ePodunk.com Research Site

Dear Christians Who Write:

Peter Mallet from Norfolk sent me this research web site to pass along to you.

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Hey Everyone,

I just found a site that's fun, but could be quite helpful in wrting. It may be especially, helpful to those wrting novels. It's called ePodunk.com.

What it allows you to do is pick a state, then you can search, cities, counties, airports, cemeteries, colleges, libraries, museums, local newspapers, populations, local traditions, and more. This could be quite helpful even if your actual city is fictional, but you want the area you're creating to be realistic, I imagine being able to read local papers would be helpful even in creating believable characters. If you want to set it in a real area, why set it in a familiar area when you could set it in Onslow County, North Carolina? Of course it depends on the story. There are hundreds of other ways this could be useful, but since I know you are all creative I'll leave them up to you.

God Bless, Pete

Peter D. Mallett

Tidewater Christian Writers Forum >>

Mary's on a roll!

Tom, just wanted to thank you again for motivating me to get busy!

This week I've submitted four poems and two short stories to a total of three contests.

I'll also be submitting at least one entry in Writer's Digest after the critique group meets.

You continue to bless us all with your leadership and Christian service.

Divinely Designed
Mary Moss
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Clarification of Five Marbles Project

Dear Christians Who Write:

I am still excited about the interest in my goal to help 10 RCWW dues-paying members publish an article or poem for pay by 12/31/2006. But I am evidently not stating the rules clearly based on the e-mails and calls I am getting for clarification. Let me try again.

My goal is to help 10 dues-paying members of RCWW (to date there are 33 who have paid dues for 2006) to publish one or more articles or poems by year's end. I am not saying only 10 can apply. In a previous post I stated if I can help 15 or 20 get one or more articles published I will greatly exceed my goal.

Of the 33 dues-paying RCWW members some have already been published for pay so they cannot be included in my current goal. They can, however, use the principles and hopefully improve their rate of publishing for pay as can all 215 people on my mailing list.

To be enrolled, a dues-paying RCWW member must practice the principles for five days and then submit a written report of their completion to me in order to become a part of my goal and receive concentrated help in getting published for pay for the first time.

To date, only four have qualified.

Hopefully this will clear up any unasked questions, but if not, let me hear from you.

I need at least 6 more or I cannot accomplish my goal.

Tom