Christian Market Group Meets at Rembrandt's Tuesday

Members are asked to bring a Christmas piece to read when they convene for a one-time change of venue, Tuesday, December 15, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The coffee shop and bakery is located on High Street in Bluffview Arts District. If you're bringing something to read, email Marcia Swearingen at mswearingen@comcast.net .

New Member Has Chapbook in Print

Dean Gardner's Collected Chapbooks 1997-2009 includes four chapbooks, "Journey of a Martyr," "Fatherhood and Sonship," "The World on Stilts," and "Seasons with an Unearthed Soul." For more information, visit his website, www.chapbookwriter.com .

Grinch Crashes CWG Christmas Party

All members and guests ate hearty, sang along with the entertainment, and survived the fog and rain, but the Grinch showed up unannounced. For pictures of the festivities, stayed tuned to the CWG Facebook Group Page.

Member Hits Trifecta of Publishing Credits

Kevin Brown's essay published in The Chronicle of Higher Education can be viewed at http://chronicle.com/article/Living-in-a-Different-World/49357/. His poem, "Misdelight," will be published by Inscape, and "Wallace Stevens' Secretary" will be published by Folio.

Christmas Parable Is Member's Latest Publishing Clip

To read John Manone's poem, go to http://www.americandiversityreport.com/#, select "5" next to "display" by the Faith & Inspiration section. At the "top story" slot is the poem, "The Christmas Tree: A Parable."

For Word Freaks Only

If reading the dictionary or thesaurus sounds like your kind of fun, check out http://wordsmith.org . You can sign up to receive "A Word a Day" in your inbox and stretch your vocabulary beyond belief.

We Want YOUR Writer's Resolutions or Goals for the Upcoming Year

Do you make resolutions or goals for your writing at the beginning of the New Year? Any new ones this year? Any old ones you're renewing or trashing? We'd like to share some of those in an upcoming newsletter and program. Please send one resolution or goal, such as "write _ words a day" or "send out a query/poem/article/story a month to editors" to kphillipso@aol.com. Please let me know whether to include your name or make your contribution anonymous.

Thinking Ahead to 2010's Writing Plan

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

Jim Rohn
1930-2009, Author and Speaker