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Okay, so maybe the flowers don't always bloom at Mt. Olivet, but the community we've built and the growth we've seen in our writing--these things blossom through all seasons.
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Margaret Steinacker, choir director and pianist for the annual Writer's Weekend, has written a new book about teaching behind bars. Fearless Teaching from a Grocery Cart, subtitled "How to Teach Effectively With A Limited Assigned Area," chronicles Margaret's adventures in teaching GED classes in a jail setting. Each chapter of this practical book ends with tips for teachers. |
No stapler? No desks? No blackboards? No problem! Fearless Teaching from A Grocery Cart shows how to orchestrate a workable classroom anywhere. Steinacker has spent over 34 years as a classroom teacher and instructor to inmates in two Indiana county jails. In this book, she teaches teachers how to meet the needs of every student in very limited classrooms.
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Margaret's new blog at margaret-steinacker.blogspot.com |
Margaret has also started a blog called Mag's Muse, at http://margaret-steinacker.blogspot.com. You can follow updates about Margaret's writing journey by reading Mag's Muse.
For the Writing Academy's 2009 writing contest, you were asked to write about a time in your life when you received "apples of gold" in someone's words to you--OR a time when you felt like you had just the right words for someone else.
The winners were announced on Sunday night, August 2nd, at the Writer's Weekend:
Robyn Whitlock
Robyn Whitlock took first place for her short essay called "Gifts and Goodbyes," about her grandfather, who encouraged her to be a writer. Robyn has a parenting blog (Llama Mama), and she is working on a novel about teen pregnancy.
In addition to these categories, the judge awarded a special prize to William E. Peterson for "Faith in the Face of Seemingly Insurmountable Circumstances." Bill has battled a terrible illness this past year and still found the time to enter our contest.
The judge for this year's contest was Kathleen Deyer Bolduc. Her book Autism and Alleluias, which tells the story of her son Joel's teen years, will be published by Judson Press in March of 2010. Contest Coordinator was Patty Kyrlach.
On our award's night, we also announced that Rita Scheidt placed in three categories of the writing contest at the St. David's conference this year.
Congratulations to ALL the winners. Entries will be posted soon in Showcase!
Writing Academy Members, what's new with you? Let us know! Send us an e-mail with news of your latest writing-related news. Got a book you'd like to recommend--or a favorite quotation to share? Just be BRIEF! And send your news briefs to the Writing Academy by clicking on this text .
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Sally Devine will have seven devotions published in Light from the Word and seven more in The Quiet Hour--all in 2010. Sally is the leader of our Writer's eXchange group that works on devotions, and she has encouraged other members to submit their writings. |
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Jerry Elsea presented "My Notorious Relations," a critique of "cable news' miserable overall performance," to the Cedar Rapids Literary Club. He co-produced the summer "Ministry in Action" report for the inner-city Matthew 25 Ministry he serves as a volunteer. |
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Since February of 2008, Kay Clark has been writing a weekly column for a local paper, The Chesterfield Weekly. Her column is called "Kay's Korner," and she writes about "any topic that hits my fancy" for a readership of about 4,000. Congratulations, Kay. |
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In April, Sheryl Van Weelden and her daughter Sherry Borzo did a podcast with Lillian Brummet. Sheryl and Sherry were promoting their book, Under the Tea Leaves: Reflections of a Mother-Daughter Journey. Lillian asked permission to quote Sheryl in her book, Puple Snowflake Marketing: How to Make Your Book Stand Out in a Crowd. |
Are you concerned about the plight of America's children?
Crying in the Wilderness: a Voice for America's Children puts human faces on the statistics and gives a voice to those who have no voice in the system. This timely book, by award-winning author and educator Tomaline Lenox, tells the real life stories of children at risk.
Tomaline Lenox
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