Hello, everyone. I am Glenda and I live in North Alabama. (Hi, ya’ll. I have been married for 34 years, have two married children one one adorable grandchild. I am a follower of Christ and enjoy everything about my life with Him. I love to express myself in writing…I am usually better at it when I am emotionally invested in my subject-should write greeting cards because I can certainly never find one that says what I want to say! Recently retired from my elementary classroom, but I am not retired from life! I spend quite a bit of time tutoring, a little time doing selective substitute teaching (no one taller than me and since I’m 5’2″, that means 2nd-4th graders!) I have a blog that I seldom write for, a 16 month old grandson for whom I am trying to journal, and a lifelong wish to touch others with words. I know I can do this, but writing is such toil for me. I am taking this course in an effort to make my writing sessions more of a natural, daily activity in my life, rather than a rare and momentous event. Looking forward to learning from everyone.

Hello everyone,

I’m Cathy or clm, currently living in Nashville. Not by choice. My work relocated my job from heaven on earth…Northern California. So moving from San Francisco to Nashville has been a major culture shock and I’m still not happy about it. But I figure this will make a good book, hence writing about it.

I have a dormant blog about my athletic adventures and travels at http://ironclm.typepad.com/. I’ve been told many times that I should write a book, so finding the time to start is what I need to do and this seems like a good way to get started.

clm

Hi! I’m Santa Cliff Snider, and to use Jeff’s term, I got “wrecked” in 1962 the first time I put on a Santa Claus suit. This year marks the 50th year I have carried out my ministry of representing “The Real Meaning of Christmas,” Jesus Christ. I am a published author, Christian speaker, story teller and model for artists and photographers. I am anxious to learn new ways to tell my story to more people, and I am looking forward to interacting with everyone in this forum.

Hello Fellow Tribe Members. I’m Joe from Omaha. Married, five sons and two grandchildren and one grandchild scheduled to arrive during Christmas time. I have been bi-vocational my entire adult life as a church leader and business owner until seven years ago when I matched my passion for serving others with my role as lead partner of the Gallup Global Faith Division. Ever the entrepreneur I started my own company three years ago to offer public speaking, leadership development, strengths coaching and discipleship processes throughout the US, and soon Africa and the South Pacific region. My first book published by Tyndale Momentum will be in stores and Amazon Kindle March 1st, with plans for two more in the next two years. Looking forward to learning from Jeff and other members of our tribe.

Nimen hao! I’m Amy, a Colorado native who spend nine wonderful years in Kansas and then moved to China, where I’ve lived for seventeen years.

About two years ago someone in the right place at the right time said, “You should write a book.” Others had said it (and I bet some of you have heard that too!). For me, it was a door of hope opening to me and I received it as both from that person and from God. I spent the following spring writing a book 500 words a day and wrote myself out of a funk and into renewed hope and excitment for life.

That book has not been published (and that’s OK, even if it never is, I am grateful for the process I went through … but I HOPE it will be!). I started a blog last year (http://messymiddle.com) and am ready to take it to the next level. I look forward to learning from and with you!

Amy

Hey Everyone,

I am excited about this course, though I’m a little nervous about the timing. I am a blogger, teacher, church planter, disciple-maker, coach and coach trainer. I’m also the Director of Operations for the Missional Wisdom Foundation - which starts (and trains others to start) missional and monastic communities across the country.

I read voraciously - fiction and non-fiction alike. The vast majority of my non-fiction is Christian related, the VAST-majority of my fiction is not.

I write consistently - I just haven’t done a good job of writing in one place consistently and have struggled to build a platform beyond that of the average blogging hobbyist.

You can read some of my stuff at my website - missionalmonks.com
twitter - @bretwells
facebook - /bret.wells

I live in Holland, Michigan with my wife, 2 kids, and a greyhound. My day job is as an IT director for a school district where we have been using iPads with students. I’m seeing more and more opportunities where I have to be able to share our story on using technology with kids and feel weak in doing this in written form.

As an independent learner, I’m not great at asking for help. This course is a first step in growing my writing skills and learning to engage social media in a proactive way.

Places where you can find me:

Twitter:
Personal Blog:
Work Blog:

In advance, thanks for your grace.