CWF meets monthly on a Thursday morning from 9:30 to 12:30 with an optional critique session until 1:30 at Springton Lake Presbyterian Church. 3090 South Newtown Street Road, Newtown Square 19073. (For door-to-door directions go to www.mapquest.com.) The church is at the intersection of Route 252 & Media Line Road, on the left just past the Springton Lake Reservoir and Delaware County Community College (if you're going north on 252).
 

Upcoming 2007-2008 Meetings

December 13 - We Are There in Bethlehem - Carol Wedeven

Worship with your pen.  Live the nativity story.  Sense its atmosphere. Know its passion. Be grabbed by the hearts of characters cast in the tableau.  Become one of those characters, be thankful and begin your Christmas by saying, “Praise God!  I was there.”

 

We will also enjoy our annual Christmas luncheon. Plan to bring a main dish, salad, or dessert to share. Please let Pam Halter at dleehalt@verizon.net know what you’re planning to bring.

 

If you have published a book or have handcrafts or other items for sale, you’re welcome to bring them. Let’s help one another by doing our Christmas shopping at CWF!

 

January 17 - Capturing Your Market - Candy Abbott & Diane Cook
Local, regional, national—different markets require different strategies. Candy Abbott and Diane Cook will offer tips on capturing the local market, many of which Candy used in promoting Gavin Goodfellow: The Lure of Burnt Swamp. Local marketing doesn’t have to be expensive. Drawing a network, finding your focus, working your leads, mapping your roads for marketing success can be as easy as setting aside two hours a week. Let Candy and Diane show you how it works.
 

February 21 - Details, Details - Pam Halter
Just as  God knows when even one sparrow falls to the ground, we also need to be aware of the small details in our manuscripts, whether fiction or nonfiction, so we do not lose credibility with our readers.  Pam will  talk briefly about some ways we can gather and keep details. Then she has some fun exercises to test our detail awareness. 

Please join our yahoo group (see below) and submit a manuscript for critiquing.


March 20 - Karen Whiting. Topic to be announced.


April 17 - Best-selling Christian author Mindy Starns Clark
Adventures in Research: How I Learned Cons at the Carnival, Combed the Swamps for Poison, and Came Home with a Bucket of Sapphires
In this fast-paced, fun talk, author Mindy Starns Clark shares the eight key methods writers use for researching a novel. She also shares some fascinating and hilarious stories from her own experiences while doing research. Laugh and learn as you listen to this talk which is designed for beginning and intermediate level authors.

Mindy is the bestselling author of the "Million Dollar Mysteries" series and the "Smart Chick Mystery" series, all from Harvest House Publishers.  Her books include A Penny for Your Thoughts, Don't Take Any Wooden Nickels, A Dime a Dozen, A Quarter for a Kiss, The Buck Stops Here, The Trouble with Tulip, Blind Dates Can Be Murder, and Elementary, My Dear Watkins.  She has also written a nonfiction guide for the "housekeeping impaired" called The House That Cleans Itself.  A singer and former stand-up comedian, Mindy is also a popular inspirational speaker and playwrite. She lives near Valley Forge, PA, with her husband, two teenage daughters, and two shih tzus.


May 22 - Critiquing PLUS Kathy Davis will share her experiences in India.


June 19 - Carol Wedeven

Tongue Twisters, Teeth Trippers                                                        

When reading your manuscript aloud, does one word continually twist your tongue or trip your teeth?  We will examine tools which help writers choose words that flow together rather than get stopped up.  Hands-on, handouts, hilarity and help.