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2019 Summer Webinars / How to Structure Your Book

2019 Summer Webinars with Melanie Rigney Melanie Rigney is the author of three books, including the just-released Woman of Worth: Prayers and Reflections for Women Inspired by the Book of Proverbs (Twenty-third Publications). Earlier in her career, she was the editor of Writer’s Digest magazine, and acquired books for WD, Macmillan Computer Publishing, and Thomson …

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What To Do About Slime

By Sarah Hamaker, CCWF president Remember that old Nickelodeon TV awards show for kids where someone got slime poured over his head? That image of the green, gooey stuff cascading out of a giant bucket onto someone’s head came to mind when I read a snarky online comment about me. The person knew nothing about …

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Birthing A Book

Whether you self-publish or go with traditional publishing, there are three distinct, sometimes overlapping processes in getting your book out there: Writing Publishing Marketing The internet has made getting your writing out there as easy as typing up your thoughts, posting them on a blog or social media, then telling your friends about it or …

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What If?

By Sarah Hamaker, president of CCWF What if I actually can’t write? What if the plot’s a mess? What if I start and don’t know how to finish the book? What if no one else likes it? What if it’s published and no one buys it? In our writing life, we entertain many What If …

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CCWF Launched 2/9/2019

Launch Day Report The day dawned bright and crisp. As I journeyed north from Central Virginia to Centreville, the temperature began to drop. Arriving at Centreville Presbyterian Church, the breeze made unloading our meeting supplies a freezy endeavor. Two weeks ago we launched Capital Christian Writers Fellowship. We were delighted to welcome a diverse group …

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Notable for 2019

Current Trends for Writers Trends for Readers Bookworms rack up over 700 hours of reading a year – the equivalent of 30 full days. 86 percent (2018 survey/2000 Americans) feel they make a conscious effort to read in some way every day. Tallying up reading times across books, ebooks, newspaper articles and reading websites, the …

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Welcome

Welcome to the new website of Capital Christian Writers Fellowship. We have combined the best of two groups: Capital Christian Writers and Northern Virginia Christian Writers Fellowship into what we believe will offer: Accepting, encouraging atmosphere for event attendees Opportunities to connect with other writers Cultivating a support group feel for all writers Opportunities to …

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