NOVA Christian Writers http://www.novachristianwriters.org The blog of Northern VA Christian Writers. Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:35:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Copyright © NOVA Christian Writers 2010 jon@tfftech.com (NOVA Christian Writers) jon@tfftech.com (NOVA Christian Writers) http://www.novachristianwriters.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg NOVA Christian Writers http://www.novachristianwriters.org 144 144 Just another WordPress weblog NOVA Christian Writers NOVA Christian Writers jon@tfftech.com no no January 2012 http://www.novachristianwriters.org/2012/01/08/january-2012/ http://www.novachristianwriters.org/2012/01/08/january-2012/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:35:44 +0000 johnese http://www.novachristianwriters.org/?p=527 January 15, 2012
NVCWF Presents:
Janice Campbell
Marketing 101 for Entrepreneurial Writers
(2:00—4:00pm)
How (and Why) to Create and Maintain a Simple Website
(4:00—7:00pm) Cost $35.00

Marketing 101 . . . It doesn’t do much good to be excellent at your craft if  you don’t have any readers or clients. If you want to build a successful writing career, you must learn to think like an entrepreneur. You’ll be scribbling notes like crazy as we cover some of the best and cheapest ways to market your books or services, including the latest in social media. You’ll be able to begin using many of these ideas in just minutes, so get ready to watch your business grow!

Website . . . Everyone says you have to have a website and blog in order to  build your writer’s platform, but what if the most advanced thing you know
how to do is write an e-mail? Come to this three-hour workshop and see how you can start your very own website and blog in under an hour.
Cost of Web Workshop: $35.00
RSVP for further details. (johnese.burtram@gmail.com)

Janice Campbell has been writing and speaking about things that matter for  over two decades. She’s Director of the National Association of Independent
Writers and Editors (NAIWE), the author of the Excellence in Literature curriculum and other resources, and Grammi to Imogen Violet. Whether teaching writers and entrepreneurs how to create a multiple streams of  income business or high school students to love literature, Janice’s focus is on lighting lamps so that others can more easily find their way.
http://www.janice-campbell.com/

 
Meeting Location:
Manassas Assembly of God Church
Rom 214
Bristow, VA
http://www.magchurch.org/ (click Contact Us for directions)

Questions:
Contact NVCWF Director
Johnese Burtram
johnese.burtram@gmail.com

 

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NVCWF Presents

Advent Reflections

Submit entries for the 2011 Advent Reflections
by November 28, 2011 to novachristianwriters@gmail.com

  • 300 – 500 word story or devotional
  • artwork, photograph
  • poem

Share your Advent reflections about what it means for God to be with you.
Multiple submissions accepted.

 

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NVCWF presents:
Ruth Hill – Travel Writer

Faith Travel Writing

What is faith travel and who does it?

Ruth will talk with us about her interest in faith-focused travel, how she researches it, and why it is a rapidly growing travel niche. She’ll also talk about how travel writing has changed since she began her career, and why it may no longer be the second most coveted career in the world.

Ruth is a fulltime professional journalist and writer of articles about the business and pleasure of travel.
 She advises her readers about such pressing matters as why they should consider a small rather than a mega ship cruise in Alaska; what happens when they sign up for a resort spa hot rocks massage; and who really is in charge when they buy a Montana dog sledding adventure. Cultural travel – with an emphasis on Christian faith travel – is a specialty. Ruth’s faith travel column, Contemporary Christian Travel, appears online at the Washington Times Communities and at christianworldtraveler.com.

Ruth also uncovers and analyzes travel and hospitality industry trends and topics for several sectors of the hospitality and tourism industry including professional meetings planners, hotel owners and managers, tour operators, independent motorcoach companies, and travel agents.  She is contributing editor for MeetingsFocus (www.meetingsfocus.com) a family of four regional magazines for meeting and event planners, and her articles have appeared in about a dozen other travel industry magazines over the past 20 years.

Before she became a dedicated globetrotter, Ruth was a speechwriter and press assistant to a U.S. Senator and a corporate business editor.  Credentials include an M.S. in Communications from American University and membership in the Society of American Travel Writers.

2:00pm
Room 214
Manassas Assembly of God Church
11500 New Life Way
Bristow, VA
http://www.magchurch.org/ (click Contact Us)

Questions?
Contact: johnese.burtram@gmail.com

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October 16, 2011

Have an article or a portion of a book manuscript you’d like some feed back on? Have a writing idea you’d like to discuss with fellow writers?

Peer critique is for you.

Submit manuscripts to NVCWFCritique@gmail.com Thursday, by 10/13/2011

Peer critique is open to all.
Submissions: up to 3000 words or 2 chapters.

2:00pm
Room 214
Manassas Assembly of God Church
11500 New Life Way
Bristow, VA
http://www.magchurch.org/ (click Contact Us)

Questions?
Contact: johnese.burtram@gmail.com

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Tori Chase

Polishing Your Manuscript

Tori, is a single gal living in Northern Virginia. When she was a young girl, she wrote plays and stories and then saw ‘the writer’s life’ led by the heroine Joan Wilder in Romancing the Stone, and a dream was born. Now the dream is a reality! A former federal law enforcement officer, Tori enjoys writing inspirational romantic suspense, but historicals are also a passion of hers. Tori was offered her first publishing contract in July 2011 with Desert Breeze Publishing for a three-book contemporary inspirational romantic suspense series set in Virginia. Her first release will be March 2012.

Sunday, 9/18/2011
2:00pm
Room 214
Manassas Assembly of God Church
Bristow, VA
http://www.magchurch.org/ (click Contact Us for directions)

Coming in December

NVCWF Advent Reflections
God Living With Me 

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Fall Schedule coming soon.

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Early Registration through 6/15/2011

 

 

 

  

 

http://www.writehisanswer.com/philadelphia/

Scholarships for 2011 NVCWF members. Contact johnese.burtram@gmail.com for details.

June MeetingPeer Critique
6/26/2011 – 4th Sunday, June onlySpecial presentation on Getting Ready to Attend a Writers Conference.

Plus regular peer critique.

Peer critique is for you. Get peer reaction and response to your writing. Discuss ideas.
Peer Critique is open to all.

Submit manuscripts to NVCWFCritique@gmail.com by 6/20/2011.
Submissions: up to 3000 words or 2 chapters.

Meeting
2:00pm
Room 214
Manassas Assembly of God Church
11500 New Life Way
Bristow, VA
http://www.magchurch.org/ (click Contact Us)

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Chris Tomlinson
Writing For Your Good
                      …And God’s Glory

MAY 15, 2011


 

 

Chris, a graduate from the U.S. Air Force Academy and the UCLA Anderson School of Business, is a businessman and writer who desires to see people realize the beauty and joy of knowing Jesus. The author of “Crave: Wanting So Much More of God,”Tomlinson also blogs regularly at Crave Something More. http://cravesomethingmore.org/

 Meeting Location:
Manassas Assembly of God Church
Rom 214
Bristow, VA
http://www.magchurch.org/ (click Contact Us)

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April 9, 2011

John Jenkins

The Master Plot Outline
A proven path to getting published

 

9:00am – 3:30pm
Potomac Ministry Center
Haymarket, VA

Information and Registration
http://www.novachristianwriters.org/344/

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John Jenkins
March 20
Making the Most of Dialogue

“Show - don’t tell” is one of the most important axioms for fiction writers. But when our characters are doing the “telling” it’s an entirely different matter. Dialog can literally make, or break, your story. By following six simple guidelines, you can use your character’s thoughts and conversations to not only create believable interactions, but drive your plot and reveal your theme.
2:00pm
Room 214
Manassas Assembly of God Church
Bristow, VA
http://www.magchurch.org/ (click Contact Us for directions)

Coming in April
April 9

Writers Workshop
The Master Plot Outline
A proven path to getting published

9:00am – 3:30pm
Potomac Ministry Center
Haymarket, VA

Information and Registration
http://www.novachristianwriters.org/344/

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