JULY MONTHLY MEETING NOTICE - JULY 18

JULY 18, 2010, TWO SESSIONS JULY MONTHLY MEETING AGENDA
2:00 to 2:15-SIGN IN & FELLOWSHIP
2:15-OPENING PRAYER
2:15-2:45-Announcements, introductions and Toot-Your-Own-Horn
2:45-3:45-REV. DR. JOEL SUTTON: The Five Master Patterns of Writing.
3:45-4:00 Refreshment Time
4:00-4:30 Wendy McCaig sharing her road to publication
4:30-5:00 Mary Moss sharing her road to publication

Rev. Dr. Joel Sutton Bio.:
Our speaker next month, Joel Sutton, has an exciting discovery to share. He found that God designed everything in the universe, from the grandest scale to the smallest, utilizing five simple patterns. When we follow these patterns, life unfolds as God intended. The same holds true for our writing.

The Five Master Patterns are key to insuring that our literary creations are well-constructed and capable of communicating God’s truth. Come learn about these five patterns and how they can help your compositions be the best they can be.

Joel Sutton served as a missionary with the International Mission Board for 11 years. He now serves as a Personnel Consultant for prospective missionaries. He counsels them in regard to their readiness for overseas ministry and directs them through the application process.

As a writer, Joel, has seen his devotionals published in *Open Windows*, a devotional quarterly, for the past 10 years. His research theses have been utilized at New York University. He is currently writing a year’s worth of devotionals, all based on the Five Master Patterns. Joel has a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education, a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Seminary, and a Doctorate of Religious Philosophy.


WRITING CONFERENCES

August 11-14, Greater Philadelphia Writers Conference: www.writerhisanswer.com/Philadelphia (Note: Scholarships may be available. Several RCWW members have received them. Check this out.)

September 17-20, American Christian Fiction Writers National Conference: www.acfw.com

October 8-9, James River Writers: www.jamesriverwriters.org

October 16, RCWW Saturday Writers Workshop - Details to follow.

July First Friday Book Club Meeting

At Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream

3600 Forest Hill Avenue

will meet this Thursday, July 1st
10:00 AM in the small room at Crossroad Coffee
We are meeting on Thursday this month because of the holiday weekend.

Please join us for our July meeting when we discuss
Getting Through The Night
by
Eugenia Price

Note about August Meeting:

The August meeting will be on Friday, August 6th
The book we will be reading and discussing . is Nine O'Clock in the Morning
by Episcopal Priest and author Dennis Bennett.

Nine O'clock in the Morning is Father Bennett's testimony of how God "can and will release His power to His people if we allow Him to truly become the Lord of our lives....When, in 1960, Father Dennis Bennett announced to his congregation that he had experienced a new outpouring of God's Spirit ...the renewal movement can be said to have begun. This book is now considered a classic story which tells how the renewal began and swept into churches across America."


For further information, contact Susan Herring at herringfishes@verizon.net

Local Writing Contests and Book Signings

Here are some events for Richmond readers and writers:

Style Weekly Comic Strip Contest (due July 12th): If you have “something humorous or perceptive to say about Richmond” Style Weekly wants you to send them your best Richmond-related comic strip! The winning entry and selected runners-up will be printed in their first-ever Comic Strip Issue on July 21st. See www.styleweekly.com/comic for more information.

Skirt Magazine (Richmond Edition): Skirt Magazine has several editions including a Richmond edition. The magazine publishes personal essays that meet their monthly themes. Upcoming themes include The Smile Issue (October), The Comfort Zone (November) and The Leap Issue (December). See http://skirt.com for more information about their Contributor Guidelines.

Interested in more local contests? Want to attend a book signing by a local author? Click HERE to read Katrina Robinson's full article. When you get there, why not subscribe to her column so you stay in the loop of the local writing/reading scene!

While you're at it, check out Margaret Oleksa's column (she's also a local "books" columnist) where she published weekly book sightings (book signing events and workshops)