CELEBRATIONS
Let us celebrate with and encourage one another!
Have you been published recently? Has your idea been accepted by an editor? Have you accomplished a hard-won goal? Send news of your writing or other creative achievements to us and we'll announce them here! Use the "CONTACT US" form with "CELEBRATION" in the subject line. (50 word maximum subject to final edits. Open to paid guild members only. Thanks.)
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PREVIOUS NEWS:
MICHELLE RAYBURN had an article in the November Focus on the Family couples edition of the magazine. The article can also be found online: Hunting Deer and Gluing Sparkles. Congrats, Michelle!
BECKY TIDBERG had a very celebratory summer! Lookout magazine accepted her article "I Can't Even Make Soup" for their October 26 issue and "My Worst Day Ever" will be published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Middle School. Becky says, "Thanks to WWCWG members for your willingness to help me and for your encouragement." Well done, Becky! (posted 9/10/08)
DEETJE WILDES won 3rd place in the Writers Contest at the Green Lake Christian Writers Conference in August, 2008. (She was equally excited to discover that her friend Susan won 2nd prize.) Way to go, Deetje! (posted 9/3/08)
ELLIE PAULSON will be published in the 2008-2009 Poetica Grandma-tica. Congratulations Ellie! (posted 9/2/08)
MARY PIERCE has an article "You Had to Be There" in the September Focus on the Family magazine. She's also interviewed in September on Christian Women Online's Book Buzz (posted 9/2/08)
CYNTHIA RUCHTI: Cindy's article--"Starry, Starry Night"--will appear in the summer issue of Marriage Partnership magazine, a publication of Christianity Today. In addition to several "how-to" articles recently published in The Christian Communicator, Cindy's author interview of Julie Scudder Dearyan ("An Editor Who Wears a Writer's Hat") is the cover article for the April 2008 issue. CONGRATULATIONS CINDY!! (posted 4/9/08)
HEATHER COX: Heather recieved a full scholarship to Write to Publish. She says, "I guess I'm pretty good at writing letters amplifying my hopes and dreams as well as my neediness. Ha!" Also Heather is now writing regularly for an online devotional at http://lacedwithgrace.com . CONGRATULATIONS HEATHER! Notice that back in September Heather was FIRST published. Way to GO! (Posted 4/9/08)
MICHELLE RAYBURN, SANDI STANTON and SHEILA WILKINSON: Their grandmother stories appear in the latest Poetica Grandma-tica. This 2007-2008 edition is a book of, about, and by grandmothers of the Chippewa Valley. CONGRATULATIONS ALL! (posted 10/22/07)
LYDIA CHORPENING: Her book "Bigger Than Impossible" is published and is sure to challenge and expand your thinking on "how big God is!" The book is available at www.stonesofgold.com. CONGRATULATIONS LYDIA! (posted 10/4/07) MARY PIERCE: Her article "Beep, Boop, Bip!" is in the October issue of Focus on the Family magazine. (posted 9/23/07)