Category Archives: Upcoming Events

News of Note – August 2014

August 11, 2014Blog, Critique Groups, Fall Conference, Newlsetter, Publishing News, Upcoming Eventsguildadmin

If you have news, information about an upcoming writing event or would like to share what you’re reading with the Guild, please send your information to sdcwg at yahoo dot com.

San Diego Christian Writers Guild Fall Conference: October 24-25, 2014. Maranatha Chapel, Rancho Bernardo, CA 92127

Main Stage Speakers Philip Yancey & Ellie Kay. Sign up today at sandiegocwg.org

The Santee critique group will meet the third Wednesday only in August (August 20) from 6:00 – 7:30 pm at the Santee Library.

: David & Lisa Frisbie

David & Lisa Frisbie: We will be featured at this year’s edition of “Mountain Festival” at 108 E. Tehachapi Boulevard. We will meet guests and sign many of our recent books from Noon to 3 PM on Saturday, August 16th. In addition We have just signed a contract for our next book, on the topic of parenting teens. The publisher is Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City — this is our sixth book with Beacon Hill.

: Diana Taylor

Diana Taylor: Very exciting news. I’m a finalist in the Historical Fiction category for the ACFW Carol Awards. The book is Claudia, Wife of Pontius Pilate. I’ll be attending the American Christian Fiction Writers conference in St. Louis at the end of September along with my agent, Joyce Hart, who is up for Agent of the Year. Also, My new booklet, Halloween; Harmless Fun or Risky Business (Whitaker House) is just out. It’s an expose’ on all of the customs associated with Halloween and the dangers of participating for believers. Some of my own story is included. I’ve been teaching a memoirs writing class to seniors at the Clairemont Salvation Army complex and having a great time. I’m also in the process of setting up a creative writing class as a Life Group in September with Newbreak, the church that adopted our small Oasis congregation after our pastor retired

Madam Curie’s Notebook: 100 years later Marie Curie’s notebooks are still too radioactive to be handled without protection. They will continue to be until at least 3511. The physicist and chemist was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the only woman to win in two fields and the only person to win in multiple sciences.

Your Royalty Note – News & Events

May 6, 2014Blog, Contests, Critique Groups, Fall Conference, Newlsetter, Upcoming Eventsguildadmin

Escondidio Critique Group

After many years of hosting the Escondido critique group, which met at 10am on the fourth Wednesday of each month, Jan Flickinger is stepping down as host. A big thanks to Jan for her service to the Guild and other Christian writers over the years.

If you would like to host this group in your home, or if you would like to start a critique group in your area, please contact the Guild (info at sandiegocwg dot org).

Fall Conference Registration

Fall Conference Registration Now Open (Members Only): Registration is now open for SDCWG members (only) for our 2014 Fall conference. Open registration begins May 1, 2014.
When: October 24 and 25, 2014
Where: Maranatha Chapel in Rancho Bernardo
What: 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.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.

One--on-One Faculty Consultation — One–on-One Faculty Consultation

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.

SDCWG Annual Writing Awards
It’s time to submit your published writing from 2013 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 2013 for consideration. Please send four (4) 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, 2014. 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
Poems: (Poems do not need to have been published. But they must have been written in 2013.)
Devotions
Songs
Plays

SDCWG Unpublished Manuscript Contest Deadline: May 31, 2014: 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: 2013 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 be guaranteed an appointment at the Fall conference with an editor or agent of his or her choice.

San Diego Christian Writers Guild Fall Conference: October 24-25, 2014. Maranatha Chapel, Rancho Bernardo, CA 92127

Help Wanted: Collaborator
I’m looking for a Christian writer I can collaborate with to tell
stories and lessons I’ve learned from thousands of hours of coaching
session with executives. Kent Porter, Porter Leadership Development. Kent at PorterLeadership dot com or 858 454.5530 (office)
*Note: This writing opportunity is not affiliated with SDCWG.

Your Royalty Note – Special Edition

April 28, 2014Blog, Contests, Fall Conference, Newlsetter, Upcoming Eventsguildadmin

Fall Conference Registration

Spring Writing Contest Winners:

Contest Winners Francine Phillips & Felicia Cameron — Contest Winners
Francine Phillips & Felicia Cameron

Congratulations to Francine Phillips, winner of the SDCWG Spring Writing Contest for her article Things I Wish I’d Told My Husband (Prodigal Magazine, October 8, 2013) and Felicia Cameron for Remembering The Crew of United 175 and It Ain’t Over Yet.
For more pictures from the Spring Fellowship event please visit our Facebook page (photos by Vicki Hesterman)

Books: Fiction and non-Fiction, traditional or self-published
Articles: Magazines, online or printed
Poems: (Poems do not need to have been published. But they must have been written in 2013.)
Devotions
Songs
Plays

San Diego Christian Writers Guild Fall Conference: October 24-25, 2014. Maranatha Chapel, Rancho Bernardo, CA 92127

Spring Fellowship Brunch – Join Us This Saturday!

April 25, 2014Blog, Upcoming Eventsbrunch, hammer, springguildadmin

Join the Guild at our Spring Fellowship Brunch this Saturday in Rancho Bernardo!
(April 26, 2014 10am-Noon)

Special guest speaker Bob Hamer and workshops by Susan Meissner and Martha Gorris.

This event is always a fun, relaxed time to meet and mingle with the SDCWG board of directors and other Christian writers.

Come for the food, come for the encouragement, come for the fellowship!

Where: The Cove, 11838 Bernardo Plaza Ct., SD, CA 92128 (BEHIND THE CITIBANK BUILDING!).

Cost: $25/person (bring someone new to the Guild and they are only $20). Register online via Paypal or at the door via cash/check/credit card. (If paying at the door please call 760.294.3269 or email sdcwg at yahoo.com and let us know to expect you.)

News of Note

February 3, 2014Blog, Newlsetter, Upcoming Eventsguildadmin

Santee Critique Group:

The new time and day for the Santee Critique Group, hosted by Tiffany Hanson, will be the first and third Saturdays of the month from 10am-12pm at the Santee Library (9225 Carlton Hills Blvd). However, for the month of February, the group will only meet on February 15.

SDCWG Spring Fellowship Brunch: April 26, 2014:

at The Cove in Rancho Bernardo (a venue of The Church at Rancho Bernardo). More details coming soon!

SDCWG Writing Contest: March 26, 2014 deadline

!Sharpen your pencils and ink your quills and get ready for the Guild’s first annual Spring Writing Contest. Submit your best poem, devotional, short story, or article of 1,500 words or less and email as a .doc or .pdf to sdcwg @ yahoo.com no later than March 26, 2014. The winner will be announced on April 10 and receive a ticket to our Spring Fellowship Brunch on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at The Cove in Rancho Bernardo (The Church at Rancho Bernardo). Our Fall Writing contest will continue to be the Unpublished Manuscript competition, the winner of which receives a 15-minute consultation with their choice of our Fall Conference faculty.

Writers Symposium by the Sea, Point Loma Nazarene University, Feb. 20-27, 2014.

Jeannette Walls is the one people are buzzing about the most. Her memoir Glass Castle was a bestseller for more than a year, and has sold more copies than almost any other memoir. It’s being made into a movie with Jennifer Lawrence, who is both starring in it and producing it. The director of the movie is our own PLNU alum Destin Daniel Cretton, who won several awards recently for his film Short Term 12.

Walls also has some novels — her recent Silver Star was a great success, as was Half-Broke Horses. She has another non-fiction book called Dish, about how the news became an extension of celebrity gossip. She’s a former gossip columnist for the New Yorker.

Samuel Freedman is a columnist for the New York Times who writes about race and religion. His most recent book is Breaking the Line, about college sports and race. He’s also written books about the black church in New York (Upon This Rock), about failing schools in New York (Small Victories), about Jewish identity (Jew vs. Jew) and several others. I use his book Letters to a Young Journalist in one of my classes.

Anne Lamott is coming for her third appearance at the Symposium. We first had her soon after Bird By Bird came out, and she gets better each time. Her latest book, Stitches, has been a best-seller for several weeks. She is an audience favorite.

And we are doing a combined effort with UCSD to bring out cancer researcher and writer Siddhartha Mukherjee, whose book The Emperor of All Maladies won the Pulitzer Prize.

Dean Nelson will be doing interviews with each of the writers, as has been the format from the beginning of the Symposium. There will be time for audience Q&A and a book signing.

All the pertinent details are at www.pointloma.edu/writers.