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Northwest Houston Inspirational Writers Alive is Christian interdenominational writers’ club.

IWA promotes creative writing to glorify Christ by helping individuals advance their writing skills and find effective markets for their work.

October 8th, 2019 - Next Meeting Guest Speaker
Dr. Jon M. Suter, a distinguised English Professor at Houston Baptist University will be out guest speaker.  He will be accompanied by Dr. Tommy L. Bambrick, Vice President, Houston Baptist University.  

November 12th will be a Critique Session - See below for guidelines


Free Publishing Guide: (See article below after officer's list)
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Critique Sessions: On arrival, please sign the Critique Sheet for a critique of your  manuscript.
Guidelines for a critique: We follow guidelines acceptable with most publishers, font New Times Roman 12 and double-spaced. We critique five pages maximum.
Copies: We are members of a writing organization. We need sufficient copies of manuscripts for critique or handouts for each person at the table. For this reason, we greatly appreciate members who let us know they’ll be absent.
Copies Needed for July: Please bring five to eight copies. 
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We welcome writers at all levels.  MEMBERSHIP FORM

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NW  Houston IWA Meets Second Tuesdays of the month at Copperfield Church 
8350 Hwy 6 North from 7 to  9 pm.    
Check with front desk for Room Number

Connie McWilliams and Jeff Campbell

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Some of the best Christian Publishers Zondervan. Zondervan is the gold standard of Christian publishing. ... Moody Publishers. ... Bethany House. ... Crosslink Publishing. ... Christian Faith Publishing. ... Lighthouse Christian Publishing. ... Thomas Nelson. ... Faithwords

Martha Roddy Founder and past President

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Since the founding of NW Houston IWA! we have alternated Critique Sessions with speakers. Our speakers include multi-published authors in all genre and come with a myriad of experiences from many walks of life.

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Janice Thompson spoke at our June 10th, 2019 meeting on Writing with Both Sides of the Brain - muse on the right and critic on the left - and how both are very beneficial and necessary to our writing.  We had a great turnout and all of us went home with a wealth of information and ideas.  Thank you, Janice!

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NW HOUSTON IWA! Newsletters

October Scribe 2019 - PDF

September Scribe 2019 - PDF

August Scribe 2019 - PDF

July Scribe 2019 - PDF

June Scribe 2019 - PDF

May Scribe 2019 - PDF

April Scribe 2019 - PDF

March Scribe 2019 - PDF

February Scribe 2019 - PDF
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January 8, 2019 
Elected Officers
Lois Harris, President
Debbie Sapp, Vice-President
Bronwyn Spindle , Secretary
Cherri Taylor, Treasurer
Jeff Campbell, Chaplain
​Martha Roddy - Historian
Cherri Taylor - Web Manager
​Founder, Past President    magnolia7787@gmail.com 
​     website: martharoddy.com

Lois, NWIWA Secretary, writer and a woman of many talents. Ask about her creations!

Marha and members busy at work! Free Publishing Opportunities See Below:

Scroll down for overview of the May meeting with photos and Question Sheet given out by DiAnn Mills

CONGRATULATIONS
NW Houston IWA!  Writing Contest Winners!


Cherri Taylor
Category:  Article
​Second Place:  Skimming the Dross​

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Marilyn Dworshak
Category:  Poetry
Second Place:  All Things Are Possible!
Third Place:   Clandestine Charlatan

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50 Magazines & Blogs that Pay Writers 


17 FREE Writing Contests With Cash Prizes (Up To $30,000)
https://www.freedomwithwriting.com/freedom/uncategorized/5309/ 

​2018  April,  Martha posts two documents:
Character Chart
Basic Character Sheet
2018  American Christians have an annual purchasing power of $5.1 trillion. That dumbfounds me, you guys. It’s like the national debt sometime in the Clinton administration. Most Christians shell out money on the same basic expenses our neighbors do – food, mortgages, bills – but we spend other dollars differently.  The above quote lists books, restaurants (Chick-Filet) stores (Hobby Lobby).   Keep on keeping on with your writing. There is a market out there for Chrisitan writing.  
By Holland Webb, @WebbJohnpaul  ​



You may be interested…free From: 
Steve Laube : Book Proposal Tips & Tricks
Click for copy:  PDFbptat.pdf,

2017 October PowerPoint Presentation    Click to download PDF                                
Book Your Success Now!

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Check out Terry Whalin's website re: publishing in the Christian Market. Terry spoke at Texas Christian Writers' conference several years ago.
http://www.right-writing.com/newsletter.html
​Get your book published:
http://www.right-writing.com/published.html 
Insight to Common Writer Questions:
http://www.right-writing.com/insight.html

Terry Whalin states:
If you follow the news about publishing, you are aware the physical bookstores are shrinking. This year over 400 Family Christian bookstores closed their doors. One of the wide open areas for authors is the public library. Libraries have: 
• People who love authors and books
• Budgets to buy books
• Hold events for authors to sell books
• And much more
Yet how to you sell your book to these librarians who are buying books? In the last week, I have purchased the Real Fast Library Marketing program and I’ve been working through the various lessons. I’m about to begin actively selling my Billy Graham book to libraries using this system. For a limited time, you can also learn about and purchase this program. There is a free two-hour webinar and discounted program at: 
http://realfastlibrarymarketing.com/terry/
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CHECK OUT Beth Moore's Website
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Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV
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View this interesting article on the SERIAL COMMA
​Nothing excites the passion of grammar geeks more than the serial, or Oxford, comma.
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Contact Patricia Kougar-Melton-Melton if you would like NW IWA business cards.

NWH IWA! meets in Room 301, 7-9 p.m.

OCTOBER Northwest Houston IWA! MEETING __ Member Discussion

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Power of Emotions presented by Diane Mills to the Northwest Houston IWA! members, May 9, 2017

Click for a PDF copy of Questions that D Mills gave out to writers.

DiAnn Mills, best selling contempory author

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May meeting!  2017
​DIANN MILLS Gave an excellent talk on the POWER OF EMOTIONS  


​Copperfield Baptist Church, 8350 Hwy. 6 North 
Houston, TX 77095 United States + Google Map
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​We Write for His Glory.
Let my concepts and writing be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. KJV  ​Psalm 19:14


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BOOK PROPOSAL Tips and Tricks     PDF
by Steve Laube

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January 2017 Meeting - Enjoyed by all!

November meeting highlights included an article by Connie, a poem by Nicki and a reading by Martha from The Sleeper.

September NWH IWA! meeting at Copperfield Church led by Marth Roddy, President

update - April 2019          webmaster - cherritaylor53@comcast.net​​