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Welcome!
Our membership ranges from experienced published authors to beginners. Whether you're a veteran writer or are exploring the arena of writing for the first time, you'll fit right in. |
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November 3, 20206--Barbara Blakey
As the title of a popular children’s book implies, mistakes don’t have to be disastrous. God is faithful to take our “oops” and transform them into something beautiful. We'll take a look at how our fear of failure, of not measuring up, has a paralyzing effect on our lives and discover ways of overcoming that fear to be all God intends us to be. Barbara Tifft Blakey
and her husband Terry live on five wooded acres outside Olympia,
Washington, where they’ve been married for over fifty years. During
their homeschooling years, she created Total Language Plus,
an award‑winning, literature‑inspired language arts curriculum—used by
homeschoolers and private Christian schools for over three decades.
Barbara is an active Sunday school and women’s Bible class teacher and
speaker. A devoted grandmother of eight and mother of four, she enjoys
camping by the ocean, volunteering in the kitchen at Pleasant Valley
Christian Camp (near Mt. Rainier), and cheering for the Seattle
Sounders. Her published fiction includes Bertie’s War, A Place to Belong, Emma Underground, Christmas Stars, and The Angel of Second Street. She is represented by Tamela Hancock Murray. | November 12, 7pm PST, Deep POV Workshop
Join us for Dori Harrell's upcoming workshop: Deep POV: Immerse Your Readers in Your Characters Deep POV is a narrative style that immerses readers directly into a character's inner world while also writing in third person. Deep POV filters the story through the character's thoughts, emotions, and sensations, and avoids terminology commonly found in other POV options. Join Dori as we take a dive into deep POV to bring our storytelling to the next level in this new installment of her “Taming the Beast” workshop series. |
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Our monthly meetings include a featured speaker providing insight, instruction & encouragement for our writing journeys. Opportunities for members to make presentations and share milestones. | 
Membership includes some great benefits in addition to our meetings. The benefits include critique groups, members-only Facebook group, access to a membership directory and editors connection page. | 
Our annual spring Renewal Conference features dynamic speakers, a line of workshops, editor/agent appointments, professional manuscript critiques, and other things to encourage you in your writing. Learn More |
Access to Recordings Available
Taming the Self-Editing Beast - Non-Fiction
Take your writing to publishing-industry expectations (and beyond) with Dori's comprehensive suggestions for examining your content, with examples from an actual content-edited manuscript.
In this workshop you will learn about message, theme, engagement, continuity, goal, rhythm, and structure.
Taming the Self-Editing Beast - Non-Fiction Recording
Taming the Self-Editing Beast - Fiction/Memoir
Take your writing to publishing-industry expectations (and beyond) with Dori's comprehensive suggestions for examining your content, with examples from an actual content-edited manuscript.
In this workshop you will learn about characterization, plot tension, pacing, dialog structure, point of view, theme, scene balance, and author voice.
Taming the Self-Editing Beast - Fiction/ Memoir Recording
Taming MS Word's References Beast
Citing sources properly using Word's References system saves so many headaches as your file moves through the editing and typesetting process! In this workshop, discover the publishing standards for citing sources (some surprising changes in recent years). We'll discuss the dos and don'ts and whys, plus you'll receive Dori's updated formats for citing sources. You can still register to receive access.
Taming MS Word's References Beast Recording
Taming the Editing Level Beast
Author and editor, Dori Harrell, presented a workshop on the various levels of editing. It covered what type of edit occurs at each level and what you need to do to prepare. You can still register to receive access to the recording.
Taming the Editing Level Beast Recording
Taming the MS Word Beast
If you missed Dori's Workshop on tips for using MS Word for your manuscript. You can still register to receive access to the recording. For more information and to register click the link below.