August Meeting
- vacation -
We're a friendly group!
We are taking a break and skipping the August meeting, but that doesn't mean you should neglect your writing.
Since the Lewes Creative Arts Workshop is schedule for the same day, August 16, we're encouraging our members to sign up. For details, Click HERE.
Although the conference is FREE, I understand workshops fill up fast, so if you want to participate, get your registration in soon. Betsey Farlow says that Ed Dee and Kathy Graybeal are wonderful teachers, and there are workshops that might interest the poets and photographers in our midst. Apparently Billie Travalini, the director, ran the New Castle Writers Workshop this past winter, and it was very well organized.
DCWF members who attend the Lewes event are invited to go to dinner afterwards as a group, Dutch treat at The Green Turtle. After you register, if you decide you want to join us for dinner, call Candy Abbott at (302) 856-6649. If there are 9 or more she will need to make reservations.
Another option for August 2008 is the Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers Conference, 8/7-9/08. Many DCWF members attend; some are on faculty: Candy Abbott and Diane Cook are presenting a workshop entitled, "Capturing Your Market," and Karen Whiting is teaching two workshops: "Trends in the Children's and Tweens' Market" and "Head Home with a Plan."
Learn all you can, follow the leading of the Lord with your writing, and rest up; September is coming, and we are anticipating great things this from you this fall!
September Meeting
Sat., 9/20/08
The reservation for the pavilion has been confirmed, so our September meeting will consist of a RETREAT AT COLLINS POND! Thanks to Wilma Caraway for hosting this special event. She will provide morning refreshments and drinks for lunch--bring a bag lunch and jacket or sweater in the event of cool weather. The screened area is right on the pond in a serene setting.
DIRECTIONS: to Collins Pond Association Pavilion, 20202 Gum Island Road (If you use Map Quest, you must use 20202 Kennedy Road, Georgtown, DE 19947)
From Hardee’s in Georgetown:
- Drive west about 6 miles on 404/18Turn right onto Wilson Hill Road (first intersection past Elmer’s Market)Turn left onto Gum Island Road, a stone road, at the 7th house on the left on Wilson Hill Road about .3 mile (3 tenths)
- Drive about .2 mile on Gum Island Road, Pavilion is on the left
From Royal Farms on Highway 13 in Bridgeville:
- Drive east about 4.5 miles on 404/18 Turn left onto Wilson Hill Road. (If you pass Elmer’s Market, you have gone too far)Turn left onto Gum Island Road, a stone road, at the 7th house on the left on Wilson Hill Road about .3 (3 tenths) mile
- Drive about .2 (2 tenths) mile on Gum Island Road, Pavilion is on the left
Wilma’s home phone: 302-337-7181, cell phone: 302-542-9573
Bring 5-10 copies of up to five pages of your double-spaced manuscripts for critique.
THIS MONTH'S LESSON: TO BE ANNOUNCED
TONIGHT: Philip Gulley, author of the Harmony Fiction Series, is speaking at St. Matthews By-the-Sea UMC and the new Bayside Chapel for "An Evening with Philip Gulley" (Rt. 54, 4 miles east of Selbyville, DE). Free admission, but you must have a ticket to be admitted. For information and tickets, call (302) 537-1402 after August 15.
Upcoming Conference:
Cape Henlopen Writers’ Retreat
2008 Poetry and Fiction Writers Retreat October 23-26Location: The Biden Center, Cape Henlopen State Park, Lewes, Delaware.
Retreat leaders: Dr. JoAnn Balingit, Delaware state poet laureate
Dr. Cruce Stark, Professor Emeritus, University of Delaware.
Applications: Due Monday, August 4, 2008.
Apply online at www.artsdel.org
BEGINNERS ENCOURAGED TO APPLY -- NO PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. Priority given to first-time applicants. $250 fee includes room and board.Detailed guidelines and at www.artsdel.org/services/2008WritersRetreatapp.doc
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).
Delmarva Christian Writers' Fellowship meeting location/time
3rd Saturday, 9-Noon
Georgetown Presbyterian Church
203 N. Bedford Street, Room #7
Georgetown, Delaware
(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).
