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Hi Deb, I have just checked into your website which was given in your newsletter to my new church Calvary Baptist, Bremerton,WA ~ Pastor Art Sinski. I have not explored all of your site yet. My interest is in writting for publication. I could not pay the high tuition for a course (even though I passed their “test”) to write for publication. So I was waiting on the Lord for what else to do with that desire that won’t go away.
What do you need from me to see if I would be a possible student for you to mentor? I have self published several books and can tell you about them (or send a couple different ones to you)if that would help you make a decision. I am not good at fiction. Just real life and technical things. Sincerely in Christ our Lord,
Comment by Dorie Erickson January 8, 2009 @ 8:01 pmDr Dorie Erickson, Ph.D.,C.N.C.
Hi Deb, I just want to thank you for sharing your knowledge about writing and your enthusiasm in your faith. I am working on both! I am a ‘new writer’ and heard about your site through ‘Bec’s’ and the pilot creative writing people at SIT Invercargill. Thanks again. Katrina.
Comment by Katrina Harrison January 16, 2009 @ 3:33 amHi Dorie. Thanks for your question about mentoring. I plan to address this question in my Encouragement for Writers blog next week. Until then, I recommend you order Ethel Herr’s book “An Introduction to Christian Writing” which is listed under Books I Recommend under my Writers’ Circle. If you want to send me a list of your books and a short description of each, I can look at the things you like to write about. Please send these to my normal email address: brammers@woosh.co.nz.
Comment by debbrammer January 16, 2009 @ 2:33 pmDeb, I’m so glad to find your site. Well done! It’s great to hobnob with other authors in our circle. I’ll be checking your site frequently for advice and other helpful info. Let’s definitely stay in touch.
Comment by Adam Blumer January 20, 2009 @ 3:29 amHi Deb,
Your website was given to me by my Pastors wife who recently read 2 of my short stories. I am not sure if they are good enough or even if I have good enough writing skills to be thinking on getting my items published. Would it be possible to email you the 2 (very) short stories I have. To receive your feedback would be much appreciated. Also I am over in Scotland so not sure if you know anyone in the UK I could send items to for publishing over here. In our Saviours name, Thank you.
Comment by Michelle Sauerwald June 6, 2009 @ 1:42 amHi Michelle. Thanks for writing. I will send you my email address separately so that you can send your articles. I will take a quick look at them and see where you are. You will want to look at my January 19, 2009 blog called “Can I Mentor You?” It is under “Encouragement for Writers” under “Writer’s Circle.” Also the best way to begin is by reading all of my writing articles and working to put those principles into practice. I can also put you on my writers’ mailing list if you like. That will notify you when I post something new of interest to writers.
Comment by debbrammer June 7, 2009 @ 2:09 pmDeb,
I just found your website listed in the Faith Witness. This may be an answer to prayer! Every week I open my church bulletin, read our adult paper and often think, “I could do this!” Along with that, I have numerous friends encouraging me to “do” something with my writing, but I haven’t really had any direction or any “how to” knowledge on how to proceed. And of course, I’m hampered by time contraints and my own fear of failure, which is probably pretty common with all would-be writers.
Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for this site and express my excitement over finding it. I plan to schedule “Deb” breaks into my days so that I can study here and learn just what it is that I need to do in order to share my writing with others.
Comment by Sarah Heywood June 23, 2009 @ 5:48 amThanks for writing Sarah. I hope the site will be helpful to you.
Comment by debbrammer July 1, 2009 @ 8:27 pmThis is a response to someone asking for the music to “Watchman, What of the Night?” It is public domain music that goes with a song I wrote for “No Room for Jesus,” my Christmas play published by Standard Publishing: I have this song scanned in three separate bmp files that are rather large. I can either attach these files and send them to you by email or, if you prefer, I can mail a hard copy directly to you and you can send US$3.00 to our daughter in Minnesota. (We would mail them from New Zealand.) What would you prefer?
Comment by debbrammer October 22, 2009 @ 12:49 pmHi Deb,
Comment by Double Cousins October 11, 2010 @ 2:04 pmI met you in Colorado at the Christian Writers Guild in 2004. I just wanted to say hi and thank you for the encouragement you gave me. My first book was published with help from WinePress and the second in the series has been sent off to a publisher. You can check out my website at doublecousins.net or my wordpress blog, also doublecousins. Thanks again.
Miriam Jones Bradley
Hi Miriam. I do remember you. Congratulations on your first book! Keep writing!
Comment by debbrammer October 13, 2010 @ 10:54 amHey Deb! We are in Fl for a few weeks and I have the opportunity to work with some Chinese students for a couple of classes. The pastor here said he had an ESL book I might like to use. Surprise! It was written by you. I really like it. It reminds me of the ones used by OMS in Taiwan only better. Hope your family is doing well. Jennifer
Comment by Jennifer Deans Larson January 29, 2011 @ 6:39 amGreat to hear from you Jennifer! I’m always glad to hear my ESL book is being used.
Comment by debbrammer January 29, 2011 @ 8:53 amHi Deb,
Comment by Barbara Moyer January 29, 2011 @ 3:00 pmI am teaching ESL to Chinese speakers on Guam. I was introduced to your site by Ruth Harbour, missionary to Taiwan. I am very interested in your lessons in Genesis and life of Christ, or the Gospel of John. Are these printed in book form? I see from above comments there must be. How do I obtain copies? Eager to hear from you. God’s best, Barb
Click on the “rbpstore” link under the title and it will take you to a website where you can buy the Life of Christ book. You can download the Old Testaments lessons for free by clicking on the individual lessons. I hope you find them helpful.
Comment by debbrammer January 29, 2011 @ 4:36 pmDeb,
Comment by barbara moyer February 1, 2011 @ 8:03 pmYour O.T. stories are perfect. Now I don’t have to “reinvent the wheel.” Thank you for making the Life of Christ books so affordable. To God be the glory! Barb
I’m glad to help. I believe you are getting the sale price right now. I don’t set the price.
Comment by debbrammer February 2, 2011 @ 9:10 amDear Mrs. Brammer, I am working on a survey of English fiction related to Taiwan. So far I have more than fifty books, including your “Peanut Butter Friends…” (which BTW I enjoyed very much). Would you be willing to answer a few questions about it and you?
Anticipating yes…
1. Am I correct in understanding that you married in 1977 and graduated from college in 1978? (Your 2 biographical webpages contain a slight ambiguity/inconsistency.)
2. What was your major at Faith Baptist? Was it journalism?
3. In what year did you move to NZ? Are you still there?
4. Was the school in the novel based on Taichung American School (formerly Lincoln), or Morrison Academy? Or neither? Did either of your daughters attend?
Thank you very much, and if you would care to look over the finished chapter, I would be happy to send it.
Comment by Bei Dawei March 29, 2011 @ 12:31 pmThanks for your kind letter. I’m glad you enjoyed “Peanut Butter Friends in a Chop Suey World. Yes we married in 1977. My husband and I both graduated in 1977, then he went back for a fifth year and graduated again in 1978. Faith Baptist doesn’t offer a major in journalism. I took all the journalism courses they had. I majored in theology and Christian Education. (I actually came about one course short of having my CE major.) We moved to New Zealand in 1998. My daughters both attended Morrison in Taichung and some things in my fiction book are closely related to Morrison. I’d be glad to look over your finished chapter if you send it to my email address which I will send to your email address. Thanks for your interest in my book.
Comment by debbrammer April 6, 2011 @ 3:18 amDeb–
Happy to come across your site. I see we have some similar interests. I started writing puppet scripts for our small independent Baptist church while my husband was a pastor. When that ministry ended, I turned to writing fiction. In particular, inspirational adult mystery fiction.
Well, I studied, wrote, rewrote, attended conferences, and entered and finalled in contests. I’ve just sold a short piece to a Christian small press. But with the CBA world reflecting such a vast doctrinal expanse and a hugely varied expression of lifestyles, I would love to seek publication of future works with a publisher who focuses on the fundamental niche. And I would love to read books from this perspective, where the inspiration arc doesn’t need to be so generic. Only there doesn’t seem to be any such house–at least not for adult fiction. Am I missing something?
Comment by Barb E. June 23, 2011 @ 4:20 amYou’re not missing anything. When it comes to adult fiction books I don’t know of anyone who narrows their market to fundamentalists. We won’t be able to include certain elements in of our novels, but I still believe we can write excellent, entertaining fiction with a strong message and find publishers. However, I always encourage writers who want to publish novels to start with articles and short stories for Christian publication. This allows you to develop your craft, build relationships with editors, and “pay your dues” as a Christian writer. Most book publishers would look for at least some publishing credits, maybe many, before they are ready to considering investing considerable money into a new novelist. That doesn’t make novel publication by a traditional publisher impossible, it just means that novels aren’t the first step toward publication.
Comment by debbrammer June 23, 2011 @ 7:13 amthis is a great article, i enjoyed it, please keep it up
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