About the Guild
The Writers' Guild founded Breathe. This spiritually-minded group of West Michigan freelancers and authors is dedicated to equipping self and others for the calling of writing.
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Cynthia Beach
Long-time English professor Cynthia Beach freelances and serves as a writing and creativity coach through her organization Soul Seasons (SoulSeasons.org). Currently she is working on a MFA in fiction and is marketing a novel manuscript. She speaks locally to various groups on topics like creativity, writer's block and other topics related to creative and spiritual formation.
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Shelly Beach
Christy Award-winner and ECPA Christian Book Award nominee Shelly Beach offers diverse books from Hallie’s Heart and its sequel Morningsong to The Silent Seduction of Self-Talk.
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Angela Blycker
Author and advocate Angela Blycker grew up near the shores of Lake Michigan where her love affair with water and God first began. Holding a degree in biblical studies and international missions, she has long possessed an affinity for the nations and the work of thoughtful writing and research, serving as a writing consultant to a variety of churches and ministries. Angela deeply care about the issues of women and their children globally. She and her husband Ben, along with their three children presently make their home in Southwest Florida where they serve with New Missions Systems International. Her first book, Running into Water: Women Immersed in the Pursuit of God (Authentic, 2009) is forwarded by Nichole Nordeman saying, "Angela's writing is fiercely alive with conviction and challenge, yet still utterly personal, both raw and revealing. I will read it again and again and again." For more information, visit www.angelablycker.com.
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Ann Byle
Ann Byle is author of The Making of a Christian Bestseller and Plainfield Township, and coauthor with Bethany Hamilton of Devotions for the Soul Surfer. She helps judge the Christy Awards and the Writer's Digest Annual Writing Contest, and is a freelance writer and editor.
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Sharon Carrns
Sharon Carrns has authored many corporate and church studies and has created the curriculum Working It Workbook and discussion guides for Hallie's Heart and Morningsong.
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Lorilee Craker
Lorilee Craker writes entertainment articles for magazines and The Grand Rapids Press. Her ten books include New York Times bestseller Through the Storm, written with Lynne Spears. Her latest book is Sharing, Saving, and Shoofly Pie: Money Secrets of the Amish (January 2010, Thomas Nelson).
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Tracy Groot
Tracy Groot is the author of Madman, which received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and a Christy Award for historical fiction. She has worked in screenplay adaptation, ghost writing, and is currently at work on her fourth adult book, a spy novel set in Normandy on the brink of D-Day. She speaks with writers on topics like research and characterization. See www.tracygroot.com.
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Alison Hodgson
Breathe funny girl--humorist Alison Hodgson--writes and speaks on all the gory details of writing, motherhood and spirituality.
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