Happy 2nd Thursday to YOU. Time to celebrate your successes with the family!
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Kudos to these dear friends who have some good news to share…
1. Eddie Snipes (GA): Just released–The Promise of a Sound Mind: God’s Plan for Emotional and Mental Health. In Kindle and Paperback.
2. Cindy Jones (AL): My first anthology! Story is called “The Plan,” included in OakTara’s My Love to You Always.
3. Sandy Quandt (TX): My story, “The Friday Night Dateless Club,” can be found in OakTara’s newly released anthology, Falling in Love With You.
4. Tracy Crump (MS): (Tracy has THREE things to share!) My article, “All God’s Creature’s,” appears in Mature Living this month. 2)I will conduct a workshop on “Putting Your Best Foot Forward: The Submission Process” at the Bartlett Christian Writers Retreat in Bartlett, TN. 3)On November 10, Marylane Wade Koch and I will present an all-day workshop on “Stirring the Pot: Writing for Chicken Soup for the Soul” in Hernando, MS.
5. Johnnie Alexander Donley (FL): I recently signed a contract with Tyndale. My debut novel, currently
titled Where Treasure Hides, will be published as an ebook in January 2013. The manuscript also won the 2011 ACFW Genesis contest in Historical Fiction. (Whoo hoo!) Vonda here: BTW, Johnnie said she MoGo’d part of this novel last year! 
6. Andrea Merrell (SC): I will be leading a workshop at the CLASS Christian
Writers’ Conference in NM at the end of October.
7. Julie Garmon (GA): I’ll be leading a Ladies Retreat November 2-4, 2012, Bethel Christian Church, Conyers, GA.
8. Kelli Wommack (GA): Good news! My devotional submission was published in a recent devotional book for women by Group Publishing. Title: If I Can Do All Things Through Christ, then Why Can’t I Find My Car Keys?
Congratulations to all these great writers and speakers. Readers, need help finding places to submit your work? Be sure to check back next week when I’ll have some writing opportunities collected just for you!
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Only ONE MoGo-er in September!
Yep, that’s right, only one person qualified to receive another entry into the end-of-the-year drawing for $100.
And the September entry is:
#21: Cindy Patterson – 7026 words
Hey, readers, it’s easy to get a chance for $100 in cold, hard cash. All you have to do is write at least 7000 new words on a new book project. For each month that you reach the minimum goal, you’ll receive an entry. Reach the goal one month and you receive one entry. Reach it four months and you’ll have four entries!
Check out the MoGo7000 Challenge guidelines here. It’s FREE and there’s still plenty of time to reach the goal in October. So what are you waiting for?
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Well, I think that does it for this month’s celebrations. I hope you’re all hard at work so we can celebrate with YOU next month!
Write on!
Vonda
