Focused Reflections    ~ when an apt word is needed for a special occasion!    ~ endorsed by Mark Buchanan, Janette Oke and Phil Callaway!   To Order: Amazon or Chapters, or contact Marcia@ vinemarc.com (delete space when emailing)

NEWS FLASH! Marcia's contemporary novel, One Smooth Stone, was the winner of the New Canadian Author Contest sponsored by Castle Quay Books and The Word Guild

Fiction Short stories for Adults and Children Non-Fiction Articles for magazines & newspapers Creative Non-Fiction Devotionals (see below for online course)

Through VineMarc Communications Marcia also offers:
	Teaching – workshops in several areas of writing Speaking – for writer’s and women’s groups Critiquing – specializing in poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction & some non-fiction Judging – of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction & non-fiction

Writer’s Resources –	Online DEVOTIONAL COURSE
	A four-week course designed to teach skills that bring inspirational writing to life. For starting dates and more information, contact Marcia
Cassette Tapes –	Journey to Each Other – a Suite of Five Poems produced by CBC radio Writing for Kids in the Church – recording of workshop at God Uses Ink, Guelph Ontario
Publishing Credits –	The Spur of the Moment – slices of life that will stir your spirit The Spur – a weekly column published in the Ponoka News; selected editions also published quarterly in Living Light News, Edmonton AB. The Spur is also distributed by e-mail to over 4000 readers. Articles in magazines such as Moody Monthly, Virtue, Just Between Us; articles in newspapers such as Christian Week and the Edmonton Journal Short stories for both adults and children published by Scripture Press, Gospel Light, and Essence Publishing. Devotionals in The Upper Room and The Quiet Hour. Creative Nonfiction published by Multnomah Press (Stories for a Woman’s Heart) See fuller credentials and details at VineMarc Communications
Bio –	I was raised on an island in Lake Huron, ran away to Alaska and then the Yukon, had a “road to Mayo” conversion in 1982, leaped by faith into Briercrest Bible College with my husband in 1985 and landed in the “promised land” of central Alberta in 1988. I’ve also had the privilege of living a few miles south of the Arctic Circle (Dawson City Yukon) and a couple of degrees south of the equator (Papua New Guinea). I suppose that’s why my writing is steeped in the imagery of winter —  [see link] with the odd palm tree thrown in — [see link] For the past 15 years, I’ve been a pastor’s wife, mother of three girls, caretaker of two dogs, two cats and sundry fish, and oh, yes, a freelance writer. The writing began in the attic of my parent’s house where I wrote stories for my dolls. None of them complained, so I kept it up. The Lord has abundantly blessed, challenged, rebuked, healed and restored me through the process of writing and being involved with writers. I’m honored to serve on the executive of Inscribe Christian Writers’ Fellowship and am trusting Him to continue His work in and through me.
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