A Step in the Write Direction--August 25, 2014--Writing Through Discouragement

A Step in the Write Direction

August 25, 2014

Update: A relative is returning from a summer vacation this week and will be facing several family problems. Friday night I laid awake until past 2:30 a.m., trying to figure out a way to help her and what I could tell her to do. I know that in the past she stated that she didn’t want people giving her advice; she just wanted them to listen when she shared. Praying about the situation, the following words came to me. Perhaps they’ll help you with a relationship you’re dealing with today.

A List’ning Ear

Dear Lord, I ask for freedom

From worry, doubt, and fear,

But most of all I ask that You

Will give me a list’ning ear.

Dear Lord, help me to let go

Of things I hold most dear,

But once again I ask that You

Will give me a list’ning ear.

Lord, help me not to give advice

When others’ woes I hear.

Let me be still that they may know

I possess a list’ning ear.

As You turn Your face toward me

Each time I kneel and pray,

Let me show that selfsame love

With a list’ning ear today.

                        Donna Clark Goodrich

Thought for Today: “Silent” is an anagram for “Listen” (author unknown).

Thought #2: Wisdom is what you get when you’re listening when you’d rather be talking (author unknown; from crossword puzzle book)/

Song for Today:

No one understands like Jesus,

Ev’ry woe He sees and feels.

Tenderly He whispers comfort,

And the broken heart He heals.

            “No One Understands Like Jesus,” John W. Peterson, 1921—

Laugh for Today: An old man is afraid that his wife is losing her hearing. So he walks up right to her ear and asks, "Can you hear me?" She didn't answer. He walked up closer and asked again. But there was no answer. Finally he asked her one more time really loud and his wife said, "for the third time yes!!!" (http://www.ajokeaday.com)

Writer’s Tips: (from unpublished Writer’s Devotional Book):

Opening Up the Roses

You need to persevere so that when you have done the will

of God, you will receive what he has promised (Hebrews 10:36).

A mother began looking for her five-year-old boy after not seeing him around for a while. “Johnny, where are you?” she called. She looked through the house, then she looked out the window and saw him in the garden. “What are you doing?” she asked.

“Helping God,” he replied. “I’m opening up the roses for Him.”

We all know that roses open in their own time and all we do cannot make them open sooner. But what about rushing ahead of God’s time to make things come to pass? Someone has said, “God never hurries, but He’s always there on time.” Most of our headaches and heartaches are caused by impatience—trying to resolve matters in our own way and in our own time. We go around opening roses, thinking we’re helping God.

We can do only so much to be a successful writer. We can read books on writing, attend conferences, meet with editors, and write what we feel God has called us to write. The rest is in His hands.

“But I get so discouraged,” you say. “I send things out and they come back—without even a letter of explanation.”

Discouragement is normal. No one likes to be rejected, but we have to remember it isn’t us that’s being rejected. Often it isn’t even our material. Manuscripts are turned down for many reasons and, even though “we are presently overstocked” seems to be a common response, it’s a valid reason. One editor I met said he will not accept anything unless he knows he can use it within the next year. Another editor told seminar conferees that his magazine receives over 200 articles a week—and of these, they only use eight in an issue. That means 800 to 1,000 authors a month receive rejection letters.

Don’t let discouragement cause you to give up. That would be like a farmer who plants a crop, and a month later impatiently plows up the field because the crop isn’t ready to harvest.

God takes time to work out His purposes. Even though you’re discouraged now, don’t rush to find a solution. Let Him have His time and way. He will open the roses when the time is right.

What are you discouraged about today? Write out a prayer of commitment regarding your writing, then leave the results to God.

Have a good week spreading the

gospel through the printed page.

Donna Clark Goodrich

dgood648@aol.com

www.thewritersfriend.net

http://donna-goodrich.blogspot.com

NOTE: Cleaning out my book inventory. They are now all HALF PRICE. A great time to do some Christmas shopping for friends and family members. Email me for complete list and prices!!

 

A Step in the Write Direction, August 18, 2014--Writing to Individuals

A Step in the Write Direction

August 18, 2014

Update: Our minister of music shared with us this morning about a man he visited in the hospital Monday who had cancer on his tongue and they had to remove three-fourths of it. The man wrote on a pad to him, “Now I have to learn how to talk all over again. I have to learn how to eat, and I can’t sing anymore.” He asked our minister to sing for him, and our minister said he wondered if he could only sing one more song, what it would be. He also shared how he had complained several days this week when their house was flooded. He then told the Lord he was sorry, and that he wanted to use his tongue just to praise Him. Someone wrote, “We sing ‘Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing,’ but we don’t use the one we have.” I’m praying that this week I will use my tongue to say positive and encouraging things only!...Asking for prayer for our daughter Patty who has a high white blood count and will be having a bone marrow test soon.

Thought for Today: “I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength to do his work. He considered me trustworthy and appointed me to serve him” (1 Timothy 1:12 nlt).

Second Thought for Today: “You can have many great ideas in your head, but what makes the difference is the action. Without action upon an idea, there will be no manifestation, no results, and no reward” (Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom).

Top of Form

Song for Today:

When thro’ the valley He calls me to go,

Jesus is all I need.

He will be with me to cheer me I know.

Jesus is all I need.

            “Jesus Is All I Need,” James Rowe, 1865-1933

Laugh for Today: Some think it would help juvenile delinquents by getting them interested in bowling.  But all that would do is get them off the streets and into the alleys.

Writer’s Tips: Writer’s Devotional (from unpublished book):

Writing to Individuals

The hand of the Lord was strong upon me….I came to

them…and I sat where they sat (Ezekiel 3:14-15 kjv).

Kay Arthur, Bible teacher and author, writes, “I am convinced that until we really see the world as people, we will never really have a true burden to pray.” We can read that last sentence as, “I am convinced that until we see our readers as individuals, we will never have a true burden to write.”

Ezekiel was commissioned by God to go to the children of Israel, a nation that had rebelled against God. But before he could be a spokesman for God, he had to sit where the people sat.

When we write, we shouldn’t look at our audience as a group of people; we should look at them as individuals much like us. Christ gave His greatest message—John 3:16—to one individual: Nicodemus.

Magazine editors often provide the results of a survey of their average reader, i.e., a woman, 30 years old, 2 years of college, 2 children, etc. I think of someone who fits that description and try to write with that person in mind. What is she going through? What is she interested in? What problems does she face? What are her dreams?

My high school International Relations teacher assigned the class to write a report on Russia. A few students read their papers, which consisted mostly of statistics—the country’s size in area, population, and so on. I took a typical Russian girl and described her day—beginning with the type of house she woke up in, how it was furnished, her breakfast, the clothing she wore, the school she attended, and evening chores. It was my goal to make her come alive to the class.

That should be our aim as writers. Years ago I could write an article on teen suicides—giving facts on how many are committed each year, signs to watch out for, and other statistics. But after a close relative took his life, I can now write from the pain and questions a family faces after such a tragedy.

Your readers want more than numbers. They want to know you sat where they are sitting, you feel what they are feeling, and you’ve survived. You don’t necessarily have to give them an answer, but you can point them to the One who is the answer!

 Have a good week spreading the

gospel through the printed page.

Donna Clark Goodrich

dgood648@aol.com

www.thewritersfriend.net

http://donna-goodrich.blogspot.com

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A Step in the Write Direction--August 11, 2014--Accepting Your Mission to Write

A Step in the Write Direction

August 11, 2014

Update: I cannot believe this happened. I forgot to write and send today’s blog!! I was thinking tonight of yesterday’s sermon and how I wanted to include some highlights in the blog when I suddenly said, “Today’s Monday!” “Yeah,” my hubby said. “My blog!! I forgot it!!” So here it is—a day late. But I still want to include the main points of the message on Jesus’ turning the water into wine at the wedding in Cana. 1) Invite Jesus into the significant events of your life. 2) There’s a time for all of us when the “wine” runs out—our time, money, energy, health. 3) Simple obedience to Christ will bring us through the shortages of life. 4) Whatever Jesus says to you, do it. 5) The water pots were dry and empty. Does our life ever get like that? 6) As He filled the water pots, He fills our life with joy and happiness—up to the brim, and, 7) He saves the best till last! (I hope that was worth waiting an extra day for!)

Thought for the Day:  Count the cost of the conflict. Just because I can win doesn't mean I should win. Some battles simply aren't worth fighting. It takes discernment. In other words, at times I can be right but still be wrong...(Daryl Blank, pastor, Goodlettsville (TN) Church of the Nazarene).

Song for the Day:

What will you do with Jesus?

Neutral you cannot be.

Someday your heart will be asking,

“What will He do with me?”

            —A.B. Simpson, 1891

Laugh for the Day: The lady was trying to impress those at the party.  "My family's ancestry is very old," she bragged.  "It dates back to the days of King John of England."  Then, turning to a lady sitting quietly in a corner, she asked condescendingly, "And how old is your family, my dear?" “Well," said the woman with a smile, "I really can't say. All our family records were lost in the flood."

Writer’s Tips:            Writer’s Devotional (from unpublished book)

Mission Impossible

With man this is impossible, but with

God all things are possible (Matthew 19:26).

A popular television series some years ago was entitled “Mission Impossible.” At the beginning, the main character turned on a tape recorder and heard the following words: “Your mission, Jim, should you decide to accept it, is _________________. As always, should you or any member … be caught or killed, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds."

To my knowledge, “Jim” never turned down a mission, nor did the secretary ever disavow any knowledge of his actions.

I wish I could say the same for myself when the Lord has offered me a writing assignment. The many trials He brought me through so I could share hope with others. Humorous experiences that would have brought a laugh to someone’s day. A biblical insight that would open God’s Word to a new believer. A how-to article that may have assisted an entrepreneur to begin a new business. A devotional to help get someone’s day off to a good start.

But to me, those were “missions impossible,” and I decided not to accept the assignments.

·         I didn’t want to re-open that part of my life.

·         I thought what was humorous to me might not be funny to an editor or reader.

·         My biblical insight would be “old hat” to other believers, and they would wonder why it took me so long to grasp a simple truth.

·         The how-to article would have to include mistakes I made to eventually reach my goal of running my own business.

·         And the devotionals—well, anyone else could write them better.

But God did not disavow my actions, nor did His tape self-destruct. He continued to offer me the same assignments, until one day I realized that with Him, all things were possible—even the writing projects He invited me to do. And I finally accepted the mission.

What mission is God inviting you to today? Will you accept it?

Have a good week spreading the

gospel through the printed page.

Donna Clark Goodrich

dgood648@aol.com

www.thewritersfriend.net

http://donna-goodrich.blogspot.com

 

A Step in the Write Direction--August 4, 2014--Time to Quit Writing?

A Step in the Write Direction

August 4, 2014

Update: Oh, how I miss Word 2003! I’ve been trying to make corrections in the new version of “A Step in the Write Direction,” and realize how inept I am. I have to create five forms, and don’t know how on Word 2007. A friend from my hometown offered to do it if I would scan them and send them to her—something I haven’t learned how to on my new printer. I’m trying to make corrections on the PDF copy and find that is also impossible to do. Monday begins a new week, so I’ll say a prayer and try again!...My last medical test last week turned out fine, so the next item on our agenda is to test for mold in our bathroom (where we had a plumbing problem) and in my office (where the roof leaks)….Now that I’m caught up (temporarily) on other people’s work, I’m anxious to start organizing all the material I’ve collected over the past months on my caregiver book. Once I find a publisher, I’ll send out a call for submissions.  

Thought for the Day: If you find that you are not excelling in the present, it could most certainly be because you have no vision for the future (Dr. Tony Evans).

Song for the Day:

Empty and broken, I came back to Him;

A vessel unworthy, and so scarred with sin

But He did not despair, He started over again,

And I bless the day, He didn’t throw the clay away!

Over and over, He molds me and makes me

Into His likeness, He fashions the clay.

A vessel of honor I am today.

All because Jesus didn’t throw the clay away.

                        —Gene Reasoner

Laugh for the Day: At Sunday school they were teaching how God created everything, including human beings. Little Johnny seemed especially intent when they told him how Eve was created out of one of Adam's ribs. Later in the week his mother noticed him lying down as though he were ill, and she said, “Johnny, what is the matter?”  Little Johnny responded, “I have pain in my side. I think I'm going to have a wife.”

Writer’s Tips:

Time to Quit?

Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and

all these things will be given to you as well (Matthew 6:33).

“I wish I had more time to write,” I moaned to my weekly critique group.  Running my own business and caring for a disabled husband consumed much of my time. I saw no way to write two hours a day as suggested by speakers at every writers’ conference I attended. I could barely squeeze out one hour a week.

Then one day while playing racquetball with my son, I fell and broke my wrist in four places. The doctor removed the cast two months later, but in weeks to come I still couldn’t pick up a cup of tea without pain. An MRI showed three torn ligaments and a torn tendon which led to a 3½ hour surgery and two more months in a cast.

Now I had a lot of time! I scanned my latest Christian Writers Market Guide, typing out possible markets with the three fingers poking out from my cast. Then I dug out old manuscripts, updated them, sent them out in bunches, and sat back and waited for responses.

And they came—12 rejections in one day! I threw the envelopes on the living room floor and announced to my husband, “I quit! I’m not writing anymore!”

Then I heard a quiet voice within: “I just want you to use this time to get close to Me.”

What a revelation! While I couldn’t drive, clean house, type very well, or run errands, I could worship God. I could listen to Christian CDs. I could make a dent in the pile of books I had promised myself to read “someday.” And I could pray—for my writer friends, for my family, for our church and its staff, for missionaries, and for our government leaders.

Perhaps you’re wishing today you had more time for family, for hobbies, for recreation—and especially for writing. Seek God first, and “all these things shall be added unto you” (Matthew 6:33).

            Take time to be holy,

            Speak oft with thy Lord;

            Abide in him always,

            And feed on His Word….

            Take time to be holy,

The world rushes on;

Spend much time in secret

With Jesus alone.

 Have a good week spreading the

gospel through the printed page.

Donna Clark Goodrich

dgood648@aol.com

www.thewritersfriend.net

http://donna-goodrich.blogspot.com

A Step in the Write Direction--July 28, 2014--Will Your Writing Help Someone?

A Step in the Write Direction

July 28, 2014

Update: Not too much to report. Two of my tests came back negative, except for a hiatal hernia. The report also showed an enlarged heart, but doctor didn’t say anything about it (I read it in the report), so he must not be too concerned about it; have one more test this week. Guess it’s just the windy weather here and the progression of the COPD….Daughter and family have gone back to Oklahoma. I miss them already but glad they’re where God placed them….Such a good message this morning on the Prodigal Son titled “When God Ran.” Three points: 1) Something was lost; 2) Someone was concerned; 3) There was a celebration when the lost was found.

Thought for the Day: I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him. I ended up by asking God to do His work through me (Hudson Taylor, missionary).

Song for the Day:

The only time I ever saw him run,

Was when…

He ran to me,

He took me in His arms,

Held my head to His chest,

Said, “My son’s come home again!”

Lifted my face,

Wiped the tears from my eyes,

With forgiveness in His voice He said,

“Son, do you know I still love You?”

He caught me by surprise, When God ran…

            —“When God Ran,” John Parenti, Benny Ray Hester

Laugh for the Day: A man was told he needed surgery.  "Let me tell you how quickly I work," said the doctor.  "I believe in getting my patients up and around very quickly.  Three hours following the operation you'll sit up.  Five hours after, you'll stand up.  Eight hours later you'll be walking."

"Fine," the patient agreed, "but will you let me lie down during the operation?"

Writer’s Tips: (#6 from unpublished Writer’s Devotional book)

Playing Chopsticks

The one who calls you is faithful

and he will do it (1 Thessalonians 5:24).

The story is told that at one of Paderewski’s concerts, a restless five-year-old sat

near the front of the huge hall. Waiting for the concert to begin, the boy slipped away from his mother, crawled onto the platform, and sat at the grand piano. He began to play “Chopsticks” with one finger.

As the audience sat in shocked silence, the great pianist walked out and stood behind the boy. Bending over the child, Paderewski improvised a beautiful arrangement of “Chopsticks” as he whispered, “Keep playing, son. You’re doing a great job.”

Do you ever feel like you’re just playing “Chopsticks” in your writing? You take an article to a writers’ group and the members tear it apart? You send manuscripts to editors and they come back with a form rejection note? You meet an editor at a conference who sounds excited about your book and takes it back with him, but you never hear from him or her again? “I’m giving up,” you say, and stuff all your writing materials on the top shelf of the closet.

A conference speaker tells of attending a camp meeting. He stopped at the book stand where he saw a minister friend who had been going through a rough time. The minister picked up one book after another, looked at it, and put it back down. “There’s nothing here for me,” he said and walked away. “Did God call you to write a book that might have helped this minister?” the speaker asked the conferees.

Will a devotional you write get someone through a depressing time? Perhaps a poem God gave you can be the means of encouraging a family member or friend. At the end of a songwriting workshop, the instructor gave the students the chance to share a song they had written. After one woman sang her song, the instructor kindly said, “That’s good, but I’m not sure it’s marketable.”

“Maybe it isn’t,” the woman replied, “but every time I sing it in church, someone comes up to me afterwards and says, ‘You wrote that song just for me.’”

The instructor then told the class, “There’s a lesson here. Not everything we write is meant to be published. If it gets you or someone else through a rough time, that may be the reason God gave it to you.”

You may just be playing “Chopsticks” today, but maybe that is what someone needs to hear. God will fill in the missing notes as He whispers in your ear, “Keep playing, child. You’re doing a great job.”

Has God called you to write something specific that would help someone? What’s the first step you need to take to begin that project? Ask Him for help to start it today!

 Have a good week spreading the

gospel through the printed page.

Donna Clark Goodrich

dgood648@aol.com

www.thewritersfriend.net

http://donna-goodrich.blogspot.com

 

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A Step in the Write Direction--July 21, 2014--Recycling Your Manuscripts

A Step in the Write Direction

July 21, 2014

Update: Another week. The year is more than half over. Where has the time gone? My mom used to say that the older you get, the faster the time goes—and she was right….This week brought some good news in that most of my tests came out okay. One culture hasn’t come back yet. Doctor still isn’t sure if the coughing is caused by the COPD, or perhaps mold in our mobile home. Will get that checked out this week….Tomorrow we’ll say good-bye to our daughter and family who are going back to Oklahoma after their visit here. They were supposed to leave today but our son-in-law got pneumonia while here, so they’re waiting another day.…Finishing up the corrections on the new “Step” book; trying to figure out how to scan forms on my new printer, then it’ll be done. (If I can’t scan them, will either have to learn how to type them or hire someone smarter than me to do it!)

Thought for the Day: "You are a remarkable gift to this world. What you bring to it is something only you can bring. Don't ever think that you have nothing to offer. You have everything because you are everything God planned for you to be" (Bob Perks); (Gospel Greats Newsletter, 7/15/14).

Song for the Day:

When the world that I've been living in collapses at my feet
When my life is shattered and torn
Though I'm windswept and battered I can cling to His cross
And find peace in the midst of my storm
There is peace in the midst of my storm tossed life
Oh there's an anchor, there's a rod to cast my faith upon.

Jesus rides in my vessel so I'll fear no alarm
He gives me peace in the midst of my storm

            —Steve Adams, written after tornado destroyed their church in Xenia, Ohio, on Good

            Friday, 1974.

Laugh for the Day: A new papa in the Armed Forces received a telegram: "Gave birth to little girl this morning; both doing well."  On the envelope carrying the message was this sticker: "When you want a boy, call Western Union."

Writer’s Tips:

Recycling Your Manuscripts

This is the day of recycling—in your writing as well as in your community. Don't ever be satisfied with selling something once! Continue to send out reprints until you know you have exhausted all the markets for that particular manuscript. Then rewrite it with a different slant.

Recall a time in your life when you struggled with a decision or a trial, but God brought you through. Write this as a personal experience article. Then, using the same incident, change the characters and location, make up a “what if” ending, and turn it into a short story.

If you’ve written this story from a mother's point of view for a woman's magazine, rewrite it from the father's point of view for a male-oriented periodical. If the story involves a family, write it from a teenager's point of view for youth magazines or take-home papers. Or change the dialogue and situations to that of a younger child for children's publications.

After you have sent to all the fiction markets, keep the same theme, do some research, add a few statistics, and turn it into a nonfiction piece. Or develop the main theme into a devotional or poem.

Dennis Hensley sold an article to a local newspaper about a high school boy who began a mobile horseshoeing business. He then sold it to a teen periodical. Because the young man was deaf, Hensley offered it to a magazine looking for stories on the hearing impaired. And since he was a Christian, the story next appeared in his denominational magazine. The teen used a Ford truck in his business, so Hensley then sold the story to Ford Times. And because he had offered only one-time rights to the local newspaper, he sold the story to other newspapers in the state, and eventually nationwide to the Grit newspaper. What a great example of recycling!

What manuscript have you had published that you can rewrite using a different slant?

 Have a good week spreading the

gospel through the printed page.

Donna Clark Goodrich

dgood648@aol.com

www.thewritersfriend.net

http://donna-goodrich.blogspot.com

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A Step in the Write Direction--July 14, 2014--Mnemonic Spelling Hints

A Step in the Write Direction

July 14, 2014

Update: This has been quite an interesting week with a lot happening. Monday I had a cat scan on my lungs. (The doctor has been trying everything with the COPD to lessen the coughing, so he wanted to see if they’ve missed something.)…My daughter and family from Oklahoma were supposed to leave Monday for a vacation in Michigan, then a woman from their church passed away, so they had to wait until Wednesday so my son-in-law could hold the funeral. Then also on Tuesday they got a call that my son-in-law’s mom here in Mesa is going to have hip replacement surgery on the 15^th, so they changed their plans and came here instead. Got here Thursday night, so we’re enjoying their visit. (Note: If I had taken my trip to Michigan as planned, I would have missed their visit here!)….Also on Thursday I had a test I’ve never had before—a bronchoscopy, similar to an endoscopy, except this tube goes into the lungs, takes pictures and also a biopsy. So will find out the results of that and the cat scan at my appointment Thursday, July 17^th… Finally finished reading over the edited manuscript for the new edition of A Step in the Write Direction, and learned how to globally replace straight quotes with curly ones—AFTER I went through the 393 pages and did each one manually! Sent the manuscript back to the publisher last night, and will just wait now for the final page proofs. The book is scheduled to come out in September with a new cover, which I’m eager to see.

Thought for the Day:

Lord, take me where You want me to go,

Let me meet whom You want me to meet,

Help me to say what You want me to say,

And keep me from getting in Your way.

                        —Father Mychal Judge, who lost his life on

    9/11/01, at the World Trade Center

Song for the Day:

I’ll go where You want me to go, dear Lord,

Over mountain, or plain, or sea.

I’ll say where You want me to say, dear Lord,

I’ll be what You want me to be.

            —Mary Brown, “I’ll Go Where You Want Me to Go”

Laugh for the Day:

"Do you believe in life after death?" a supervisor asked his clerk. 

"Oh yes, sir," she replied. 

"That's good," the employer said, "because yesterday after you left early to attend your grandfather's funeral, he stopped by to see you."

Writer’s Tips:

Mnemonic Spelling Hints

Affect, as v., alter, sway; as n., psychological state

Effect, as v., establish; as n., end result

All right, two words; remember its antonym, all wrong

Anoint, use an ointment

Balloon, two l’s as in ball

Battalion, two t’s, one l, as in battle

Capitol, building as in dome

Capital, city as in an area

Connecticut, first I connect, then I cut.

Deductible, i as in IRS.

Dependent, take dependents to the dentist.

Descendant, descendants come from ancestors.

February, “Br! It’s cold.”

Friend, a friend to the end.

Grammar, bad grammar will mar your progress.

Gray, a as in America; grey, the English spelling, e as in England.

Inoculate, one n, one c, as in inject.

Memento, mem as in memory.

Minuscule, contains minus.

Piece, a piece of pie.

Privilege, a privilege gives you a leg up.

Recommend/recommendation, contain the word commend.

Rhythm, divide six letters into two groups, each with an h in the middle.

Separate, break into parts.

Stationary, stand still.

Stationery, write on it (or remember e stands for envelope).[1]

* * *

And a great way to remember the names of the Great Lakes: Sailors refer to them as their HOMES—Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior.

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[1] Source unknown. Received in conference handout.

 Have a good week spreading the

gospel through the printed page.

Donna Clark Goodrich

dgood648@aol.com

www.thewritersfriend.net

http://donna-goodrich.blogspot.com

 

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