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FAB CHOW (HISTORICAL AND BIBLICAL FICTION CHRISTIAN WRITERS ONLINE)

Meets: Monthly, alternate Mondays and Thursdays, at 7 pm UK time / 3 pm Atlantic / 2 pm Eastern / 11 am Pacific

Affiliated to Association of Christian Writers (UK) and The Word Guild (Canada). Membership of either is not obligatory.

FAB CHOW has gone from strength to strength over the last five years. In addition to writers reading from their publications and receiving feedback on their work in progress, we run workshops with professional guests on topics as wide-ranging as Your Website, Wisdom, Storytelling, Journaling, Public Speaking and Social Media Marketing.

Our format is to begin with a worship song, 5-minute devotions of any kind, on any topic brought by a member, and prayer. This is followed by news, ahead of the meeting’s main event.

Our meetings:

COMING UP:

• Monday, 12 October at 7pm UK time, 2 pm Eastern and 3 pm Atlantic.  AI AND THE WRITER Devotions Sue Sutherland.
  
• Thursday 12 November – Plot Development Workshop. Devotions Margaret.  
  
• Monday 7 December – Christmas party – Looking for volunteers to lead games. And devotions.  
  
• A series for 2027  Preparing for Publication with Intention and Care with Author Accelerator Certified Book Coach, Laura Aliese:
  Part 1: Thursday 14th January – Thoughtful Positioning within your genre, engaging with deep questions, examples and exercises to thoughtfully positioning your work. 
  Part 2: Monday, June 14^th – Thoughtful Preparation: thinking strategically about design, structure, messaging and authority.  
  Part 3: Monday, Sept 13^th – Preparing Your Pitch:  pitch strategy to effectively sell your work. 
  Take Laura’s her Find Your Quiet Strengths Quiz and book a free strategy session to discuss how your quiet strengths can help you in the thorny parts of being a thoughtful writer.

Don’t forget to invite your Historical and Biblical writer friends to join us. All levels of experience are welcome and we are ACW affiliated (Association of Christian Writers, UK). They should sign up to receive FAB CHOW notifications at https://ahava.space. 

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“Thank you so much for a wonderful meeting last night! Connection, community, helping and working with other writers, and promoting them are all very important. That is one of the big purposes of groups like ours. I am very much enjoying getting to know you.” Ruth Ann Adams, Canada

“What a privilege and a blessing to be able to bring that workshop tonight, and to see God use it to bless others. I am blown away by His goodness!” Author Joy Margetts, UK

“Thank you for last night. It was superb. I am so pleased I was able to join.” Cherryl A.,UK

YESHUA GROUP ONLINE  – Exploring Christianity’s Jewish Roots to deepen our understanding of our Messiah

This lovely free group of internationals meets every other month on a Saturday. Below are our upcoming meetings:

• Sat. Nov 28th at 6.30 pm UK time / 1.30 pm Eastern and 2.30 pm Atlantic: All the Marys – (originally Miri from ‘Miriam or Mari, which is Aramaic) – We are taking one each and telling the  story in 5 minutes maximum.
• Saturday, January 23rd 2027: The Jewish Roots of Jesus.

We shall meet at 6.30 pm UK time, which will be 1.30 pm Eastern and 10.30 am Pacific

Our next meeting is Saturday, June 27th: Sat. Jun. 27th: Faith Goes Out to a Gentile: Cornelius and Peter with Bobbie

“Our meeting of Purim Characters turned out great – a fun and informative telling of the story of Esther. God bless you, Bobbie. Thanks for drawing us all together today.” Dana E, USA