 It was wonderful to meet and greet and share at our Pen’s meeting on January 18th. We had a couple of months off, but hey, writers can’t stay apart for long. The return meeting was excellent. Rebecca McLafferty and Susan Marlene shared a lesson. The nights highlight was Rebecca’s handouts via email since we enjoyed a Jitsi online meeting and her enthusiastic sharing of publishing possibilities!
Some shared their current projects with our group, and that is always an encouraging time and inspiring! Susan spoke about character development and then put us all to work. We had to write a short outline or story—very rough draft—to practice our new insights. Everyone did a fabulous job. Especially when asked to do so with such short notice. Hurrah to all of those who kindly participated! We may have a new location to meet. We will keep you posted on any developments for our future meetings. Mega blessings in Him, Sue
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Tuesday, January 18, 2021 JITSI MEETING Prayer Introductions for new guests. Devotion-- Susan Marlene LET THE TEACHING BEGIN “DRAFT TO—WHAT? AND CHARACTERS” is this our topic for January! Rebecca McLafferty and Susan Marlene will facilitate the lesson. May we be blessed and a blessing in all our endeavors in 2022! PROMPT: Write whatever you can for this short notice announcement! LOL! You can write a one liner story or a devotion or article! Challenge—what can you share that can uplift someone? ANNOUNCEMENTS: Remember to pray for one another as we write for HIM! Thank you! Review on D2D’s (Draft to Digital publishing) https://blog.reedsy.com/draft2digital-reviews/ TheFamily.net WEMI FM Gab is a Christian, politically conservative social media platform that my Christian conservative son recommended . You might be interested in it. https://news.gab.com/what-is-gab/ Visit Sue Fink here https://gab.com/susanlfink https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/recommended-reads/books-for-writers/ Thanks, Sue F. Christian Devotions is looking for devotions. This is not a paid site, but one to give to the Lord and share your message with others! www.christiandevotions.us https://www.paperrater.com/ www.grammarly.com free download https://www.loc.gov/about/ Library of Congress website http://www.hemingwayapp.com/ REMEMBER: Inspire your reader with excellent take-away from your stories or writings = return reader! God’s abundant blessings on you as you write for His glory!  PENS OF PRAISE, CHRISTIAN WRITERS GROUP Tuesday, JANUARY 18, 2022
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Jitsi Meeting I’ll send the link to our Pens of Praise email list tomorrow before the meeting. All we have to do is click on the link in the Pens of Praise email. Meeting Held at Your Home - USA Your couch or chair. Your choice of refreshments from your fridge—no running to Kathy’s house for treats! 😊 The topic this month “DRAFT TO—WHAT? AND CHARACTERS” will be facilitated by Rebecca McLafferty and Susan Marlene. Strap yourselves in and revve up that computer for this Jitsi meeting that is sure to benefit those who are serious about being published! PROMPT: Write whatever you can for this short notice announcement! LOL! You can write a one liner story or a devotion or article! Challenge—what can you share that can uplift someone? Remember Inspired readers given excellent take-away = return readers! We are a safe place to share and Pens Meetings are free. As always, if you have any questions or concerns don’t hesitate to contact Becky McLafferty @ rebeccamclafferty@gmail.com or Susan Marlene@ susanmarlenewrites@gmail.com  Art by Aria
PENS OF PRAISE CHRISTIAN WRITERS GROUP October 19, 2021 Tuesday 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Jitsi Meeting From the comfort of your own home! Discussion time for writers. One topic we will look at is launching a book. There are so many layers and styles to a book launch. This is a discussion, and I’ve not prepared a message. Still, there is much we can share with one another and use to plan our own book launches! PROMPT: October Bliss! Write a page worth of poetry, devotion, short story, or essay in your genre, and we will be blissfully attentive! susanmarlenewrites@gmail.com Inspired readers given excellent take-away = return readers! We are a safe place to share, and Pens Meetings are free. As always, if you have any questions or concerns don’t hesitate to contact Becky McLafferty @ rebeccamclafferty@gmail.com or Susan Marlene@ susanmarlenewrites@gmail.com  Regina taught LESSONS FROM THE FIELD and she covered such topics as writing what you love to knowing your market. We asked questions and she answered each one to our satisfaction! We were truly blessed to have such an experienced author generously share her tried and true experiences and humor!
This was such a fun and informative night with Regina Scott! Everyone appreciated her wisdom and entertaining answers to very puzzling questions concerning our individual writing careers! Thank you so much, Regina, not only can you write novels, but you can teach others to do the same!!! Regina can be found on her website: www.ReginaScott.com. WELCOME TO PENS OF PRAISE CHRISTIAN WRITERS GROUP
Tuesday, August 17, 2021 JITSI MEETING Prayer Introductions for new guests. Devotion-- Susan Marlene GRAMMAR TIDBIT--Rebecca McLafferty LET THE TEACHING BEGIN "Lessons from the Field" is this our topic for August! Award-winning author, Regina Scott, will facilitate the lesson. May we be blessed and a blessing in all our endeavors this year! PROMPT: My Favorite Topic -- I double-triple dare you to write a piece that you could turn into a devotion, short story, or article! ANNOUNCEMENTS: Remember to pray for one another as we write for HIM! Thank you! To join Susie Larson’s PREPARE HIM ROOM Launch Team here is the link: APPLICATION LINK: https://bit.ly/3ApnXXl TheFamily.net WEMI FM
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PENS OF PRAISE CHRISTIAN WRITERS GROUP August 17, 2021 Tuesday 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Jitsi Meeting I’ll send the link to our Pens of Praise email list. All we have to do is click on the link in the Pens of Praise email. You will be asked your name. "Lessons from the Field" is this our topic for August! Award-winning author, Regina Scott, will facilitate the lesson. She will cover topics like getting ideas, publication paths, and marketing--a pretty wide swath, to be sure, and she will talk about things she has learned after more than 50 books. There you have it, this is a delightful, helpful, and experienced writer of clean fiction from both mainline Publishers and self-publishing. PROMPT: My Favorite Topic -- I double-triple dare you to write a piece that you could turn into a devotion, short story, or article! An inspired reader given excellent take-away = return readers! We are a safe place to share, and Pens Meetings are free. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to contact Becky McLafferty @ rebeccamclafferty@gmail.com or Susan Marlene@ susanmarlenewrites@gmail.com Scenes & Pacing &
Liar Liar Pants on Fire Structure of a Scene
Let’s use information from the book-- EMOTIONAL VAMPIRES by Albert J. Bernstein, PH. D. as motivation for a scene. On pages 75—80, Bernstein shares how liars think and operate to control others. A liar, if you have one in your story, can be quite useful to spice up a fictional scene. Talk about motivation for story—let’s have a liar mess up the protagonist’s world and then shift the blame on him/her and see what happens. We shared discussion from the EMOTIONAL VAMPIRES book and did an exercise of writing a scene as a group which ended up as a cozy murder mystery beginning. :) I also shared how I use information from these amazing author/teachers about plotting story. PLOTTING STRUCTURE: Adapted from: Michael Hauge’s “Six Stage Plot Structure”; K.M Weiland’s STRUCTURING YOUR NOVEL, Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story; and WRITE YOUR NOVEL FROM THE MIDDLE by James Scott Bell All in all we had a great time and learned from one another! I'm so grateful for our writers! *** And I don't want to neglect saying that Sue Fink opened our meeting with prayer, Sarah shared a wonderful devotion that we all encouraged her to publish, and Rebecca McLafferty shared a very special grammar tidbit straight from her family tree--her grandmother! Well done Penzers! See you next month when award winning author, Regina Scott will teach our lesson! *** WELCOME TO PENS OF PRAISE CHRISTIAN WRITERS GROUP
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 JITSI MEETING Prayer Introductions for new guests. Devotion-- Sarah Grosskopf GRAMMAR TIDBIT--Rebecca McLafferty LET THE TEACHING BEGIN “Scenes & Pacing & Liar Liar Pants on Fire is our July topic facilitated by Susan Marlene. All are encouraged to share their knowledge and experience for this class! Plenty of discussion will arise as well as laughs as we build a scene together during class! May we be blessed and a blessing in all our endeavors this year! PROMPT: The Lie That Backfired -- No matter how old you are, no matter if you caused a situation or didn’t, write a piece that you could turn into a devotion, short story, or article! Steve Laube & Christian Institute https://stevelaube.com/resources/reference-tools/ shares a lot of excellent and informative website for writers of fiction and nonfiction. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Remember to pray for one another as we write for HIM! Thank you! TheFamily.net WEMI FM
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CHRISTIAN WRITERS GROUP July 20, 2021 Tuesday 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Jitsi Meeting I’ll send the link to our Pens of Praise email list. All we have to do is click on the link in the Pens of Praise email. You will be asked your name. Scenes & Pacing & Liar Liar Pants on Fire is this our topic for July! Susan Marlene will facilitate the lesson and all are encouraged to share their knowledge and experience for this class! I look forward to seeing you there! We are building on the previous month’s topic. 😊 We are going to shake things up so hold on! PROMPT: The Lie That Backfired -- No matter how old you are, no matter if you caused a situation or didn’t, write a piece that you could turn into a devotion, short story, or article! An inspired reader given excellent take-away = return readers! We are a safe place to share and Pens Meetings are free. As always, if you have any questions or concerns don’t hesitate to contact Becky McLafferty @ rebeccamclafferty@gmail.com or Susan Marlene@ susanmarlenewrites@gmail.com |
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