PENS OF PRAISE JANUARY MEETING -- SEE YOU NEXT WEEK TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2023

 

PENS OF PRAISE
CHRISTIAN WRITERS GROUP
Tuesday, JANUARY 23, 2024

1:30 – 3:00 P.M.


Faith Evangelical Free Church
2201 S 42nd St, Manitowoc, WI 54220
Extreme Discovery Room​
An In-Person Meeting

Combining . . .

JITSI ONLINE MEETING for those who can't attend in person.
Let me know if you wish to attend this way!
susanmarlenewrites@gmail.com

JiITSI meeting is held at your own home at
your very own couch or chair. 

😊

This month's topic, "FOR READERS * FOR WRITERS," will be facilitated by Deborah Ann Erdmann and Susan Marlene. For the reader who would like to promote their favorite author(s) and for the writer who wants to make promoting them easier. MORE THAN EVER, with such a tight market, the need to promote clean fiction is heightened! 
This lesson will be of special interest to readers who wish their favorite writers success and for writers to enable their readers to promote them with the easy-to-use tools that they need.
This meeting is sure to benefit those who desire to support clean fiction and for writers wishing to provide a reader-friendly launching of their book!

VIP Writers, bring your published books to hand out if you want reviews. Those to be published soon--please tell us what your new release(s) will be so that we can be ready to lend a helping hand!
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PROMPT: (Not required, but surely fun!) Write what you would consider a poor review. AND write what you think might be a good review!
Remember
Inspired readers given excellent take-away = return readers!
We are a safe place to share, and Pens Meetings are free.
 
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact Susan Marlene @ susanmarlenewrites@gmail.com

PENS OF PRAISE, CHRISTIAN WRITERS GROUP MEETING -- TUESDAY, JANUARY, 9 2024

 

WARM UP JANUARY AND DREAM OF HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! 

PENS OF PRAISE
CHRISTIAN WRITERS GROUP
Tuesday, JANUARY 9, 2024

​1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
An In Person Meeting
Combining . . .
JITSI ONLINE MEETING for those who can't attend in person.
Let me know if you wish to attend this way!
susanmarlenewrites@gmail.com


I'll announce our in-person location this Monday as well as post the information on my FB page and website. I'll send the link to our Jutsi Meet to our Pens of Praise email list tomorrow before the meeting. (And to anyone wishing to attend with us. You are truly welcome!) All we have to do is click on the link in the Pens of Praise email, and it will be like the
meeting is held at your own home at
your very own couch or chair. 
😊
This month's topic, "FOR READERS * FOR WRITERS," will be facilitated by Deborah Ann Erdmann and Susan Marlene. For the reader who would like to promote their favorite author(s) and for the writer who wants to make promoting them easier. MORE THAN EVER, with such a tight market, the need to promote clean fiction is heightened! 
This lesson will be of special interest to readers who wish their favorite writers success and for writers to enable their readers to promote them with the easy-to-use tools that they need. 
Strap yourselves in to meet us in a soon-disclosed meeting place or rev up that computer for this Jitsi meeting that is sure to benefit those who desire to support clean fiction and for writers wishing to provide a reader-friendly launching of their book!

VIP Writers, bring your published books to hand out if you want reviews. Those to be published soon--please tell us what your new release(s) will be so that we can be ready to lend a helping hand!

PROMPT: (Not required, but surely fun!) Write what you would consider a poor review. AND write what you think might be a good review!
Remember
Inspired readers given excellent take-away = return readers!
We are a safe place to share, and Pens Meetings are free.
 
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact Susan Marlene @ susanmarlenewrites@gmail.com

SOME FAVORITE CHRISTMAS READS!

 

If you are looking for some excellent Christmas stories--here are some of my favorite rereads when I have time! I so appreciate you and I wish you a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year too!

MY FAIR REGENCY, Tales from the Holidays, Throughout the Year, by authors Ann Chaney, Shannon Donnelly, Cora Lee, Courtney McClaskill, Charlotte Russell & Regina Scott

 

This anthology is just in time for the holidays and are wonderful for all year round! These are offerings from six different authors. I dove into Regina Scott’s story THE AERONAUT’S HEART: AN ALT-HISTORY REGENCY STEAMPUNK ROMANTIC ADVENTURE! 

Regina writes clean fiction filled with adventure and historical atmosphere! Her characters are written so deeply that I feel like I’m sitting across from them at the dinner table! This Regina offering continues the Steampunk Romantic Adventure series THE REGENT’S DEVICES, which starred characters Loveday Penhale and Celeste Blanchard, which I also highly recommend. 

These stories are short enough for those with busy schedules! Holidays are busy times, as we all know, but these shorter stories will offer entertainment that entertains!  

Here are the authors of this anthology! 

Oxford Mathematician DESTROYS Atheism (15 Minute Brilliancy!)

FACING THE ENEMY by Best-Selling & Award-Winning Author, DiAnn Mills

FACING THE ENEMY Published on September 5th!!  

​DiAnn’s suspenseful tale gripped me immediately. FACING THE ENEMY is a romantic suspense that has me wishing it would be done up into a movie. Let me tell you why! 
​
Trenton Jacobs showed up after a lengthy separation from his family to connect with his sister, Special Agent Risa Jacobs. They enjoy an amazing reconnection, only to have their meeting end in tragedy. This story keeps the adventure churning while the visceral emotions and healing swirl throughout, keeping me curious—what will happen now? What are they going to do? How can they get out of this? 

 She and Special Agent Gage Patterson, her FBI partner, work in the violent crimes against children division. Yet, along with the guilt and grief Risa carries over her brother’s death, a secret forces her to leave her job and the partner she cares deeply about. She returned to teaching English in the local university. But danger is a breath away, and continues to pursue her and put other peoples’ lives in danger. 

This story has deception, secrets, betrayal, danger, and everything you wish to have in a clean romantic suspense novel. This novel holds a special place in my heart and my bookshelf. Once you read it, you will understand why. This title is appropriate.

DiAnn’s ability to connect the complicated feelings Risa experiences over Trenton’s tragedy is nearly tangible. Anyone who has experienced a loss like this will relate. Yet, she weaves strong emotions, secrets, threats, and complicated relationships into a moving page-turner. When DiAnn says, “Expect an adventure!” She means it! Sit yourself down because you will want to read until you know the answers to the questions that will be very natural for you to ask. I appreciate all the different characters and how the details pull together into a fantastic story that I’ll never forget. 

I was given FACING THE ENEMY for an honest review. Mostly, I was honest, but if I said all I have in my heart for this book, you might feel I’m gushing, so I withheld a bit. I highly recommend reading, keeping, and giving this story to others. It is well written, with incredible characters and plot. Full of adventure. I can easily say that DiAnn keeps her promises. 

Find out more about DiAnn Mills and connect with her at: https://diannmills.com/

IF I WERE YOU, by Bestselling Author, Lynn Austin

 

(1931 -1950)
 
This novel, IF I WERE YOU, is a deep dive into the hearts, dreams, and tragedies experienced by two very different women, Audrey Clarkson and Eve Dawson. They’d become friends as children at Wellingford Hall, the Clarkson’s home. Both were blessings and challenges to one another, making this a page-turner.  This heart-wrenching journey through loss, and World War II, chases through expectations of their class situations and the conflicts and fall out of war.
 
These complicated women struggle and grow and experience many emotional highs and lows in a way that will endear themselves to those who read IF I WERE YOU. I highly recommend this stunning novel by Lynn Austin. This author is a talented writer and storyteller. My hope is that you will give her a try!
 
Well done, Lynn Austin! This is a reread for sure!
 
You can find Lynn Austin and her list of nearly thirty novels on her website https://lynnaustin.org/