It's hard to believe but 2023 is fast coming to an end. In just a few days we will have a new year laid out before us with all of its opportunities, ups, and downs. Every year at this time, I look ahead and give you a glimpse of what the new year looks like in my writing world. This is only an abbreviated list of the writings that I know at this time will be published in 2024. Many more writing opportunities will come up as the days go by.
January:
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A
memoir article looking at my brief involvement with the Miss West Virginia
pageant titled, "Musings on my Pageant Days" will be published in Goldenseal , West Virginia's state magazine.
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Two
devotions I wrote will be published online in Arise Daily .
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A
devotion I wrote will be in The Secret Place magazine.
February:
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My
co-writer, Shirley Crowder and I will be up to our neck in edits for our new
devotional book that will be releasing soon. Also, I will have hand surgery. (I
have arthritis in my fingers which have required numerous surgeries already and
now another. This one will replace the knuckle in my left index finger.)
·
Two devotions
I wrote will be published online in Arise Daily
March / April:
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An Article
titled, “Sometimes All You Need Is Ice Cream” will be published in Blue Ridge Country Magazine . This magazine is a regional magazine that sells in about ten
states in the Blueridge Mountain area and Eastern Seaboard.
·
Shirley
and my new book, “Wonder and Worship” will release from Entrusted Books . We do
not have a release date or cover yet but I will share these with you as soon as
we do.
· Midsouth Christian Writers Conference MSCWC is happening in mid-March. Though I am on the board and had been slated to be on the faculty as a mentor, I will likely have to miss it this year due to my hand surgery recovery. It’s my favorite writers conference and I hate to miss it!
·
Selah
Finalists are announced.
May / June
·
Seven
Devotions I wrote will be published in “The Quiet Hour” June 3-9
·
Selah
Awards in late May
July / August:
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My
first children’s book, “Made for the Middle” will release from Elk Lake Publishing . When I know the exact release date and have a cover to share, I will.
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An
article I wrote titled, “How God Works” is tentatively slated to be published in Bible Advocate magazine.
*This is
as far as I can see ahead, but in addition to what is listed, I will have devotions
in Arise Daily at least monthly, and probably will have more published in “The
Secret Place”. They only notify me quarterly of the next quarter but have published
one of my devotions every quarter for over ten years. Also, I have a contracted
article that will be published in Answers in Genesis but I do not
have a publication date yet.
