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It's February at Take Root and Write!

I am amazed at all God has done since we first opened Take Root and Write on July 17, 2008. All the women that are now such an important part of my life. The experience of giving so much of myself to something God would just not let me put down even if I tried. I have had tough times like all of you the past couple of years. But God planted something in me when He had me start Take Root and Write. Something that draws me in. Something that keeps me from not being content until I see that vision He gave me fully come to pass... in every branch.

I have always said we are not about competition here at Take Root and Write or any of our branches, and I mean that with everything that's in me. We want to be a stepping stone on the path of where you are to be planted, rooted, and grown into all He has called you to be or do. I know I do not write often here at TRW, it's funny because that's where it all began. Me wanting to write. Write with my close girlfriends as a private blog. Well! Although my girlfriends here close at home just were not into the idea of getting all techy, I still feel like I am with my girlfriends. What a journey. I hope you will join us. ❤

Please excuse our 'dust' as we move into our new format and look. As you visit Take Root and Write, you will already see we have put our new channels into place. We decided to build our channels around the words, 'encouragement for.' That is our desire, that we can bring encouragement to whatever your situation or season of life is. You can begin to click on the new channels, easily found along the bottom of the menu bar. You will find that our columns are not gone, they have just been planted into a channel. We hope you will find the channels make finding what your looking for easier.

Our Digital Version of the Magazine will now be published bi-monthly. We will be focusing on bringing you featured articles of the month from our new channels, along with a little refreshing of the format! Archives and Current Magazines are now found here.

Take Root and Write Devotions , our new 'devotions' only branch will be opening by March! If you are a writer, we would love to hear from you. Our Potential Writers page is being updated to fit our new guidelines. So be sure to check back in the next week.

In case you missed it, we have opened Christian Women Affiliate.  There are over 250 members already. We have the only Christian Women's Radio Network on Blogtalk radio;  CWA Radio Network on BlogTalk Radio. Is very exciting! Join us live for any show. We have 6 new shows starting in February. At Christian Women Affiliate we offer so many opportunities to get involved. Be a Host on The CWA Radio Network. Join in on our Free Monthly Webinars brought to you by The CWA Team of Hosts. Christian Women Affiliate's February's Webinars are listed here. Check back, as we finish adding. Become part of the CWA Webinar Team, or sign up to Host your Own! Join us for CWA TV. Host your own channel on CWA TV. We also have a Christian Women Affiliate FaceBook FanPage Up. The opportunities abound at all of our branches!

Christian Women Take Root is growing everyday, with over 850 members now. It's getting a Refresh too! Women are tired of bouncing around. We are streamlining CWTR so its the best experience you can have while on the network. Getting Real, Getting Encouraged and Getting Rooted together to continue to Grow and be all God has created us to be! Christian Women Take Root

Blessings Abound to each of you! Love to connect with you. Hit me below anytime. Of course, I'm never far from Take Root and Write!

Noelle Mena
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Announcements! What's Happening? What's To Come in 2010?

There is a lot brewing here at Take Root and Write! The New Year will bring some very exciting changes for us. I know I do not post often. But I assure you my hands reach deep into all that Take Root and Write is, as well as our communities. I wanted to take time and share with you about what is on the horizon!

It amazes me that this is our second Christmas here at Take Root and Write! December is a very busy time for us all. Hopefully, because we are enjoying family and friends. Celebrating our Savior's birth, savoring the season we know as Christmas. To ensure our writers get that time, we have made the decision to take a break in publishing from December 21 - Jan 10, 2010. Publishing will begin again on Monday, January 11, 2010. 

We do have one more week of publishing for December. It will leave you with over 44 Back Issues to our Digital Version of our magazine. We are sure there will be something for you to catch up on during our short break. Of course you can always hit our Archives, or individual columns.

I will be busy behind the scenes during our short break! Because when we return in January, we will be bringing you a fresh look on our site and in our magazine! Our Senior team here at Take Root and Write have been putting our heads, hearts and prayers together to allow God to show us how best to serve you. We are so blessed to have so many faithful readers like yourself. We are also blessed to have a team of writers that are committed to serve you through their words of encouragement each week. So we are making it simpler for everyone!

Take Root and Write Devotions will be opening in Winter 2010! Melissa Mashburn will be our Editor over this special new branch. She is so excited as she begins to read submissions from writers across the web to contribute. Soon, you will be able to visit and see all in action! Including Writer's Guidelines for submissions.

If you have not been over to our Head Branch, Christian Women Affiliate, you should head over. Pronounced like Affili8. Yes, it is a private, paid membership site.

Oh my, did she just say, 'paid membership'? That sounds like she's out to just make money. That's not 'christian like'. I can't afford that.

Oh my! ❤ I did say that. I say it with confidence in the vision God showed me on December 30, 2008 when I bought the domain. (This time last year!) I am not going to get into a description or tell you why you should join Christian Women Affiliate. I will just tell you that if your a Christian Woman Online, you want to get in. You can find out everything over at Christian Women Affiliate Starts Here. You can even find out how you can end up with a free membership. I will tell you that we have paid a big price to offer Christian Women Affiliate. But I believe in the vision God showed me. I have watched Him bring all the pieces together. We all know that WE cannot make something happen. If He is in it, the fruit will be on the branch. 

We have an amazing line up of FREE Webinars all through the month of December. Mostly this week. You can read about each of them over at Christian Women Affiliate Free Webinars for December 2009. Be our guest! No need to sign up, no downloading, no special equipment. Just click the room link to the webinar you want to attend at the time it is scheduled for and we will see you there! If you have never been to a webinar, you will love it! We bring our webinars through live video and lots of interaction. There are some on the schedule that you can actually watch the re-plays as they were last week. Our Senior Editor; Shona Neff and Editor; Shonda Savage Whitworth are hosting one on 'Personalities', you don't want to miss! So hope to see you there! 

Part of Christian Women Affiliate is The CWA Radio Network. Christian Women hosting christian radio shows 7 days a week! I have been soooo blessed attending the live radio shows and interacting with the hosts, guests & listeners through the chat room during each show. If I do not catch a show live, I listen via the archives and or through our CWA Radio Podcast on iTunes. Right now we have 6 hosts, 3 more lined up. When all is done we will have 14 shows a week, 2 a day. All Hosted by Christian Women, for Christian Women. Woot! Love that! ❤

So many ways to meet you! Isn't technology amazing? Reaching through the written word, live in video through webinars, live through radio and chat. Can't forget to mention our community, Christian Women Take Root too! Over 850 Christian Women gathered inside. Sherri Crosson, our administrator at Christian Women Take Root is busy at work freshening up the network to better serve you.

As we enter 2010, I hope you will take us up on connecting with us through these many venues! Whether you are looking to encourage or be encouraged, we have a spot waiting just for you. Come on by! Say hello! Leave a comment. Tweet a Tweet. Hit the Facebook wall. Get Linkedin.

We are all over the web and we want to get to know you!

Noelle Mena

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Founder/ CEO Take Root and Write Publishing and Christian Women Affiliate LLC

CLASS Christian Writers Conference

At Take Root and Write, we desire to hone our writing skills and improve our craft. One way to achieve our goals of becoming better writers is to attend a Christian Writers Conference. Shona Neff, Senior Editor, and myself have each attended previous CLASS Christian Writers Conferences. We both have walked away with a wealth of information that has propelled us into the next sphere of writing. We both encourage you to attend this conference. Shona will be there this year as part of the CLASS faculty serving in various aspects of the conference. Who should attend? Any speaker, teacher, new writer, intermediate writer or experienced writer who wants to learn and meet other writers, editors, agents and publishers. Who knows what the Lord has in store for you?

CLASS Christian Writers Conference
"Writing at the Ranch"
November 4 - 8, 2009
Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM
Register at www.classeminars.org

"We see 'Writing at the Ranch' to be a new and unique writers conference. Writers will be inspired by the beautiful location while building solid, lasting relationships with other writers and editors," says conference director, Linda Gilden. "We hope writers will leave not only with their writing skills raised to a new level but also with a deeper walk with God because He has met them at the ranch. We want to encourage writers to write from the overflow of what God has put in their hearts."

Keynote Speaker: Alex Kendrick, writer, producer, and director of Facing the Giants and Fireproof, and also Associate Pastor of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, GA
Message: "With God Nothing is Impossible"

Keynote Speaker: James Bryan Smith, writer and speaker in the area of spiritual formation. An ordained United Methodist Minister, Smith is a founding member of Richard J. Foster's spiritual formation ministry, Renovare. Message: "The Good and Beautiful God"

The Teaching Line Up:

Nancy Moser - Fiction Track
Bucky Rosenbaum - Nonfiction Track
Karen Porter - Advanced Career Track
Jeannie St. John Taylor - Children's Track
Jerome Daley - Writing for the Next Generation
Craig von Buseck - Technology / Writing for the Web
DiAnn Mills - Advanced Fiction Mentoring (Limited to 8)

Wednesday Add-On Sessions (for an extra fee of $150)

Dwight Bain - Create a Successful Seminar Business: the step-by-step process to create income from your speaking topic

Tama Westman - Book Proposal Blitz –Participants will work with a personal mentor, receiving writing instruction for their own book proposal. Everyone needs a laptop so they can work outside of class if necessary. Also bring an extension cord. At the end participants will have a proposal they can print and pitch to editors at the conference. Proposals must be submitted by October 15 to tamajoy@gmail.com.

Wednesday Add-On Session (no additional charge)

Ron Benson and Lee Warren - On Ramp

On-Ramp is more than just a class;, it's a way for new conferees to get up to speed before moving into the frenetic flow of CLASS Christian Writers Conference. Those who have never attended a writers conference before or those who are new to this conference often need some direction, some shepherding, some counsel, and some hand-holding. But once the conference kicks into gear, it's too fast and furious for most of that stuff to happen. On-Ramp can help give first-timers the confidence to handle the speed.

There are lots of daily workshops to choose from too. To learn more about this conference, visit CLASSeminars Writers Conference page. You still have time to be a part of this conference!

Spotlight on PR

We want to start working with Public Relations here at Take Root and Write. We have all the information about us and our policies on our Take Root and Write PR Page.

We are now accepting products for review. We have several columns that we post different types of reviews in.

Book and Music Reviews can be found in Book and Music Reviews and all other types of products can be found over in our Ready, Set...Review! column.

We also have a full review policy written up for you here...

Take Root and Write Review Policy

It's on that page that you can read in detail what we have to offer here at Take Root and Write for you. Which means our site as well as our magazine and our Community of almost 750 women. Christian Women Take Root.

If you have absolutely any questions after reading our policy, please contact me direct  HERE
We are excited to work with you and your company whether it be through reviews, give aways, sponsorship, advertising or affiliating.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Founder CEO Take Root and Write Publishing LLC
Founder CEO Christian Women Affiliate LLC

CLASS Seminars; Ft. Lauderdale Basic CLASSeminar

Are you wanting to grow as a writer? Have you heard of CLASSeminars? Both our Senior Editor, Shona Neff and our Editor; Shonda Savage - Whitworth are CLASS grads. We also have writers here at Take Root and Write that are CLASS grads. Melissa Mashburn is one of them. I am writing to share about a CLASS conference coming to Ft. Lauderdale in October, 2009.
Shona will be there along with Melissa. Melissa is coordinating and Shona is attending in leadership and will get her own group to work with if she has 10 people sign up and say she referred them! Shona has so blessed us here at Take Root and Write and I would so love to see her have this opportunity, plus all expenses paid! 

Can you take a look at the links below and then share this post with writer friends! Don't forget to tell them to mention Shona Neff when they sign up! Click the banner to go to the MAIN site.

If you can't make the one in Ft. Lauderdale & choose another location, be sure to still mention Shona!

Ft. Lauderdale Basic CLASSeminar

Oct 12 - Oct 14, 2009  Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Event Type: Basic CLASSeminar

Learn more about what a Basic CLASSeminar event is and includes »
Register for this event »

Northstar Community Church
116 NE 24th St.,
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33305

March 2009 at Take Root and Write

We are already settled into March! Can you believe it? Seems like we were just thinking about what we were going to do to make 2009 its best. Remember those resolutions, or which ever word you chose for those areas you decided to be dedicated to in 2009? How are those going for you right about now? Some 'life' getting in the way a bit? Some of them not going as planned? Some 'unexpected' circumstances putting a gap between you and those commitments you made only 3 months ago?

The good news is; God already knew where you would be right now! He also says, He will meet you right here, right now! 

Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, Who loved us and gave us everlasting consolation and encouragement and well-founded hope through [His} grace (unmerited favor), comforts and encourages my heart and strengthens me {makes me steadfast and keeps me unswerving} in every good work and word.
-2Thessalonians 2:16-17 {Amplified Bible}

Take Root and Write Introduces our new Weekly Delivery of our New Digital Magazine

Take Root and Write Introduces our new Weekly Delivery of our
New Digital Magazine.

Is your inbox or RSS reader becoming too full with daily emails from Take Root and Write?

As we have grown here at TRW, we realized we needed to expand to
bring you the best options of receiving the articles that were of interest
 to you & for you to share with others.

We have a new way for you to enjoy the articles from Take Root and Write.
All of the weeks articles delivered to your inbox once a week in our New Digital Magazine!
(You can still view articles thru email or RSS feeds as well as on the site!)

What is a Digital Magazine?
You can find the First Edition Below!!

Welcome to March at Take Root and Write

Welcome to Take Root and Write!
It's March! Come on in! Columns listed out to the right. Want a sneek peek as to what the descriptions are for each? Open the slideshow below. Then go read & subscribe to your favorite columns separately in your fav feed reader. You can also sign up to receive via email and or our new Interactive Digital Magazine! You can see the current issue below along w/the sign up box to receive it in your inbox every Saturday Morning. You will continue hearing all about the excitement brewing here at TRW. Connecting Christian Women is what we are about. A whole new branch of TRW will be at Christian Women Affiliate. Click and you can go read more about whats to come with CWA & even sign up to receive notice when all is ready for you! Pray for us as we dive into all God has for us, for you, in 2009! Don't forget to click on our Christian Women's Community that has over 550 women & growing everyday! Getting Real, Getting Encouraged and Getting Rooted together to continue to Grow and be all God has created us to be! Christian Women Take Root! Click on and come visit and join us! Let's share the journey together. Keep an eye out, if you have a teenage girl between 13- 18. We will be opening a private, safe community called Christian Girls Connect for them in the near future as well!

Blessings to each of you!

The Take Root and Write Team

Welcome to Take Root and Write

 


Welcome to Take Root and Write!
It's February! The new look has not taken place here at TRW as I ran into some hurdles this month. But we all know in God's timing it will happen. We think we have it so together. Think we can do it on our own, even with sure will power! He lets us know quickly that it takes total dependence on Him! So! Keep your eyes open as the changes start to appear on TRW. Your visits here will be easier to come on in, take a break, & find what your looking for!  You will be able to subscribe to each column separately thru RSS feeds & or sign up to receive weekly updates to posts through email. You will be hearing all about the excitement brewing here at TRW very soon! Connecting Christian Women is what we are about. A whole new branch of TRW will be at Christian Women Affiliate. It looks blank now, but not for long! A Network where Christian Women will come together for Accountabilty, Affiliation & Action will be at that link!  Connecting Christian Women w/other Christian Women to hook up to affiliate, in business, blogs, ministries. Stay tuned! Pray for us as we dive into all God has for us, for you for 2009! If you are new to TRW, just dig into the Columns & Categories to the right. Or you can choose from Monthly Archives as well. Find out all about us in the column on the far right. It's there that you can also see our Christian Women's Community that has almost 500 women & growing everyday! Getting Real, Getting Encouraged and Getting Rooted together to continue to Grow and be all God has created us to be! Christian Women Take Root! Click on and come visit and join us! Let's share the journey together. Keep an eye out, if you have a teenage girl between 13- 18. We will be opening a private, safe community called Christian Girls Connect for them soon as well! 

Blessings to you & yours!

 

Purpose Ponderings has a New Writer!

Last week we said goodbye to our Purpose Pondering's Columnist, Diane Cunningham. Diane has become such a special friend and was hard to say goodbye to her as part of the TRW team! It is inevitable that we will have columnists come and go. As God stirs the hearts of all and it might mean moving in a different direction for either them or Take Root and Write. 

God ALWAYS provides and has brought us our newest writer Pam Butler. She will be continuing the Purpose Pondering's Column weekly. This column is an excellent way to begin your week. It is also an excellent writing prompt for your blog! Use it to post each week. Answering and pondering your thoughts on that weeks Purpose Pondering and Challenge. Here is the picture/Badge and code if you would like to do just that.

 

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Be sure to stop by Pam's Writer's Page to read more about her as well! 

Character MakeOver~ 40 days w/ a Life Coach.

Join Christian Women Take Root as together we do a...

Character Makeover Virtual 40-day Journey!

Begins Sept 22~ BE READY!

 By Clicking the badge below, it will take you to Take Root and Write Info page. It will explain how you can participate either on your own blog or inside Christian Women Take Root with other women as we journey together using our blogs inside CWTR. Even if you can't start Monday, come on over and start as you can!

Noelle coming on Blog Talk Radio~ Come Join in!

Hello to all! Having so many passionate women of God tied into Take Root and Write, in so many different areas of ministry, we will bring you all sorts of interesting opportunities and information.
I wanted to share with all of you that one of our TRW writers, Diane Cunningham has a Blog Talk Radio Show.
She has invited me to be her guest on the show this Wednesday at 11:00 Eastern Time. YES! Not too early for me! I don't do caffeine so I am much more alert about then!

This is a pretty new venture for Diane and you can hear some of her previous shows HERE. She interviewed another one of our very own TRW writers and dear friend of hers a couple of weeks ago, Kelly Thorne. Make sure to take a listen!

I hope you will join Diane and I as we talk about what God has done with Take Root and Write as well as our Women's community, Christian Women Take Root. Pray for me as I have not done a live show in a long time! You can even call in if you want and join in on our talk! You can also come to the link if you miss it and still listen or download the show. I am leaving you with all the info below.

Join us, it will be fun! Come to the show page a little early to get a feel!

You can get straight to the show page HERE.
Diane's Main Page with Past shows as well is HERE.
The call in number to join us in the call is on the page but is... 347-996-3642

If you have any questions, just comment or email me or Diane.

New Columns Coming!

We have new columns coming your way! We welcome, Winter Peck, Trina Lockes, Venus Wethington, and Brenda Crowe!! Our newest Take Root Writers! Keep a look out for their column descriptions coming through. I wont give away what they are passionate to share with you! Of course each of these new columns have matching groups over in our community, Christian Women Take Root! Come join the topping 200 Christian Women that have come together to share, encourage and be on the receiving end as well!

Blessings to you! Noelle

As Promised! Here are All the Introductions!

I said I would re-publish All of our introductions before Open House on Monday.
So here they are. Every Column and every Category we have active on Take Root and Write beginning tomorrow, Monday, July 14th, 2008. I believe God has picked each and every women who is writing for Take Write and Root. They are amazing! You can see from each, who is writing it and when they will be posting it. You can read about each writer of Take Write and Root at the site. They each have their own writer's page.

See you at Open House all week at Take Root and Write!
Come join us in the Member's Area; Christian Women Take Root
We have over 70 women already gathered in our growing community there!
Come on over and get rooted with us!

Time For Open House!

 Welcome to Take Root and Write

It's Official! Time to open our doors. We at Take Root and Write invite you to join us on, Monday, July 14th. Our site will be polished up and our first articles posted. If you are signed up through email/RSS by Wednesday July 9th, you will receive an intro to all the columns/categories. If you are visiting the site before Open House, please excuse any confusion as I am putting all in it's place for you from now till then! Be sure to go ahead and join us over at our Member's Area- http://www.ChristianWomenTakeRoot.com

We are already getting rooted together over there! The Take Root and Write Team are all so excited to get to share with each of you. If you have any questions, please feel to email, upper right corner.

Blessings to each of you, come be a part of our Groundbreaking. Come, Take Root with us. There is something here for every woman. Come for one reason, and I think you will find many more reasons for staying.

If you have come to the site as a potential author, the last update page on authors is here.