Sharing the Wealth

I've been so blessed by authors, readers, and friends sharing their writing tips and personal stories with me. Recently, I attended a writing clinic in New Jersey hosted by bestselling author Cec Murphey. Before the clinic, I felt exhausted and run down, maxed out by all of my projects - and life in general. In fact, I seriously considered not even going to the clinic because I felt that I hadn't really had time to prepare physically or emotionally for it. But I went anyway.

I'm so glad I did. I'm amazed at God's way of redeeming situations. I stayed with a fantastic family in the beautiful hills of Milford, NJ. Cec encouraged and inspired me. The other women had incredible stories of how the Lord led them through adversity and pain to a place of redemption and how He had prompted each of them to share their life experiences through writing.   

Some of the lessons I learned:

1. You are not alone.

2. Every person has a story to tell - and that story is worth telling.

3. Many, many people in this world are worse off than you are.

4. Our pain gives us a platform to minister to others.

5. We must do our part and then trust God to do the rest.

 

Thanks to Cecil Murphey, the Moore family, Annalee, Carol, Carole, Ronie, Lisa, Leslie, Dawn, and to Twila for helping make arrangements for me. 

Cec has only ONE more three-day clinic available. I highly recommend it - his pointers will transform your writing! The conference will be held in Toronto.  For more information, check out Cec's website at themanbehindthewords.com.