Fellowship of Christian Writers began with a handful of writers in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area in 1979. We are men and women, sharing a love for Jesus and talents for verbal expression, joining together for encouragement, education, and fellowship. Our goal is to equip and encourage writers to follow their God-given dreams of putting words to paper. Whether writing for the religious or secular market, writing articles or novels, or writing news, features, devotionals, poetry, scripts, and essays, writers have a special calling to deliver well-crafted words to their readers. Our purpose is to provide mentoring and instruction; share skills; offer kindly criticism; supply information on markets, contests, and conferences; share prayer needs, and be inspired and encouraged by fellow writers. Our desire is that our written words always reflect Christ and glorify God.
“The Lord announced the word, and great was the company of those who proclaimed it.”
Psalm 68:11
Coming Up!
August Meeting
Janice Buswell | Handle with Care:
Growing from Constructive Criticism
11
AUGUST
2026
Come join us for a hearty dose of encouragement as Janice shares keys to help you sort through the feedback you’ll receive from beta readers and editors, while showing you how to leverage that feedback to strengthen the uniqueness of your story.
Jance Buswell is a multi-talented communicator, speaker, Paradoxon series novelist, and author of Grace for the Writer’s Journey and the Radical Simplicity and A Good Word blogs.
From a young age, Janice read everything she could get her hands on, and when she wasn’t reading, she imagined stories taking place all around her.
Now, Janice’s love of stories includes the stories God is weaving in the lives of everyone she meets. She loves leveraging both fiction and nonfiction to help God’s people understand their own lives and stories better.
When Janice isn’t writing, she enjoys spending time with emerging authors in one-on-one coaching and through her role as co-founder of Experience Writing and director of their yearly conference. Few things make her happier than seeing writers of all ages unleashed to tell the stories only they can!
No matter where you stand on the path to publishing (which spans from the germ of a concept all the way to being in print), we hope you’ll come and experience our community.
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM | Kirk of the Hills | 4102 E 61st St, Tulsa, OK 74136
Meetings also available via Zoom. Contact us for the Zoom link.
Questions? Contact FCW president Cheryl Barker at cheryl (at) cherylbarker (dot) net.
We look forward to hearing from you!