!). Not many flowers are mentioned in the Bible, though, but there are a few.. For example: The shape of almond blossoms was to… Continue reading July prompt: flowers
In my last post, I talked about Write! Canada, describing the continuing class I took as well as the three workshops I attended. There was more! Keynotes We had three Keynotes, with a different speaker for each: Keynote 1 - singer, songwriter Ali Matthews Matthews spoke of inspiration. She said: Be yourself; everyone else is… Continue reading Write! Canada 2013 – 2
It's two days since I got home from Write! Canada. Already the conference is beginning to take on the aura of a dream. Going to a conference like this is a lot like going to summer camp: intense, real, vital and exciting while you're there; surreal when you get home and reflect on it.Again I… Continue reading Write! Canada 2013 – 1
"Words Becoming Flesh: Writing for the Stage" was the first workshop I attended Saturday morning of Write! Vacouver. Ron Reed taught it. He is the creative director of Pacific Theatre as well as a playwright and actorMy 'history' with Reed and Pacific Theatre goes back to about 2002 when I saw Reed act in the… Continue reading Words Becoming Flesh: Write! Vancouver – 2
I spent most of the weekend just past with fellow writers attending Write! Vancouver, sponsored by The Word Guild. We met in the beautiful Tapestry facility (in Wesbrook Village on the UBC campus). It was a Friday night and all-day-Saturday crammed with inspiring speakers and interactions with fellow scribes. Friday Night Soiree - Faithfulness is… Continue reading Write! Vancouver – 1
What's the saying for March--"In like a lamb, out like a lion," or "In like a lion, out like a lamb"? The implication is that March is a windy month. Wind is no stranger to the Bible. It is mentioned for the first time in Genesis 8:1 when God sent a wind to help dry… Continue reading March prompt: wind
The annual Utmost Christian Writers Poetry Contest due date is five days away—February 28th (entries must be post-marked by that date). I know this is a legitimate contest, as I've won prizes in it in past years (for "Baptism" in 2004, for "Wisdom of the Scarecrow" in 2006, for "Converting to Childhood" in 2007). PRIZES… Continue reading Contest due date looming
Happy New Year and welcome to our first monthly writing prompt! This month the challenge is to write about a NEW START. Lots of Bible characters had new starts, similar to the types of new starts we experience (though I don't recall any of them celebrating the new year...) Noah and his family had a… Continue reading January prompt: new start
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