Yes, I really did learn to type on a manual typewriter!
Remember the Good Old Days?
I’ve been writing for publication for over 40 years. There have been many changes since my first devotional was accepted by The Secret Place in 1972. That was back in the days of the electric typewriter. I remember the L O N G query letters I used to write to editors. When I’d get near the bottom of a sheet of paper, I’d tape it to the platen so it would not slip and cause my last sentences to go downhill.
Remember changing ribbons and untangling keys?
Well, truth be known, lots of my query and cover letters did go downhill! Maybe someday I’ll share my “how-not-to” examples or you can listen to me read some of them on my CD, Put Your Best Foot Forward. They really are hilarious. I even told an editor that I was willing to pay the postage. Would he be willing to read my article? (He wasn’t!)
When the Selectric typewriter was introduced, I was ecstatic and fascinated by the little type ball that spun around. My speed doubled but probably not my accuracy. 😦 Never did I imagine how far technology would take us and bless us. Truly these are exciting days filled with opportunities for writers.
How to Create Ebooks Webinar – February 19
You don’t want to miss out on the growing ebook trend, do you? Perhaps you haven’t joined in because you didn’t know where to start? This webinar will put an end to your lack of know-how and will make it possible for you to create ebooks, too! In our class, How to Create Ebooks, you will discover how you can convert your manuscripts, reports, speeches or out-of-print works into ebooks. Learn how you can create ebooks to instantly reach new audiences waiting to read your words. After all, technology is changing the way people read books and it’s time you learned how you can join the bandwagon and capitalize on and influence this growing market.
Join CCWC keynoter Linda Evans Shepherd from the Advanced Writers’s and Speaker’s Association’s Instant Writers Conference and Cheri Cowell, the owner of EAbooks, February 19 – 9:00 pm Eastern, 8:00 pm Central, 7:00 pm Mountain, 6:00 pm Pacific. Sign up and you’ll be able to watch the replay even if you miss the class! Click here to register.
How One Day Can Change Your Life as a Writer
February 28 Writers on the Rock Conference
If you are a Colorado or Wyoming writer who wants your words to make a difference, you won’t want to miss this one-day conference. Join more than 100 others from all along the Front Range.
Lancaster Christian Writers Fellowship 
Super Saturday, April 11, 8:30 – 4:30
Lancaster Bible College, Lancaster, PA
Super Saturday is a one-day conference for writers of all genres, from beginning writers to published authors. This conference includes both fiction and non-fiction workshops.
Click here for more info.
Colorado Christian Writers Conference
May 13-16
Email mbagnull@aol.com for our 16-page brochure if you’ve not yet received it.
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Presently in planning stage.
Registration opens April 1.
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Father, help us to believe and act on Your promise.
“Now you have every grace and blessing;
every spiritual gift and power for doing his will are yours
during this time of waiting for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
1 Corinthians 1:7 TLB
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