So far, so good!
In my journey to hold myself accountable to writing this last half of the year, one day has been
successful. Even though last night we went to a picnic for the teens of our church (they were meeting with teenagers from Holland who are looking to invite teens from America over to eastern Europe to share their faith), I came back home and stayed up till 2 am to get my two hours of writing in. I made a good start.
The picnic was neat as it came about just from an email I received while in Fl and thus forwarded to the church here in PA. The Christians in eastern Europe (not Holland) are few and far between and praying for those lands to receive the gospel was once again brought to the forefront of my mind. I think because eastern Europe seems more like us, we forget the urgency of the situation.
Back to writing....today I received an email from a place that has accepted an article saying they needed my permission in case it is published in a book or online. That was another encouragement to get back to what I should be doing!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
RECHARGED AND READY
Yep, that's me!
A few days at a writers conference can really get one back in the frame of mind to write. I am eager to get back to my computer and begin to write and send out. I have not really done that for quite a while. A friend from Oswego, NY (where I lived for over thirty years) came to stay with me and she has been out of writing for over ten years (other than sermons) since she entered the pastorate and her time was spoken for. She, too, came to get recharged. A friend from FL also was in PA this week and though she is quite diligent and motivated already, she said that the writers conference encouraged her to go back and eagerly revise and write on her novel.
The best thing that came out of this conference for John (my husband) and myself was a meeting with a man who had information on marketing and self-publishing. This man had a lot of experience and told us that because we have a publishing company set up, we are perfect candidates to publish a book thru Lightning Source that could then go to Ingram and Amazon and be digitally produced thus there would not be a need for going thru a POD publisher that would make us buy 500 copies and store them in our garage. This way books could be printed as needed. That would be a huge savings if it should work out --and it may because a talented friend is doing the cover and layout of the book who has illustrated many books for numerous publishers and thus could probably do the step that John would not be able to do ourselves easily. IF it should work out, the Lord will have "illustrated" this for us in a way we could not have done ourselves.
I also have three new books that I am eager to read. I decided that I am hoping to keep myself reading as well as writing the last half of the year!
A few days at a writers conference can really get one back in the frame of mind to write. I am eager to get back to my computer and begin to write and send out. I have not really done that for quite a while. A friend from Oswego, NY (where I lived for over thirty years) came to stay with me and she has been out of writing for over ten years (other than sermons) since she entered the pastorate and her time was spoken for. She, too, came to get recharged. A friend from FL also was in PA this week and though she is quite diligent and motivated already, she said that the writers conference encouraged her to go back and eagerly revise and write on her novel.
The best thing that came out of this conference for John (my husband) and myself was a meeting with a man who had information on marketing and self-publishing. This man had a lot of experience and told us that because we have a publishing company set up, we are perfect candidates to publish a book thru Lightning Source that could then go to Ingram and Amazon and be digitally produced thus there would not be a need for going thru a POD publisher that would make us buy 500 copies and store them in our garage. This way books could be printed as needed. That would be a huge savings if it should work out --and it may because a talented friend is doing the cover and layout of the book who has illustrated many books for numerous publishers and thus could probably do the step that John would not be able to do ourselves easily. IF it should work out, the Lord will have "illustrated" this for us in a way we could not have done ourselves.
I also have three new books that I am eager to read. I decided that I am hoping to keep myself reading as well as writing the last half of the year!
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Israel, Mongolia and Montrose
Ethan arrived safely in Israel and is already at work at www.Shevet. org and my middle son, Eli went to Mongolia for a fascinating eleven days and has safely returned to CO. In the meantime his wife, Linda, and our grandson, Ezra, visited here as well as many members of her family and also my youngest son, Andrew, and his wife, Kandace. A time thoroughly enjoyed and thus the explanation for no blogs for two weeks!
Enough explanation! This is supposed to be about writing! So I should write. At the moment I am realizing that the Montrose Christian Writers Conference begins Sunday. An old friend from Oswego is coming to stay with me and attend and a friend from Florida is also flying up to attend. That's in addition to all the "old timers" who will also be there. Hopefully it will be a nudge to get down to business in this last six months of the year and be prolific. I'm sure next week will fly by but in the meantime...today is a beautiful day and I should not waste it........
Enough explanation! This is supposed to be about writing! So I should write. At the moment I am realizing that the Montrose Christian Writers Conference begins Sunday. An old friend from Oswego is coming to stay with me and attend and a friend from Florida is also flying up to attend. That's in addition to all the "old timers" who will also be there. Hopefully it will be a nudge to get down to business in this last six months of the year and be prolific. I'm sure next week will fly by but in the meantime...today is a beautiful day and I should not waste it........
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