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After attending her first God Uses Ink conference in 1988, she has been involved as a participant, planner or faculty member every year since. She has co-directed seven Write! Canada conferences (the conference was renamed in 2004 to mark its 20th anniversary); and was the plenary speaker in 2006. N. J.'s newest release, Glitter of Diamonds, the second in the Manziuk and Ryan Mystery series, combines her love of classic mysteries with her love of baseball. Along with her two mysteries, N. J. has eight books for teens and a Christmas play. She writes a regular column, "As Each Part Does its Work" for Maranatha News. In 2006, N. J. received the Leading Women Award for Communications and Media for co-founding The Word Guild, and a Deeds Speak award from the York Region Police for her teen book, In Time of Trouble. www.njlindquist.com |
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N. J. Lindquist is an award-winning Canadian author and columnist as well as a popular motivational speaker and the co-founder of The Word Guild.
Wendy Elaine Nelles is an award-winning journalist, writer, editor and speaker with wide-ranging experience in the corporate, not-for-profit and publishing sectors. She holds an M.A. in Communications with high honour from Wheaton College, Illinois. She has served on the leadership team of the God Uses Ink/Write! Canada conference for 20 consecutive years. Wendy co-founded The Word Guild in 2002, invested six years in getting it established as its associate director, and continues to be active in her role as founder and consultant. In 2006, she was recognized nationally with the Leading Women Award for Excellence in Communications and Media.
Five years ago, Jane Twohey attended her first Write! Canada conference. An avid reader, Jane came home with many books and resources for writing. Within the year, Jane became a member of The Word Guild and in 2004 was hired as the administrator of The Word Guild.
Kimberley Payne is the author of Where Family Meets Faith, Where Fitness Meets Faith and Where Life Meets Faith. These three volumes are collections of Kimberley’s “Today’s Faith” devotional columns that relate raising a family, pursuing a healthy lifestyle, and everyday experiences to building a relationship with God. She also is author of the Fit for Faith Health Series, and a speaker offering workshops based on this series (
Jayne Self has attended eight God Uses Ink/Write!Canada conferences. This is her third year as Manuscript Critiques and Faculty Appointments Coordinator. Jayne is a freelance writer who has completed four novels.
Sandra Reimer is a professional member and the managing director of The Word Guild. She is a promotional writer and publicist with experience planning events, marketing, creating promotional materials and writing funding proposals. She also has done community and media relations as well as fundraising in the non-profit sector. She runs her own company, Reimer Reason Communications (
Heidi VanderSlikke is a freelance writer who lives near Harriston, Ontario. She is a columnist for the Christian Courier. Her work has appeared in The Upper Room, on Christianity.ca and in other publications. She was a shortlisted finalist in The Word Guild 2007 Writing Awards for her columns.
Simon Presland, who lives and works in the Windsor/Detroit area, has had more than 130 articles published in such publications as: Discipleship Journal, Marriage Partnership, Canadian Homes and Cottages, The REV, Backhome, Children's Ministry Magazine, Canadian Sportsman, Faith Today and The Windsor Star. He is also a freelance book editor and ghostwriter, and teaches two semi-annual, 12-week writing courses.
Les Lindquist is a consultant with 30 years experience at IBM. He has played an instrumental role in The Word Guild since its inception, has acted as its treasurer since 2002, and is the chair of the board of Christian Info Canada. Lindquist is advancing his own writing, speaking and teaching career. He partners with N. J. Lindquist in Joy Equipping Ministries and That's Life! Communications.
Wes Reimer is a Web developer for Interprise Software in Waterloo, Ont. He is passionate about Web standards, usability and JavaScript programming. He loves to spend hours obsessing over typography, colours and how many pixels there are in a perfect picture. Reimer is husband to Word Guild member Sandra Reimer, with two children, Quinn and Zoe.