Comments from the Writers
ALTON GANSKY
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Great speaker, enjoyed all his talks; lots of
helpful tips; clearly answered questions, engaging, personal
address on writers’ level; really enjoyed and was inspired,
great choice, excellent communicator; excellent, insightful,
fun, motivational; no notes, natural, practical responses,
focused on “what matters” vs. rules; good sense of humor,
content good; very encouraging, seeking to follow the Holy
Spirit’s lead – loved that; very knowledgeable, personable and
entertaining; held attention; encourages us with humor;
transparent, experienced; concise, useful information; very
good, real, straight up.
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It seemed so much of what he said was God’s word
for my larger life, not just my writing.
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Life is a Joke” was excellent.
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The “twists” in life are “normal” and ordained
by God for His glory – great reminder! Thanks.
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(I was a) little worried he would talk too much
and not say enough or give us some meat – but he did.
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Incredibly, precisely this is exactly what I
needed this weekend. I was deeply discouraged but am going away
encouraged and full of hope.
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I’m not a fiction writer, I write articles and
short true stories, but I greatly enjoyed our speaker. I’m not
sure how I can apply some of the things I learned this weekend,
but will want to think about it.
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Really enjoyed his talks, encouraged me to
pursue the ideas that God has placed in me to do.
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I was thrilled to have a person of his caliber
come and teach us about writing. He was instructive and
humorous. Very encouraging.
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Fantastic – we could have benefited from having
him and his knowledge all weekend (all sessions).
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Meeting someone whose books I own was really
neat – finding out how “real” and honest and personable and
God-centered he is, was a blessing.
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It’s always great to hear about the journey.
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Love his pastoral nature. I don’t believe him
when he says he wasn’t a good pastor! Love his common sense
approach and lush repository of knowledge.
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Relevant, funny, terrifying, encouraging. You
have handed flaming Excalibur to a nearsighted monk. Hope my aim
is true!
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I like Al.
Fiction Workshops (Alton Gansky)
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Concise, useful info
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A bit scattered in session 1, better in 2, needs
to bring books/book list!
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Excellent, helpful
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Great, learned a lot
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Down to earth answers to our personal questions
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Great! Answered lots of questions.
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Ad libbed but still okay.
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Worth the price of the admission!
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Very helpful. I appreciated Al’s feedback.
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Everything he taught can also be used with
non-fiction writing.
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So much experience, so affably shared.
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Good basics, much appreciated.
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Hit all the questions I needed answered.
Poetry - Mary Elizabeth Lauzon
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Loved this session. Made me wish I could take
more sessions with her.
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Enjoyed seeing how she integrated writing into
art. Helpful info.
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Was an effective inspiration – I wrote the
beginnings of at least six poems during this session.
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Wonderful to be given gentle prompter time to
write from a woman who clearly thinks outside the box.
You be the Editor - Susan Plett
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Practical, interesting and enlightening … how
wide spread were our “short lists” and preferences.
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Great insight into the editing process. I
enjoyed the interaction.
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Thank you. Getting ready to submit is
intimidating, so practice of editing is helpful.
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Good for understanding the short-listing process
of editors.
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Good experience. A first for me.
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Great session with Susan – very informative.
Transformed Imagination - Colleen Taylor
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This person was ill-prepared and gave no ideas
for improving and growing this area. More of an “idea” and
sharing session.
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Fair. Slightly unprepared. No underlying message
really.
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Good. Like to hear people’s experience with
imagination but time spent on the KJV negative words about
imagination got it bogged down at the beginning.
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Maybe could have just been done as a quick list
w/explanation about its effects in giving Christians mistaken
notions about what imagination is and why we have it.
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Excellent. I have never been asked what my
experience or ideas about imagination are. It was a starting and
stopping point for me, powerful and needing some serious
evaluation in the days to come.
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No focus, didn’t really encourage anything about
imagination, I was disappointed.
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Excellent. Interesting discussion.
The Music (Colleen Taylor)
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Loved her spirit.
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Amazing voice, music content
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Lovely
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She brought tears to my eyes
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Sweet & lovely, precious spirit
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Beautiful gift. Triple healing in her words,
voice and music
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Awesome songwriter and entertaining singer
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Keep writing, Colleen
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We were thrilled to have award-winning author
LISA
SAMSON as our Keynote Speaker for the 2009 Spring WorDshop!
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Lisa is the author of over 25
books, including two Christy-Award Winners: Songbird and
Hollywood Nobody.
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Her novel
Quaker Summer, was
Women
of Faith’s 2007 Novel of the Year,
Publisher’s Weekly’s Best Books of 2007, and
received
Christianity Today’s 2008 Book Award for Fiction.
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Library Journal chose Embrace Me as one of The Best Books of 2008.
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Her latest novel,
The Passion of Mary-Margaret,
releases in March.
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Lisa and her husband, Will live
in urban Lexington, Kentucky and have three children, ages 19,
14 and 12.
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They are active in
Communality, an intentional Christian community formed to
minister to the poor and marginalized.
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Lisa and Will are the co-authors
of Justice in the Burbs: Being the Hands and Feet of Jesus Wherever
You Live.
Also see the 2009 WorDshop Blog
for pictures and comments
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