00:07:40 Melissa Henderson: Good morning everyone. Sunny and warm here in Mount Pleasant SC. Storms rolled through last night and the ground is wet. 00:08:06 Katie Meade: Good morning! Bright and sunny here in KY 00:08:31 Gail: Good morning for Georgia. 00:09:02 Susan Hayhurst: Good morning! Gorgeous morning in IN to start the day! 00:09:14 Emily Akin: Great day in TN 00:09:16 Jonna LeVan: Beautiful and cool this morning in West Central Ohio! 54 degrees.😀 Hello Friends! 00:09:31 Janet Bland: Good Morning! Wonderful weather here in St Joe, KY 00:09:46 Jackie Brumfield: Good morning from Barboursville, WV! 00:09:49 Katherine Swarts: Hello from Houston, TX! 00:09:55 Elaine Gordon: Good morning from Nashville, TN! 00:09:57 Martha Artyomenko: Good morning! It is rainy and cool this morning in NW Montana. 00:10:11 Yvonne Ortega: Only 88 today, which beats 98 yesterday at the beach in Virginia. 00:10:29 Jerilyn Lowery: Good morning, everyone! I am from Batesville, IN. 00:10:30 Yvonne Ortega: Good morning and so grateful to be here. 00:11:54 Sandra Chambers: Your voice is going in and out 00:12:13 Bonnie Holbrook : I can’t hear you 00:12:18 Elaine Gordon: It’s no problem, really 00:12:38 Katherine Swarts: Sounds okay from here. 00:12:50 Jonna LeVan: God bless our tech support kids!!! 00:13:07 Melissa Henderson: Hooray for tech support! :-) 00:16:52 Jonna LeVan: QUESTION: Do you freelance edit as well? 00:19:54 Classroom 1: We love QUESTIONS. Really, we do. Please *DO* post QUESTIONS into the CHAT window to EVERYONE. Capitalize the word QUESTION. That will help the host not miss any questions and prioritize them for the instructor. Example: QUESTION -- Why is the sky blue? 00:20:19 Classroom 1: Having trouble seeing everything? In ZOOM go to the upper right corner and select VIEW then try a different setting. Maybe Side-By-Side Speaker will work better for you! 00:22:40 Katherine Swarts: QUESTION—How blatantly “Christian” can you be in a Chicken Soup for the Soul story? I understand they have a lot of “general spiritual” stuff but aren’t particularly Biblical. 00:26:07 Pam Walker: So good to see all of you early birds this morning! 00:26:36 Yvonne Ortega: Diane's session is worth getting up for, Pam. 00:27:13 Pam Walker: Yes, agreed! :-) 00:28:14 Elaine McAllister: Well worth the early hour....right, @Martha??? 00:39:07 Classroom 1: 30 minutes remaining. THIRTY minutes. 00:47:16 Classroom 1: Madeleine L'Engle 00:47:17 Glenda Ferguson-Paoli, Indiana: QUESTION: When you submit your story, do the editors know who wrote it? 00:47:27 Classroom 1: Author of A Wrinkle in Time 00:48:57 Jerilyn Lowery: QUESTION: Does Chicken Soup require a cover letter? Do they want to know if you have been published elsewhere? 00:51:07 Classroom 1: 20 minutes remaining. TWENTY minutes. 00:51:12 Shannon Leach: How long is appropriate to wait before submitting a CS story somewhere else? 00:51:57 Pam Walker: dianestark19@yahoo.com 00:52:31 Elaine McAllister: QUESTION: What is your Guidepost email, Diane? 00:52:34 Susan Healey: Thanks for the extremely specific info on submissions. 00:53:34 Melissa Henderson: Diane, thank you for all the wondeful information. 00:54:02 Anne Foley Rauth: Really great material Diane! You're so encouraging! 00:54:12 Elaine McAllister: Your presentation has been EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL, Diane....many thanks to you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom!!!! 00:55:16 Pam Walker: dstark@guideposts.org 00:56:36 Elaine McAllister: QUESTION: You mentioned you could elaborate on "wrap around endings".... 00:57:03 Classroom 1: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst 00:59:32 Bonnie Holbrook : I love listening to you. You make me smile. 00:59:50 Elaine McAllister: Agreed, Bonnie!!! 01:00:44 Classroom 1: 10 minutes remaining. TEN minutes. 01:01:36 Sandra Chambers: Great info! Thank you 01:02:21 Heather Hagstrom: What type of story organization is needed for chicken soup? 01:02:35 Katherine Swarts: I am a (rhyming) poet starving for markets!!! 01:05:19 Joy Godbold: Lot's of good information, Diane. Thank you. 01:05:29 Classroom 1: 5 minutes remaining. FIVE minutes. 01:06:09 Emily Akin: Thank you, Diane. Great session. 01:06:52 Sandra Chambers: Do you tell story as if it was currently happening—1st person 01:07:16 Pam Walker: Google the Headlight 01:07:28 Katie Meade: Does Guideposts pay the writer per story as Chicken soup does? 01:08:53 Classroom 1: Please finish up and close out. Our time is up. 01:09:07 Heather Hagstrom: Thank you!