CENTEX CHAPTER
CENTEX CHAPTER
CENTEX MONTHLY MEETING - September 2008
The CenTex Chapter of ACFW will meet on Saturday, September 13th from 9:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.
Rick Guzman, an attorney in private practice in Round Rock, Texas, will cover what you should look for, what you should avoid, and tell you what it all means. Rick's law practice includes publishing interests. On the writing side, he is the co-author of the Lorenzo series, young adult novels about the Spanish contribution to the American Revolution. With his wife, Lila, he writes biographies of famous Latinos, most recently "George Lopez: Latino King of Comedy." Rick is currently working on Spinach Wars, a young adult sci-fi novel.
CenTex's monthly meetings are held in the Lane House at the First Baptist Church, 306 Round Rock Avenue, in Round Rock, Texas, 78664. The Lane House shares a parking lot with the sanctuary. (For map and driving directions see: http://www.fbcrr.org/). The map is a pdf file so it may take a moment to load.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Hill Country Book Festival
The first annual festival will be held on Saturday, October 11th, in Georgetown,Texas from 9 - 4:00 at the Georgetown Public Library, 402 W 8th St, (512) 930-3551. View the map For more information contact: Phyllis Moses or Margie Boyd.
MEETING PRESENTATION REPORT
August's guest speaker Allison Pittman nailed it when she said "POV are those three little letters that can drive a writer crazy". However, thanks to her presentation writers went home to their WIP's (work in progress) with the knowledge and techniques to control head-hopping, diminish the number of characters with their own POV, and with tips on how to smash POV's ping-pong syndrome once and for all. Visit her website to learn more about this accomplished writer.
UPCOMING 2008 MEETINGS
Meetings in 2008
Meetings in 2009
SPOTLIGHT on MEMBERS
A CenTex-sized Congratulations to Lynette Sowell on the contract for her first Heartsong historical romance. All That Glitters, is set during the Gilded Age in Newport, Rhode Island.
MEMBER WEBSITES
MEMBER NEWS
Rene Banglesdorf
Keynote speaker for the Literacy Walk at Forbes Middle School in Georgetown on March 14, 2008. She spoke to 600 students. Also spoke to all of the Language Arts classes in 6th and 8th grades. She also participated in a book signing at the SCBWI conference on Saturday, April 26th.
Ann Bell
Last spring Linworth Publishing submitted her name to be included in Thompson Gale's Contemporary Authors series for 2008. Gale's is a standard bearer in academic and school libraries. The online database version is available and the print version will be available in libraries in the near future.
S. Evelyn Evans
Evelyn has a story, page 180, in Wounded by Words published by New Hope, edited by Susan Titus Osborn, Karen Kosman, and Jennie Gordon. This book is a resource for women whose faith and families have been undermined by verbal abuse in the home and work place. Release day February 2008. Available in bookstores everywhere. For more information go to http://www.newhopepublishers.com.
Lila Guzman
Lila and Rick Guzman's thirteenth book for Enslow Publishers, "George Lopez: King of Comedy," has been published as the company's 8th addition to its Latino Biography Library series.
Lila did a booksigning on Sunday, August 3rd at the Power of Women event, held at the Marriott La Frontera hotel in Round Rock, Texas.
Forthcoming Books:
Lorenzo and the Pirate (Blooming Tree Press (BTP), Fall 2008) Mohammed (BTP, 2009) Jesus (BTP, 2009) Moses (BTP, 2009) Green Slime and Jam (BTP, forthcoming) George Lopez: Latino King of Comedy (Enslow, forthcoming)
Karen Hodges
Karen told stories and spoke to the WOW (Wings of Wisdom) group of senior citizens in Evant, Texas in June. She discussed the importance of writing down family stories to pass on to the next generation.
Nancy Jo Jenkins
Nancy Jo spoke May 26th at the "Words for the Journey Christian Writers Guild" at The Woodlands, Texas.She's been invited to the the guest speaker at the Texas Baptist General Convention for Church Librarians to be held in Ft. Worth March, 2009. She's been invited to give a workshop for the newly-formed ACFW Woodlands' Chapter of ACFW - "Writers on the Storm" in early 2009. On August 1st, she'll be in a group of 40 authors in Houston for "Meet the Author" night at the Woods Edge Church in The Woodlands, Texas. Some of proceeds of all books sold will go to charity.
Alicea Jones
Alicea's article Consumed by Fear was published in Focus on the Family Magazine in August, 2008 under the pen name Simone Lee.
Stefanie Morris
Stephanie is a finalist in the ACFW 2008 Genesis Young Adult category. The winner will be announced at the September ACFW annual conference.
Lynette Sowell
Lynette received a contract for her first Heartsong historical romance. The book is entitled All That Glitter, and is set during the Gilded Age in Newport, Rhode Island.
Heartsong Presents Mysteries is publishing two of Lynette's novels. A Suspicion of Strawberries was published March 2008 and The Wiles of Watermelon will be out in September 2008.You will enjoy reading the interview with Lynette on the Keep Me in Suspense blog at http://keepmeinsuspense.blogspot.com/2008/03/interview-with-lynette-sowell.html
CONFERENCE and WORKSHOP OPPORTUNITIES
Join CenTex members in promoting and attending these professional development opportunities
American Christian Fiction Writers Conference (ACFW)
September 18-21, 2008
Minneapolis, MN
Key Note Speaker is Angela Hunt http://www.acfw.com/conference/
OTHER ACFW CHAPTERS
Find nation-wide ACRW chapters at http://www.acfw.com/chapters.shtmlArizona (West zone)
Colorado (Rocky Mountains zone)
Georgia (Southeast zone)
llinois (Midwest zone)
Indiana (Midwest zone)
Ohio (Midwest zone)
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South Carolina (Southeast zone)
Oklahoma (Southwest zone)
Texas (Southwest zone)
Officers | Dorothy Featherling feather@austin.rr.com | Stefanie Morris stefi.paul@sbcglobal.net | Lin Harris linharris@austin.rr.com |
Join the CENTEX CHAPTER of the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW):
CenTex Chapter dues is $10 annually.
First year membership in ACFW is $50 and is required prior to joining the CenTex Chapter. ACFW renewal fee is $40.
Download the CenTex application form
Contact Lin Harris for additional memberhship information.
CENTEX CHAPTER CONTACT:
Lin Harris
129 Fox Hollow Cove
Cedar Creek, Texas 78612-4844
(512) 601-2216
(240) 208-3201 fax
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