Writing Fiction for Dummies - by Randy Ingermanson and

New release from the Dummies books - Writing Fiction for Dummies This book was written by your favorite "Snowflake Guy,"
Randy Ingermanson . It is now in stores, and during the launch of the book, DEc 7 - 9, Randy is providing many free downloads to help you with your writing, including a 55 minute live presentation of one of my workshops teaching emtoions, senses and a little on point of view (POV).

Message from Randy:
My new book Writing Fiction For Dummies is now available just about everywhere. I began talking to my publisher months ago about doing a “book rush” for the book. A “book rush” is a selected period of time when we offer some special goodies to buyers.
My publisher chose December 7 to 9, 2009 for our “book rush.”

If you buy Writing Fiction For Dummies by Wednesday night, Dec. 9, at midnight PST, we’ve got a great selection of goodies for you. (Even if you already bought the book, you can still get in on this special deal.)

Here are some of the things you get during the “book rush”:

A 50% discount on all electronic downloadable products in my online store. (Including my new Snowflake Pro software and my popular lecture series Fiction 101 and Fiction 201.

A brand-new lecture on Strategic Self-Editing that I’ve just created. It’s an 80-minute talk designed to teach you strategic principles of editing your novel, so that you can edit your work better and faster. Lots of books and teachers will give you the principles of TACTICAL editing. Tactical editing is great, but I wanted to try teaching something that I hadn’t seen taught before, so I chose STRATEGIC editing.

A 20-minute audio talk on Time Management for Writers by my coauthor, Peter Economy, a best-selling author and publishing consultant who’s written about a dozen “Dummies” books.

A 25-page excerpt from James Scott Bell’s new book, The Art of War for Writers.

A 16-page excerpt from Brandilyn Collins’ excellent book, Getting Into Character.

A 55-minute audio talk on Characters, Emotions, and the Senses, by award-winning novelist Gail Gaymer Martin, whose books have sold over 3 million copies.

A tip sheet for romance writers by Leslie Wainger, author of Writing a Romance Novel for Dummies.

A tip sheet and 20-minute audio talk on selling eBooks by Paul and Sarah Edwards, authors of Marketing for Introverts.

A 7-minute introductory video on proofreading techniques and a pack of sample proofreading files by Sue Gilad, author of Copyediting and Proofreading for Dummies.

If you'd like to check out the book and the free gifts, visit his site at http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/

The Detroit Lutheran Singers Christmas Concert

If you live in the Detroit area, I invite you to come and hear this wonderful chorale. I have sung with DLS for about 15 years and love the great music we present.

Details are below or check out our webstite.

http://www.detroitlutheransingers.com/

The Detroit Lutheran Singers

Christmas Concerts 2009

Featuring favorite Christmas carols, including works and arrangements by Palestrina, Heinz Werner Zimmermann, Francis Poulenc, Alfred Burt, Parker & Shaw, Healey Willan, carol singing with the audience and an opportunity to join the Singers in the Hallelujah Chorus!

Sunday, December 6
3:30 p.m.

Historic Trinity Lutheran Church
1345 Gratiot Avenue
Detroit

Sunday, December 6
7:30 p.m.

Holy Cross
Lutheran Church
30650 Six Mile Road
Livonia

Friday, December 11
7:30 p.m.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
814 North Campbell
Royal Oak

Saturday, December 12
7:30 p.m.

St. Peter Lutheran Church
23000 Gratiot
Eastpointe


Eric Freudigman, Director Doris Hall, Accompanist

Tickets ($10/$7) available at the door,
or in advance at 248-988-6715

In Stores Now: MONTEREY MEMORIES

MONTEREY MEMORIES

In bookstores now in time for Christmas.

By Gail Gaymer Martin

Released by Barbour Publishing

Click here to purchase MONTEREY MEMORIES

Three complete novels set in the Central Coast of California.

Walk the streets and countryside of Monterey, California, with three couples who are surprised by love in the midst of their busy lives. Chad helps Felisa when she goes into labor in his lettuce field. Juli meets Alan while volunteering at a soup kitchen. Ross takes an overdue vacation at Alissa’s bed-and-breakfast. Can busy people slow down enough to realize the love God has brought into their lives?

Titles include:

AND BABY MAKES FIVE

Widowed, Living in her car, and Pregnant.

What can she do when she goes into labor in the lettuce fields?

GARLIC AND ROSES

Garlic Head. Garlic Breath. She'd heard those taunts all her life.

How can life be sweet when she's followed by the stigma?

BUTTERFLY TREES

His mother wants to visit the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary

He's a workaholic but wants to be a good son.

She runs a bed and breakfast and her heart takes wing meeting this family.

Writers on the River in Monroe, Michigan

WRITERS ON THE RIVER

If you live in lower Michigan or near Toledo, Ohio, I invite you to come to Writers on the River Book Fair on Sunday November 8, 2009 at the Monroe County Library System,

3700 S. Custer Rd., Monroe, MI from noon to 3 PM.

This wonderful event gives you an opportunity to meet a multitude of authors in many genres, participate in a raffle this offers huge themed gift baskets, and a chance to talk with your favorite authors.

If you come to this great event, please drop by and say hello. I'd love to meet you.

Detroit Lutheran Singers Fall Concerts

This is the chorale that I sing with in Detroit. If you live in the area, please come and introduce yourself. I'd love to meet you.


The Detroit Lutheran Singers
Fall Concerts 2009

“Sing for Joy!”
Includes works by John Rutter, Heinrich Schütz, Giovanni Gabrieli, William Byrd, F. Melius Christiansen, Mark Hayes and more.
Sunday, October 18, 3:30 p.m.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
39020 Five Mile Road, Livonia

Sunday, October 18, 7:30 p.m.
Mount Hope Lutheran Church
5323 Southfield Road, Allen Park

Eric Freudigman, Director Doris Hall, Accompanist

Tickets ($10/$7) available at the door,
or in advance at 248-988-6715

www.detroitlutheransingers.com

Check out DAD IN TRAINING REVIEW

A review of my latest Steeple Hill Love Inspired, DAD IN TRAINING, is up on Once Upon A Romance site. Check it out. http://www.onceuponaromance.net/DadInTraining.htm

For many years, I was opposed to contemporary worship. I come from a very traditional background, but as I attended conferences and felt moved by the different approach to worship and praise, music that lifted me, and the joy I felt in worship, I had a change of heart. A few years later, I jumped on the bandwagon to have contemporary worship at my church.

In a changing world where media, action-packed everything captures the younger people's interest, the traditional form of worship was creating dying congregations-mine included. Our members are older. We have only a few young families in our membership and thus few children. If we didn't do something to change our approach, we realized our congregation would fade away in a few years.

God sent a young man to our church door who had been the contemporary worship leader at a church like ours, but he'd moved into our area. His father was a pastor, and he understood our needs. After much hard work to create for him a full-time job which involved three other congregations looking for youth leaders. Nathan joined our staff working with our youth, plus the youth at these other churches and became our modern worship leader.

Because we don't have a youthful congregation, I became a member of the praise team, finding great joy in singing the songs, shaking a tambourine or shaker, and being a part of this uplifting and inspiring form of worship and praise.






















Recently we had a community Blacktop Bash in our church parking lots with many things for children: blow-up slides and trampolines, face painting, tee-shirt painging, other crafts, and a petting zoo, we provided a variety of entertainment for adults. One was our praise team singing a couple of our songs. (Notice I'm the one without jeans.) I was so thrilled to see some of these people attend our church in the following Sundays. We look forward to new member and we welcome them. Couples with younger children are what we need and the Lord answered our prayers.