Hi Everyone - I’m Joan and I am a writer. (Yes, that was once hard for me to say, but I write because a writer cannot not write.) I live in East Texas and have been married to my husband, John for twenty-eight years and I work full time in a local hospital. I have been blogging for three years, mostly devotionals and inspirational stories, but am currently on an extended blogging break. Jeff’s Writers Manifesto helped me realize that I needed to get back to the joy of writing.

I’ve always had a desire to write fiction and I’m taking this course to help me discover my writing voice and to learn more ways to improve my craft.

Hello Jeff and everyone,
Jeff, we know eachother for a while. I learned from you more than any one else and I am grateful to be here.
I read all the introductory comments and I am pleased to meet all of you…Looking forward to getting to know you better.

My name is Katina. I am from Greece but have been living in Chicago for 47 years. I have 4 children and 9 grandchildren. I love reading and writing, which I have been doing for a long time. A while ago I was coaxed in affirming that “I am a writer” and now I am almost ready to publish.
My book is about my journey during this one year of my life, after an emergency hip revision that left me in the wheel chair for over 2 months.
I aspire to inspire people to take the journey with me as we travel through the seasons, to nourish and nurture ourselves with good healthy food, with the beauty of the moment, connecting to our higher self, to others, to nature, to the divine.
I haven’t been able to work on creating a Tribe…no website yet, not many twitter friends…not even in facebook. I don’t know how to add my photo to any of these media. I guess I have a lot to learn.
You can get in touch with me on:

E-mail: [email protected]
Twitter: http://twitter.com/KatinaVaselopulos(@KVaselopulos)

Looking forward to getting to know you all,
katina

Friends,

I’m a marketing consultant and copywriter in Buffalo, N.Y. A defined purpose to share my ideas with the world through speaking and writing has awoken from it’s salty slumber; it’s time to get to work. With a biting anticipation I await Jeff’s instruction and the opportunity to collaborate with all of you.

Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @cjmaurer

At the conclusion of this course, I’m going to be ‘doin’ the damned thing’. (In the ring, challenged, fighting, exposed, vulnerable and fully-exhilarated…) And I wish nothing less for each of you.

No more flinching.

Best wishes,

CJ

Howdy! I’m Mindy Bowman from Crystal Beach, FL and you can find me blogging at http://newequus.wordpress.com.

I’m looking forward to improving my writing. I’ve been blogging for about five months now and I feel like I’m starting to find my voice and my “niche” but we are all works in progress and I’m all about streamlining and making things better!

I’m super busy most of the time so I’m hoping to be able to squeeze this in between all my normal stuff. It was a hard decision time-wise but one I don’t think I’ll be sad I made!

You can find me on Twitter @NewEquus and on Facebook http://facebook.com/NewEquus

And I am still learning html, please forgive my fumbling!

Hi,

Great to be here with you lovely people.

I’m based in Sydney and definitely looking forward to getting back into writing - for pleasure; for money; for cookies. I am currently unemployed so I really don’t have any excuses for not doing my set homework (I may find one anyway).

Things I like:
- Buying gadgets and IT gear
- Complaining about gadgets and IT companies
- Over 60% Cocoa chocolate - preferably Hazelnut
- The movie Adaptation - Every writer must see this!
- The TV series, Red Dwarf
- 10 hours minimum of sleep

Wishing everyone best of luck and hope you find what you’re looking for.

Regards

Vincent

Hi, my name is Michelle McCaffrey, and I‘m from Tampa, Florida. The passion of my life is to come alongside others on their spiritual journey for the purpose of helping them understand who they are in Christ, the role they have to play in His Epic story, and the unique way they were created and gifted for this purpose. A few years ago, God called me to “build an ark,” a ministry/organization called Foundations in Truth. I had no idea at the time what he had in mind for it. Now I have the vision but no clue how to make it happen.

I don’t know if I am a writer. I am a retreat leader/workshop presenter. I will be a spiritual director, but I feel I need training before I can say “I am a spiritual director.” I am in seminary pursuing a Master’s Certificate in Spiritual Transformation which will be completed in July 2013. At that time I will work towards spiritual director training. Writing is an essential tool in my ministry. I need to develop content, write curriculum, create presentations. My writing skills are adequate, but I feel I am lacking creativity that will inspire and draw the reader in. I have a website and a quasi-blog. I don’t post regularly at all, mostly because I hate the white page. And while I have a lot of folks who love me and believe in what I am called to do, I don’t have a tribe yet.

So here I am. I think this course is a perfect opportunity for me. My concern is my ability to keep up between my full time job (as a legal assistant which sucks all creativity out of me) and my seminary program. I am going to give it my best effort because I think a huge part of this course will be the interactions with all of you.

My website is http://www.foundationsintruth.com
You can follow me on Twitter: @fit4thejourney1
And on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Foundations-in-Truth/249716542536
E-mail: [email protected]

My name is Trae Bailey and I am a talent manager who works primarily with authors. I live in Nashville, TN with my sweet wife and I enjoy meeting fascinating people and building mutually beneficial relationships.

I am excited to be a part of this course and based on my experience working with Jeff, I am confident that we are in for a treat.

Follow me on Twitter @BaileyTrae or email me at [email protected]

Best,

Trae