We're a friendly group! Whether you're a beginning writer or published author, Delmarva Christian Writers' Fellowship is eager to come alongside to help. We offer encouragement, inspiration, writing resources, education, prayer, and fellowship.
If you have a manuscript you want critiqued, bring
8-10 copies of up to 5 double-spaced pages.
Some of our members bring their laptops, so feel free to bring yours.
February Meeting
Sat., 2/20/2010
Special Guests:
Vine & Vessels CWF!
Hopefully the weather will cooperate so we can receive our visitors from Vine & Vessels Christian Writers Fellowship. After being snowed out for our December meeting when they were originally scheduled to join us, we're going to try again to welcome our sister group and get better acquainted!
We'll also have time to critique, so be sure to bring your manuscripts. And remember, you can post your manuscript on our secure site in advance of the meeting (see Yahoo Group instructions below).
DCWF Yahoo Group!
Do you desire a more in-depth critique than time allows during our regular meetings? Then post your manuscript in the "Current Meeting" folder on our Yahoo! group. Here's how:
You can feel confident posting your manuscript on our Yahoo! group because of the secure server. Only approved members of the fellowship will be able to open them.
To join, visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DCWF/
The deadline for posting is one week prior to the meeting. When you post a manuscript for critique, be sure to put a checkmark under NOTIFICATION, "Send a message to the group announcing this file." That way we'll receive an email alerting us to look for it.
If you edit a posted manuscript, print out your "track changes" pages and bring them to the meeting to discuss and present to the author during our critique time.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR POSTING:
If you want to post a manuscript on our Yahoo! group in advance of the meeting, sign in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DCWF. Then look on the left-hand side at the menu options. Click on "Files." When that window opens, you'll see a folder for the current meeting. Open it and click "Add File" near the top on the right. Click click on "Browse" for the File Name you want to add. Then click the "Upload" button at the bottom right.
If this doesn't work, send it to me via email, and I'll post it for you.NON-MEETING POSTS:
If you have a WIP you want feedback on but don't plan to present it at a regular meeting, you may post your manuscript in the blank area. Again, be sure to post a message so we'll know it's there. Members may email their critiques directly to the author.
Want to see what we wrote in June 2009?
CLICK HERE for the results of our 10-minute FREE WRITE.
Want to see what we wrote in May 2009?
CLICK HERE for the results of our 15-minute FREE WRITE.
Want to see what we wrote in April 2009?
CLICK HERE for the "refined" results of our
15-minute FREE WRITE.
Want to see what went on in March 2009?
See what Jean Davis had to say as a guest blogger in her article, "Fellowship in the Word," March 31, at Vonda Skelton's blog.
Grace and peace,
Candy Abbott
DCWF Director
What you can expect from DCWF
Established in 1993, the group has approx. 45 members on the rolls with an average attendance of 8 to 15 and a regional mailing list of 130. The majority are new writers who are mentored by those of us who have been published. It is an informal gathering for critiquing and encouragement with numerous resources to build up the Christian who writes.
There is no membership fee, no "formal" agenda, and no pressure, but we do hold one another accountable to see progress in our writing.
We meet once a month, the third Saturday, from 9 AM until Noon. Our meetings typically include a devotional, shared information, a teaching, critique groups, and prayer. Friendships are fostered over lunch and between meetings. On occasion, we host day-long writing seminars or retreats.
A number of our members attend regional or national conferences (visit www.writehisanswer.com for links to the Philadelphia and Colorado conferences).
Here we are at our monthly meeting in Oct. 2008 where our teaching was about manuscript formatting and how to navigate Microsoft Word.
Delmarva Christian Writers' Fellowship meeting location/time
3rd Saturday, 9-Noon
Georgetown Presbyterian Church
203 N. Bedford Street, Room #7
Georgetown, Delaware
("Dutch treat" Lunch afterward at the Georgetown Family Restaurant)
Purpose of D.C.W.F.
To encourage Christians to write with excellence in as many ways as possible, as diligently as possible. (Just imagine the impact if every believer who ever thought of writing were to put those words on paper and share them with a few close friends. From letters to articles to books and self-publishing, opportunities abound.)
To knit a strong foundation of encouragement, undergirding, and support, spurring one another on toward love and good deeds–all the more as we see the Day approaching (Heb. 10:24-25).
To provide training for excellence through seminars, publications, critiquing, guest speakers, etc., so that we may present ourselves to God as workers who do not need to be ashamed and who correctly handle the word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15).
