Author Interviews

To provide insight into the writer's life, DiAnn will be regularly interviewing other Christian authors. Recently she caught up with Linda Winsor . Follow the link to read the interview or use the menu below to read what other authors are thinking.

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Fiction Mentoring Clinic

The Fiction Mentoring Clinics are typically held on a Thursday, Friday & Saturday beginning at 8:00 a.m. and concluding at 5:00 p.m. each day. There will be no more than 8 people in attendance, so that a close knit group can be formed with one-on-one attention. The clinics take place at my home in Houston, TX. I furnish breakfast, lunch, and morning/afternoon snacks. Participants are free to choose their own dinner and lodging.
 
The purpose of each clinic is to focus on individual writer’s strengths and areas of improvement in a small group environment. The goal for each writer is to refine the first three to five pages of the first chapter of his/her novel.
 
The clinic currently costs $300.00 and consists of three full-day sessions. Each participant will need a laptop or a means of taking notes and completing exercises. The clinic features:

1. A combination of discussion, individual work, and  group sharing.
2. A binder for each participant with handouts,  including room for notes
3. Numerous hands-on exercises. 
4. Emphasis on characterization, plot, and  setting.
5. The dissecting of one movie for a visual of novel  construction.
6. Critique of each participant’s  work.
7. Homework each day.
8. Encouragement!

 
For more information and registration form, please click on following date(s) for upcoming Fiction Mentoring Clinics:

July 24-26, 2008

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DiAnn's Desk

I'm pleased to be a part of the first Gideon Media Arts Conference and Film Festival, www.lifeway.com

If you are interested in learning how to write screen plays and meet Christian filmakers, I intvite you to consider this conference. The date is April 14 - 18 at the Ridgecrest Conference Center in North Carolina.

"The Gideon was started to give Christians who are interested in the media arts a place to encourage their talents, a venue to meet, learn, network and get advice from experts in the industry, and the opportunity to develop working and personal relationships that extend long after the Gideon is over."

I have a December release! Missouri Memories is an anthology set along the Mississippi River. This generational love story features authors Kelly Eileen Hake, Joyce Livingston, Deborah Raney, and DiAnn Mills. Take a peek for your Christmas reading - one to keep and one to give.

We need a contest! The first three persons who e-mail me the sketches that symbolize each novella of Missouri Memories will receive an autographed copy of this new anthology.

 
Many of you have written me of how much you enjoy my newsletter. Thank you so much! In telling others about the newsletter, let them know that the first chapter of Awaken My Heart is available to new subscribers. This is a February 2008 release from Avon Inspire.

We're all cooking all of our favorite recipes - and I've already shared with you how I love to cook. Check out this site for your Christmas needs www.northpole.com/Kitchen 
 
In this season of giving to those less fortunate, I invite you to take a moment to pray for the persecuted church around the world. May God bless you with a Blessed Christmas!

©2007 DiAnn Mills. All Rights Reserved.

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“I am convinced beyond a shadow of any doubt that the most valuable pursuit we can embark upon is to know God.” – Kay Arthur. When we begin by being still and becoming keenly aware of God’s presence and as we seek to know him, we open a channel of communication for him to reveal himself more fully to us and to show us his plan for our lives. Then we can know more clearly what he wants us to do with the talents and opportunities he has given to us. Will you take time, each day, to be still before him and listen – with your mind and your heart?

Nancy Williams, licensed counselor, life coach, and writer.

www.nancywilliams.net