2005 Winter - Wisconsin Writers Association

Page 11Western Wisconsin Christian Writers’ Guild: Beth Ellie, Reporter bethelliewriter@yahoo.comFirst Report 1914 16th St., Eau Claire, WI 54703 715-836-9472nology to Boost Creativity.” Welearned how gadgets (no longer reservedfor nerds) can increase yourproductivity and protect your creativecapital. Tewalt teaches electronicsand computers at CVTC andspends part of his time researchingthe latest technology tools and howthey can be used to increase learning.On December 13 th , we will haveour annual Christmas celebration,“Joy to the World.” The celebrationwill feature holiday treats, great music,readings from our fall contestwinners, and loads of fun. Come andrejoice in the Savior’s birth!On January 10 th , Karen J. Olsonwill present “The Lie of Time Management:Playing the Game WithoutLosing Your Marbles.” Olson advisesthrowing out those traditionaltime management strategies thatstress you out! She has a better wayto get your ideas under control andyour paperwork shuffled so you canfind your desk. Byline, ChristianCommunicator, and Spirit LedWriter have featured Olson’s articleson the writing life and craft.Christian Parenting Today, Focuson the Family-Single Parent Family,and Lutheran Digest, among others,have published her work on parentingand families. She writes forChicken Soup for the Soul books,and various other anthologies, inaddition to other local, regional, andnational publications. Olson speaksThe Western Wisconsin ChristianWriters Guild was established in thefall of 2000. The Guild's purpose isto provide Christian fellowship, mutualsupport and encouragement,practical advice, networking, andtraining opportunities to writers andother artists seeking to honor Godwith their creative gifts. TheWWCWG meets the second Tuesdayof each month Septemberthrough May at Bethesda LutheranChurch, 123 W. Hamiliton Ave.,Eau Claire. All are welcome!On September 13 Guild PresidentMary Pierce kicked off the newseason with insights on what it takesto build a writing career. Pierce(www.laughlady.com) is a speakerand the author of When Did I StopBeing Barbie & Become Mrs. PotatoHead? and Confessions of aPrayer Wimp, both from Zondervan/HarperCollins. She’s a frequent contributorto Focus on the Family andother publications and has threemore books in the works.On October 11 th , Minneapolisbasedauthor, editor, and teacher,Joyce K. Ellis(www.joycekellis.com), addressedthe guild on taking your writing to ahigher level. Author of severalbooks, Ellis received a Higher GoalsAward from the Evangelical ChristianPublishers Association and isworking on a mystery series.On November 8 th , Tim Tewaltspoke on “Tech Talk: Using Techona variety of writing, parentingand women’s topics. She currentlywrites two columns, one on disabilityissues for Family Times, and onefor Quality of Life Times on life.On February 14 th , we’ll have aprogram titled “Sacred Romance.”There’s just no better way to celebrateValentine’s Day than by focusingon God’s lavish love! Join usfor an evening of reflection as groupmembers share their creative insightsinto the sacred romance ourheavenly Father desires with each ofus.On March 14 th , Rebecca Deingerwill speak on “This Pen for Hire:Creative Copyrighting for Clips andCash.” Learn the secrets for actuallyearning money as a freelancer.Becky Dienger has been freelancingsince 1994 and has written copy forlocal and national businesses andnon-profit organizations, includinglong-form video scripts, manuals,brochures, newsletters, annual reports,TV and radio commercials,billboards, display ads, and catalogs.Her feature writing has been publishedin the Chippewa Herald, theEau Claire Leader-Telegram, Impressions,Quality of Life Times,Home Front, Wisconsin West, ChippewaValley Business Report, Children'sDigest, and Byline; and hasappeared online at thewww.SpiritLedWriter.com andwww.WritingontheRun.com. #An Easy Way Around One of Microsoft Word’s Automatic FeaturesOne of the ways you may indicate a change of scenes within a chapter is to type a short line of asterisks inthe middle of the page.******But, when you hit Enter, MS Word assumes you want a whole line of them and automatically changes themto a line of asterisks across the entire page. The simple way to fix that is to hit the Enter key then the BackspaceKey. That cancels the automatic action and you are left with the short line of asterisks you want. The same trickworks with many of Word’s automatic functions, such as a line of hyphens or underlines. #