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SDCWG Fall Conference with NY Times Bestselling author Jerry Jenkins

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October 22, 2016 at Maranatha Chapel in Rancho Bernardo.

Signups are now open. www.sandiegocwg.org.

Faculty

* Lamp Post publisher Brett Burner
* award-winning novelist Susan Meissner
* Watch our web site for the latest faculty information.

Our fall writers conference is for all writers–beginners to professionals, and those who are wondering if this is what they are called to do. Our workshops offer instruction in how to get started, self-publishing, fiction, non fiction, marketing, book proposals, screen writing, script writing, journalism, as well as spiritual inspiration —and more. You can see a complete list subjects by going to the Faculty page here.

The all day Saturday conference is designed to instruct, inspire and let you meet the writers, editors, and publishers who are committed to helping you write, get published and follow the Lord’s call on your life. We’re here to help you use your gifts.

Faculty Consultations

Reminder: Guild members receive priority for faculty consultation signups. Signup numbers are awarded in the order your paid registration is received. So, as always, we encourage you to join the Guild and to sign up early in order to receive the consultation of your choice.

New, Lower Prices!

In response to your requests to keep ticket prices down, we’ve organized our conference into one great day. Join us on Sat., October 24 for a day of motivation, networking, and learning. Guild members who register before Oct. 1 receive a $20 early bird discount.

Ticket Prices

  • Members (before 10/1): $125
  • Members (after 9/30): $145
  • Non-Members: $165

Registration

You can register online via Paypal or print and mail in your registration form. Do it today!

Thick-Skinned Critique by Jerry Jenkins

Check the guidelines on our web site and submit your writing for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to receive feedback from a NY Times bestselling author. Deadline is Oct. 10 so don’t delay!

Help Wanted!

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Please help spread the word about the conference. Here is a flyer you can print and post on bulletin boards, tweet, promote on Facebook, or just hand out to friends. Or, submit this short blurb to your church bulletin. Thanks in advance!

Bulletin Blurb: San Diego Christian Writers Guild Conference: Saturday, Oct 24, 2015. 7:30am-4:30pm at Maranatha Chapel in Rancho Bernardo. Keynote speaker NY Times bestselling author JERRY JENKINS.  Do you have a story to tell? This conference is for both beginning and experienced writers. Literary agents, editors, and authors will offer workshops and private consultations. See web site for details: www.SanDiegoCWG.org or 760.239.3269.  Early bird discount available if registered before 10/1.

Book Table

The book table is available to faculty and SDCWG members who attend the Fall Conference. Please read our guidelines and submit your Book Seller Form via email by Wed., Oct. 24. All books must be picked up no later than 4:30pm.

Schedule & Workshop Info

Check our web page for the latest on schedule and workshop information.

Hotel Information

The conference hotel is the Rancho Bernardo Radisson. It is located at 11520 W. Bernardo Court, San Diego California 92127. All rooms are suites. Please ask for the special rate for those attending the San Diego Christian Writers Guild conference. Note: This is not the location of the conference. The conference is a short, five minute drive from the hotel.

Your Royalty Note – July 2015

Writers Quotes
VanHise

Roberta Van Hise: I have a new book out in paperback, The God Who Sees Me (available on Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble.com).The title is from Hagar’s story in Genesis 16. Did you think the heroes of the Bible were good and perfect people? No, they weren’t, they were just like we are; flawed and imperfect. This is why we all need a Savior. When Hagar was out in the desert alone, afraid, not knowing where she’d find refuge or to whom she belonged, the incarnate Christ met her there. She recognized Him, God in the flesh. This book, like my other one, Blogging God’s Word, is a collection of blogs I’ve written during recent times.


Christa Kinde: The Blue Door, the first book in my Threshold Series [Zonderkidz], was honored with the National Christian School Association’s Lamplighter Award for 2015. Also, In June I released the first book in my Pomeroy Family Legacy collection. Pursuing Prissie is a Threshold Series sequel. Ten years after the events of The Blue Door, Prissie Pomeroy experiences an angelic reprise … and romance.
Lynda Quinn

Lynda Quinn: The 2001 winner of the SDCWG’s Best Unpublished Manuscript Award, ECHOES, is now available on Amazon under the pen name N. Quinn.

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Tiffany Hanson: My fifth book, Child of Destiny, is now available on Amazon (both as Kindle and Paperback). “Megan and Laura have always been closer than sisters as twins. Tragedy strikes and tears them apart. As Laura is taken prisoner and made into a powerful ally for the king, Megan is forced to run from the man who wants to marry her. Laura and Megan long to be reunited and find each other again, but with the king’s magician and rebels wanting them dead, life isn’t as simple as it once was.”
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SDCWG Fall Conference with Jerry Jenkins. October 23 and 24, 2015. Rancho Bernardo. Signups are now open. www.sandiegocwg.org.

Other Faculty

  • * Literary agent Chip MacGregor
  • * Lamp Post publisher Brett Burner
  • * Baker publishing group acquisitions editor Kim Bangs
  • * award-winning novelist Susan Meissner
  • * “The Organizing Pro” Marcia Ramsland

Our fall writers conference is for all writers–beginners to professionals, and those who are wondering if this is what they are called to do. Our workshops offer instruction in how to get started, self-publishing, fiction, non fiction, marketing, book proposals, screen writing, script writing, journalism, as well as spiritual inspiration —and more. You can see a complete list subjects by going to the Faculty page here.

The Friday evening and all day Saturday conference is designed to instruct, inspire and let you meet the writers, editors, and publishers who are committed to helping you write, get published and follow the Lord’s call on your life. We’re here to help you use your gifts.

Reminder: Guild members receive priority for faculty consultation signups. Signup numbers are awarded in the order your paid registration is received. So, as always, we encourage you to join the Guild and to sign up early in order to receive the consultation of your choice.
Critique Groups

Critique Groups:

  • VISTA: 1st Wednesday from 10am-Noon at the home of Barb Waite.
  • SANTEE: 1st and 3rd Wednesdays from 6:00-7:30 pm at the Santee library. Tiffany Hanson Host.
  • TEMECULA: 2nd Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at the home of Rebecca Farnbach
  • BEACH CITIES: 3rd Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. at the home of Martha Gorris (Group full)
  • NATIONAL CITY: Contact Bill Bagot host for date and time.
  • POWAY: 3rd Monday at 7:00 pm at the home of Kathryn Hughes
  • RAMONA: 1st and 3rd Mondays at the home of Byron Metler.
  • KINGMAN, AZ: 2nd Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at the home of Jeff Adams.

Your Royalty Note – May 2015

Writers Quotes

Spring Fellowship Brunch
May 16, 2015 from 10-Noon in Rancho Bernardo
Guest Speaker: Sandra O’Donnell
Sign up today!

Sandra O'DonnellSDCWG Spring Fellowship Brunch

Early Bird Fall Conference signups for Guild members only will be taken at the Spring event!

Guest Speaker Sandra O’Donnell (sandraodonnell.com). Author of 52 Sundays: An Exploration of Christianity in America.

Writer, speaker, academic and communication consultant Sandra O’Donnell’s current project, 52 Sundays: An Exploration of Christianity in America, provides readers with an entertaining, enlightening, and evocative look at church going in America. After losing her husband to pancreatic cancer, Sandra embarked on a journey to visit a different church every Sunday for a year. Her travels took her from Massachusetts to California and from the deep South to New York City, as well as many places in between, representing the broadest possible Christian experience. The goal of 52 Sundays is to open a dialogue about Christianity in America. The book is aimed at a wide audience, both the 125 million Americans who attend church each-and-every Sunday and those who simply want to know more about America’s religious origins and diversity. It will be published in 2016. Also, a book based on her original research and dissertation on the Pilgrims will be published in 2017/18, just in time for the 400th Anniversary of the Pilgrims voyage to America.

Sandra studied writing with Lee Gutkind, “the godfather of creative non-fiction” and Stephen Pyne, the prolific author of books about fire, ice, and space exploration while working on her Ph.D. She teaches workshops on writing and creative non-fiction, including “Project 52: Your Book this Year.”

Sandra lives in San Diego, where she is currently working on two new books. 52 Weeks of Service is about the volunteer culture in America and 52 Weeks of a Banner Marriage, which provides questions and practices to enhance one of our most important relationships. When she isn’t writing she is exploring San Diego with her husband Kim, whom she met while visiting his church on Sunday 23. (And yes, it was a God thing.)
SDCWG SDCWG Annual Writing Awards: It’s time to submit your published writing from 2014 for the Guild’s annual writing awards. Awards will be presented at the Fall Conference in October. Current members, even past winners, are encouraged to submit their best writing published in 2014 for consideration. Please send five (5) copies of your submissions to PO Box 270403, San Diego, California, 92198 (or bring to the Spring Fellowship Event! The final deadline is May 31, 2015. All entries (except books) may be submitted by sending a PDF formatted copy to info @ sandiegocwg.org.

Rules: Material need not be overtly Christian in nature or published by a Christian publisher/magazine but should not be offensive. Maximum of three entries per person. You must be a current member to submit. Past winners are eligible. Board members are ineligible. Entries will not be returned.

  • Books: Fiction and non-Fiction, traditional or self-published
  • Articles: Magazines, online or printed
  • Blogs
  • Poems: (Poems do not need to have been published. But they must have been written in 2014.)
  • Devotions
  • Songs
  • Plays
SDCWGSDCWG Unpublished Manuscript Contest: Deadline: May 31, 2015. It’s time to submit your unpublished, completed book manuscripts. Also eligible in this category are self-published (non-royalty or subsidized) books. Authors of self-published books (published in 2013) can choose to enter the unpublished manuscript category or the regular, published book category for the writing awards (see above). To enter the unpublished category, send the first 25 and the last 10 pages of your double-spaced manuscript electronically to info @ sandiegocwg.org with subject line: 2014 Award Submission. Please include a title page and the title/author/page number on the upper right hand corner of each page. The first place winner of this new category will receive an appointment at the Fall conference with an editor or agent of his or her choice.
Diana Taylor
Diana Taylor

Diana Taylor: I just signed a contract with Whitaker House for a novel on Mary, Mother of Jesus. Starting in June, there will be a contest to name the book. It must have “Mary” in the title. The three finalists will get a signed copy of the book, the winner will learn his/her title was chosen when the book comes out. Send title submissions to me at deetaylor@cox.net. Synopsis of story will be on my Facebook Author site in June.
Critique Groups
Critique Groups

Critique Groups:

  • VISTA: 1st Wednesday from 10am-Noon at the home of Barb Waite.
  • SANTEE: 1st and 3rd Wednesdays from 6:00-7:30 pm at the Santee library. Tiffany Hayden Hostess.
  • TEMECULA: 2nd Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at the home of Rebecca Farnbach,
  • BEACH CITIES: 3rd Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. at the home of Martha Gorris (Group full)
  • NATIONAL CITY: Contact Bill Bagot host for date and time.
  • POWAY: 3rd Monday at 7:00 pm at the home of Kathryn Hughes
  • RAMONA: 1st and 3rd Mondays at the home of Byron Metler.
  • KINGMAN, AZ: 2nd Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at the home of Jeff Adams.

May Fellowship Brunch

Blog, Newlsetter, Upcoming Events

Spring Fellowship Brunch
May 16, 2015 from 10-Noon in Rancho Bernardo
Guest Speaker: Sandra O’Donnell
Sign up today!

Sandra O'DonnellSDCWG Spring Fellowship Brunch

Early Bird Fall Conference signups for Guild members only will be taken at the Spring event!

Guest Speaker Sandra O’Donnell (sandraodonnell.com). Author of 52 Sundays: An Exploration of Christianity in America.

Writer, speaker, academic and communication consultant Sandra O’Donnell’s current project, 52 Sundays: An Exploration of Christianity in America, provides readers with an entertaining, enlightening, and evocative look at church going in America. After losing her husband to pancreatic cancer, Sandra embarked on a journey to visit a different church every Sunday for a year. Her travels took her from Massachusetts to California and from the deep South to New York City, as well as many places in between, representing the broadest possible Christian experience. The goal of 52 Sundays is to open a dialogue about Christianity in America. The book is aimed at a wide audience, both the 125 million Americans who attend church each-and-every Sunday and those who simply want to know more about America’s religious origins and diversity. It will be published in 2016. Also, a book based on her original research and dissertation on the Pilgrims will be published in 2017/18, just in time for the 400th Anniversary of the Pilgrims voyage to America.

Sandra studied writing with Lee Gutkind, “the godfather of creative non-fiction” and Stephen Pyne, the prolific author of books about fire, ice, and space exploration while working on her Ph.D. She teaches workshops on writing and creative non-fiction, including “Project 52: Your Book this Year.”

Sandra lives in San Diego, where she is currently working on two new books. 52 Weeks of Service is about the volunteer culture in America and 52 Weeks of a Banner Marriage, which provides questions and practices to enhance one of our most important relationships. When she isn’t writing she is exploring San Diego with her husband Kim, whom she met while visiting his church on Sunday 23. (And yes, it was a God thing.)

Your Royalty Note – April 2015

Writers Quotes

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Sandra O'DonnellSDCWG Spring Fellowship Brunch

Early Bird Fall Conference signups for Guild members only will be taken at the Spring event!

Guest Speaker Sandra O’Donnell (sandraodonnell.com). Author of 52 Sundays: An Exploration of Christianity in America.

Writer, speaker, academic and communication consultant Sandra O’Donnell’s current project, 52 Sundays: An Exploration of Christianity in America, provides readers with an entertaining, enlightening, and evocative look at church going in America. After losing her husband to pancreatic cancer, Sandra embarked on a journey to visit a different church every Sunday for a year. Her travels took her from Massachusetts to California and from the deep South to New York City, as well as many places in between, representing the broadest possible Christian experience. The goal of 52 Sundays is to open a dialogue about Christianity in America. The book is aimed at a wide audience, both the 125 million Americans who attend church each-and-every Sunday and those who simply want to know more about America’s religious origins and diversity. It will be published in 2016. Also, a book based on her original research and dissertation on the Pilgrims will be published in 2017/18, just in time for the 400th Anniversary of the Pilgrims voyage to America.

Sandra studied writing with Lee Gutkind, “the godfather of creative non-fiction” and Stephen Pyne, the prolific author of books about fire, ice, and space exploration while working on her Ph.D. She teaches workshops on writing and creative non-fiction, including “Project 52: Your Book this Year.”

Sandra lives in San Diego, where she is currently working on two new books. 52 Weeks of Service is about the volunteer culture in America and 52 Weeks of a Banner Marriage, which provides questions and practices to enhance one of our most important relationships. When she isn’t writing she is exploring San Diego with her husband Kim, whom she met while visiting his church on Sunday 23. (And yes, it was a God thing.)
SDCWG SDCWG Annual Writing Awards: It’s time to submit your published writing from 2014 for the Guild’s annual writing awards. Awards will be presented at the Fall Conference in October. Current members, even past winners, are encouraged to submit their best writing published in 2014 for consideration. Please send five (5) copies of your submissions to PO Box 270403, San Diego, California, 92198 (or bring to the Spring Fellowship Event! The final deadline is May 31, 2015. All entries (except books) may be submitted by sending a PDF formatted copy to info @ sandiegocwg.org.

Rules: Material need not be overtly Christian in nature or published by a Christian publisher/magazine but should not be offensive. Maximum of three entries per person. You must be a current member to submit. Past winners are eligible. Board members are ineligible. Entries will not be returned.

  • Books: Fiction and non-Fiction, traditional or self-published
  • Articles: Magazines, online or printed
  • Blogs
  • Poems: (Poems do not need to have been published. But they must have been written in 2014.)
  • Devotions
  • Songs
  • Plays
SDCWGSDCWG Unpublished Manuscript Contest: Deadline: May 31, 2015. It’s time to submit your unpublished, completed book manuscripts. Also eligible in this category are self-published (non-royalty or subsidized) books. Authors of self-published books (published in 2013) can choose to enter the unpublished manuscript category or the regular, published book category for the writing awards (see above). To enter the unpublished category, send the first 25 and the last 10 pages of your double-spaced manuscript electronically to info @ sandiegocwg.org with subject line: 2014 Award Submission. Please include a title page and the title/author/page number on the upper right hand corner of each page. The first place winner of this new category will receive an appointment at the Fall conference with an editor or agent of his or her choice.
2014 SDCWG Writing Award Winners

 

2014 San Diego Christian Writers Guild writing award winners: Cary Boyle, Christa Kinde, Michael Mendoza, Joanne Bischof, Francine Phillips, Jenny LaBahn, Gale Nelson Bones, Viola Vazqueztd>
SDCWG San Diego Christian Writers Guild Fall Conference

  • When: October 23-24, 2015
  • Where: Maranatha Chapel, Rancho Bernardo, CA 92127

Early Bird Signups: May 16, 2015 at the Spring Fellowship Event (members only!)

Guild Members signup opens: May 18, 2015; Open Registration: June 1, 2015

Confirmed Faculty includes Jerry Jenkins (Author), Chip MacGregor, (Agent), Kim Bangs (Editor), Marcia Ramsland (Author).

 
Mary Kay Moody Moody Award
Mary Kay Moody: My Christmas short story “Morning Mail,” published in REFRESHED MAGAZINE placed 3rd in the Evangelical Press Assoc. Fiction Awards announced this month.
The story can be found on the magazine’s site here: http://refreshedmag.com/morning-mail
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Need some encouragement or a smile to lighten your day or just want to make sure you don’t miss the latest from SDCWG? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter (facebook.com/SanDiegoChristianWritersGuild and/or Twitter: SDCWG@SDCWGuild)
Critique Groups
Critique Groups

Critique Group News:

New Group! Vista: At the home of Barbara Waite.

Temecula: The Temecula critique group is going strong (16 years and about 70 books!) and is still meeting on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 pm at the home of Rebecca Farnbach.

Santee: The Santee Group meets at the Santee Library (9225 Carlton Hills Blvd; Santee, CA 92071) from 6-8pm on the first and third Wednesdays of the month. Leader Tiffany Hanson will be at the Spring Fellowship Event for anyone who would like more information.

Beach Cities: Group Leader Martha Gorris reports that the group that meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 8:45 a.m. remains closed to new members due to capacity.

Poway: The Poway critique group meets at the home of Kathryn Hughes, usually on the third Monday monthly at 7:00pm though they do move it occasionally. Kathryn requests that people R.S.V.P. every month to have a copy count. New and experienced writers are welcome; please phone before coming. The Poway group includes all genres.

National City: Please contact Bill Bagot for meeting time and location.

Online: Currently on hiatus.