The Susquehanna Valley Writers Workshop’s next conference will be a “down-sized” luncheon at Country Cupboard on Saturday, October 6^th from 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. Our guest speaker will be Pastor Dave Weiss from Reading, PA.

Dave Weiss

Dave Weiss’s Presentation

 “God and the Creative Process”

The first fact we know about God from the Bible and the first act we see Him do is “create.”

In the introduction to Jesus as the Word in his book of John, the first thing John tells us (other than Jesus’ eternal and divine nature) is that Jesus “created.” We’re also told that we are created in His image, that we’re His workmanship created on purpose for His purposes, and that we are His children. If you’re creative, it’s because God made you creative.

“Being creative” presents a multitude of questions:

1. How can we use our creativity to bring honor to our Creator?
2. How can we invite God into our creativity?
3. What is my creative mission?
4. What are the boundaries on Christian creativity?

Writer, artist, and pastor Dave Weiss will explore these questions and more in his presentation “God and the Creative Process.”

About Dave Weiss

Dave Weiss has been an artist as long as he can remember. When Dave came to Jesus, he began to seek ways to use his creative gifts to serve the Lord. The result of these efforts is a ministry called A.M.O.K. (Arts Ministry Outreach for the Kingdom), a ministry dedicated to using the arts to spread the gospel and to train up “creatives” to do the same.

Dave is the author of Running A.M.O.K.: Random Musings for the Creative Hands of the Body of Christ, he is a lesson writer for the youth ministry resource Interlinc, and he writes The AMOKArts Tribe blog.

As a speaker, Dave does a variety of creative arts presentations, youth retreats, and more, sometimes featuring live “performance” painting. He also shares the gospel by creating unique art videos, which he posts on his blog, on Youtube, and on other video sites.

A Dave Weiss Original

He works full-time in the communications field and pastors New Creation Fellowship in Reading, PA. He is married and is the father of two sons. His work may be seen through his website http://www.amokarts.com.

(Registration fee for the luncheon: $20 – includes the fantastic Country Cupboard lunch buffet and honorarium fee for Pastor Weiss.

Contact Marsha Hubler at marshahubler@wildblue.net for more information.)

PLEASE COME TO OUR LUNCHEON!

 The Susquehanna Valley Writers Workshop’s next conference will be a “down-sized” luncheon at Country Cupboard on Saturday, October 6^th from 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. Our guest speaker will be Pastor Dave Weiss from Reading, PA.

Dave Weiss’s Presentation

“God and the Creative Process”

The first fact we know about God from the Bible and the first act we see Him do is “create.”

In the introduction to Jesus as the Word in his book of John, the first thing John tells us (other than Jesus’ eternal and divine nature) is that Jesus “created.” We’re also told that we are created in His image, that we’re His workmanship created on purpose for His purposes, and that we are His children.  If you’re creative, it’s because God made you creative.

“Being creative” presents a multitude of questions:

1. How can we use our creativity to bring honor to our Creator?
2. How can we invite God into our creativity?
3. What is my creative mission?
4. What are the boundaries of Christian creativity?

Writer, artist, and pastor Dave Weiss will explore these questions and more in his presentation “God and the Creative Process.”

About Dave Weiss

Dave Weiss has been an artist as long as he can remember. When Dave came to Jesus, he began to seek ways to use his creative gifts to serve the Lord. The result of these efforts is a ministry called A.M.O.K. (Arts Ministry Outreach for the Kingdom), a ministry dedicated to using the arts to spread the gospel and to train up “creatives” to do the same.

Dave is the author of Running A.M.O.K.: Random Musings for the Creative Hands of the Body of Christ, he is a lesson writer for the youth ministry resource Interlinc, and he writes The AMOKArts Tribe blog.

As a speaker, Dave does a variety of creative arts presentations, youth retreats, and more, sometimes featuring live “performance” painting.  He also shares the gospel by creating unique art videos, which he posts on his blog, on Youtube, and on other video sites.

He works full-time in the communications field and pastors New Creation Fellowship in Reading, PA. He is married and is the father of two sons.  His work may be seen through his website http://www.amokarts.com.

(Registration fee for the luncheon: $20 – includes the fantastic Country Cupboard lunch buffet and honorarium fee for Pastor Weiss.

(Contact Marsha Hubler at marshahubler@wildblue.net for more information.)

Happy writing!

Marsha

www.marshahubler.wordpress.com

www.marshahubler.com

Thank you, loyal writer friends who attended the 8th Susquehanna Valley Writers Workshop on October 8, 2011, at the Best Western Country Cupboard Inn, Lewisburg, PA. If you did not attend, scroll down to the last post and see what you missed! We had great speakers, great food, and great fellowship with intense workshops about a variety of genres.

Our next gathering will be on Saturday, October 6, 2012. For a break from our conference venue, we are planning to “downsize” by having only a luncheon at Country Cupboard from 11:30 to 1:30 pm with one speaker to challenge us in our writing ventures.

There will be a small registration fee of $20 (due before the luncheon), which will cover  your cost for the huge Country Cupboard buffet and help us with expenses for our speaker. We always have much positive feedback about the time we share around the table discussing our writing projects and getting to know other authors with the passion to write.

We hope you’ll decide to join us for this short but sweet gathering of writers of any genre on October 6th, 2012.

In the meantime, sign up for my writers’ tips blog at www.marshahubler.wordpress.com where I share many tips about writing different genres, much of the information coming from past workshops, and join the Writers of Any Genre group on Facebook, where we discuss each other’s passions, hopes, dreams, and disappointments in the fascinating world of writing.

Happy writing!

Marsha

www.marshahubler.wordpress.com

www.marshahubler.com

Friday and Saturday, October 7 and 8, 2011, at the Best Western Country Cupboard Inn in Lewisburg, PA!

Register Now!

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SOCIAL NETWORKING CLASS

NOTE! THIS SEMINAR IS FULL!

NO MORE REGISTRATIONS BEING ACCEPTED!

THERE ARE  STILL OPENINGS FOR SATURDAY’S WRITING CLASSES

 FACULTY

1. Daniel Gasteiger, Lewisburg, PA - social networking expert: find out how to market yourself online most effectively

Daniel Gasteiger

Daniel Gasteiger’s book, Yes, You Can!  And Freeze And Dry It, Too! – about preserving food – is a new title from Cool Springs Press. Why is this significant? Gasteiger landed the book contract through effective Internet Marketing (SEO) and Social Media Marketing. In real life, Gasteiger is a social media evangelist, teaching social marketing strategies at corporations, civic groups, economic development organizations, and conferences throughout the northeast.

Gasteiger began his career as the Macros and Technical Editor of Lotus Magazine. There, in the first years of the personal computer revolution, he taught highly technical concepts to non-technical audiences. His readers were people who bought IBM PCs so they could use the newfangled electronic spreadsheet called Lotus 1-2-3.

Gasteiger wrote hundreds of articles about personal computing and he spoke at dozens of trade shows, corporate offices, and user groups on behalf of the magazine. Subsequently, he authored or co-authored five books about computing and worked extensively as a programmer and software designer.

As an independent consultant and freelance writer, Gasteiger has handled marketing and advertising for most of his career. With the emergence of social media, he became a student of SEO and Social Media Marketing and he works with several Pennsylvania companies to build web presence and extend their marketing reach online. Gasteiger also leads classes in which he teaches writers how to become relevant in the emerging online publishing industry.

The traditional publishing industry is failing, Gasteiger says, because the Internet is flourishing. Social media has given rise to a new economy, and learning to participate effectively opens amazing opportunities for new and established writers.

Gasteiger’s social network knows him as Cityslipper. His premier blog is Your Small Kitchen Garden which draws more than 8,000 visitors each month—even when he treats the blog poorly. He invites you to visit at Your Small Kitchen Garden, to follow him on Twitter, to “Like” his Facebook page, to subscribe to his vlog on Youtube, and to explore social media with his class for writers on his Social Marketing Strategies blog.

Your Small Kitchen Garden: http://www.smallkitchengarden.net

Small Kitchen Garden on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Small-Kitchen-Garden/71949896627

Cityslipper’s Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/cityslipper

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cityslipper

Social Marketing Strategies blog: http://www.websocialmarketingstrategies.com

SATURDAY WORKSHOP FACULTY

Eight Workshops and a Faculty Panel Discussion with the Following

2. Vie Herlocker - editor w/Sonfire Publishing Co, Galax, VA; what’s the difference between a paranormal and a thriller? Is there such a genre as Christian horror?

Vie will present two workshops: “Christian Horror: Get Outta Here” and “Your Publishing Options.”

Vie Herlocker, editor

Vie, AKA “The Book Mama,” is the managing editor for Sonfire Media, an independent Christian publishing house in Galax, Virginia, where she recently edited and published Thomas Smith’s Christian Horror, Something Stirs.

In addition to her work at Sonfire, Vie provides freelance editing services through Cornerstone-Ink.com.

She is a past winner of the Guideposts writing contest and has published in many of the GP family of publications. Her work has appeared in Penned from the Heart, Miracles of Forgiveness, and Chicken Soup for the Empty Nesters Soul. Vie co-wrote Building Better Schools by Engaging Support Staff and ghostwrote an award-winning memoir.

Her professional affiliations include: Christian Proofreaders and Editors Network, American Christian Writers, American Christian Fiction Writers, JoyWriters, and C.L.A.S.S.

3. Mary Sue Seymour

Organization: The Seymour Agency
Title: Literary Agent and Founder
Web Site: http://www.theseymouragency.com/

Mary Sue will present two workshops: “Gone Fishing: How to Catch an Agent” and “Write a Christian Romance.”

Mary Sue Seymour

Mary Sue, nominated for American Christian Fiction Writers Agent of the Year, has been agenting for 19 years and is listed as a top deal-maker for inspirational fiction on Publisher’s Marketplace. She has sold multi-book deals to ThomasNelson, Zondervan, Harvest House, Bethany House, Cook, Harper One, Guideposts and others. She travels the country and world presenting writing workshops, mentoring writers and doing appointments with them. She has been a guest agent at The Women’s Fiction Festival in Matera, Italy, has attended the London Book Fair and has traveled to almost every American city to writing conferences and she’d loved every minute of it. If you’d like to see current sales, conference pictures or recent covers of books she’s sold, please visit her web site.

She represents several best selling Christian authors such as New York Times best selling author, Shelley Shepard Gray, Beth Wiseman, Mary Ellis, Amy Clipston, Vannetta Chapman and so on; her writers have won numerous publishing industry awards, have been written about in Publisher’s Weekly and other publications.

Currently Seeking: Mary Sue sells primarily romance of the Christian variety – some secular romance and nonfiction. She doesn’t work with any other type of Christian fiction.

Guidelines: http://www.theseymouragency.com/Submissions.html

Patti Souder, author, director, speaker

Patti is an author, speaker, and musician who has written four books and numerous drama sketches, musical productions, children’s stories, articles, and poems. She directs the Montrose Christian Writers Conference; co-hosts “Mailbag” on radio stations, WPEL, WPGM, and WBGM; and teaches writing courses at Davis College in Johnson City, NY.

Patti holds a Master’s in Creative Writing from Wilkes University. She has had the opportunity to interact with numerous talented writers, editors, composers, and playwrights and brings years of experience to the podium in several genres.

Her focus at our conference will be “Creative Nonfiction” and “Drama Sketches.”

5. Jeanette Windle - Lancaster, PA; find out what the components are of good fiction; do you think you have a manuscript that Kregel Publications  would like to buy?

Jeanette will present two workshops: “Candid Confessions of a Novice Novelist” and “Write an Eye-catching Proposal”

Jeanette Windle

As the child of missionary parents, award-winning author and journalist Jeanette Windle grew up in the rural villages, jungles, and mountains of Colombia, now guerrilla hot zones. Her detailed research and writing is so realistic that it has prompted government agencies to question her to determine if she has received classified information. Currently based in Lancaster, PA, Jeanette has lived in six countries and traveled in more than thirty on five continents. She has fifteen books in print, including bestselling CrossFire and Veiled Freedom, a finalist for both the 2010 Christian Book Award and 2010 Christy Award. Jeanette is also an acquisitions representative at writers conferences for Kregel Publications.

 Jeanette has a Bachelor of Theology and thirty years ministry experience in international missions, Bible teaching, women’s ministry, and children’s ministry.  She has spent twenty years in missions journalism and has fifteen novels in print. She’s also had ten years experience training and mentoring Christian writers in two languages (English, Spanish) on four continents. Besides all that, she has had ten years experience freelance editing in English and Spanish.

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For more information, contact Marsha Hubler, coordinator of the conference at
(Web) www.marshahubler.com
(Writers Tips) www.marshahubler.wordpress.com
(Horse Facts Blog) www.mhubler.wordpress.com

This website will keep you informed of the past, present, and future events of the Susquehanna Valley Writers’ Workshop held every October at the Best Western/Country Cupboard Inn in Lewisburg, PA

The Susquehanna Valley Writers Workshop started back in 2004 when a group of writers in the Susquehanna Valley in PA decided to have their own conference instead of traveling great distances to attend others. Since the first workshop with one faculty member and 33 in attendance in a library social room, the conference has moved to the Best Western Country Cupboard Inn, Lewisburg, PA, and averages five on faculty and 60 conferees. Various genres are represented every year with paid private critiques, peer critique sessions, and workshops that challenge the conferees to hone their skills to the best of their ability.

Check the home page to see who is on faculty for our next conference planned for Friday and Saturday, October 7th and 8th, 2011.

Marsha Hubler - coordinator of the SVWW

Writers’ tips blog: www.marshahubler.wordpress.com

Horse facts website: www.horsefactsbymarshahubler.wordpress.com

Website: www.marshahubler.com

We’re having a social network class at our next writers’ conference with a whiz of an instructor. It is scheduled for two days, and there is MUCH interest. Even a two-day hands-on workshop will only scratch the surface of what’s free and at your fingertips online to help you market yourself.

So if you’re interested at all in signing up for this workshop, don’t delay in registering. The class is filling up fast.

Marsha Hubler

(Website) www.marshahubler.com

(Writers’ Tips) www.marshahubler.wordpress.com

(Horse Facts) www.horsefactsbymarshahubler.wordpress.com