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Sandra Bouie

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Sandra K. Bouie is a Freelance Writer and Author based in Central Florida. Sandy is married with 6 children and one grandchild.

In 1985, Sandy developed a passion for writing in print and opened up the first Desktop Publishing business in Akron, Ohio, her hometown.

In 1992 she joined The House of the Lord in Akron, Ohio. Sandy worked under the Audio & Tape ministry as editor of the church's newsletter producing abstracts for tapes, articles, brochures, flyers, a church catalog, and more.

In the year of 2000, Sandy received her first award for her essay, "Straight Into The Hearts of Man," in the Coming Together Project. In 2001 Sandy moved to Florida and joined New Life Center Ministries.

Later Sandy joined the Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild as an apprentice writer and member. She has learned all writers disciplines of self-editing, research, exposition of word or concepts, developing themes, scripture input, copyrighting, marketing, books, magazine and news articles, screenplays, poetry, children's writing and more..

Sandy is also a member of Faithwriters.com., a prestigious, online community of writers. She has written articles for Xulon Press, New Life News, The Christian Faith, The House of the Lord, New Life Center Ministries, Gibbs Publications Inc., and other business and marketing newsletters.

Her first inspirational book, "An Everlasting Hope" has just been published with Outskirts Press. You can order her book at http://outskirtspress.com/AnEverlastingHope.




10 Tips from Sandra Bouie

Create A Stunning Visual Effect for Your Church Newsletter!

Your church newsletter can become the center of attention in your local town. Just by placing a few pictures of some of your most memorable events and church programs. Pay special attention to the Pastor, the children and youth groups. Don't forget to include the seniors who are active in the services. By placing pictures of your extended church family in the newsletter, you can get immediate support for your publishing and garner a wonderful new look for the newsletter.

Use the Best Possible Publishing Equipment...

Make sure the church has a computer with all the media components needed to do a church newsletter. By using the best possible publishing equipment you will set your newsletter up for success. The computer will need a large memory base, up to 200 MB of RAM, a large processor and plenty of media-based applications. Programs like Microsoft Publisher and Word, Quark XPress, and Adobe Photoshop are excellent applications to begin with.
Make sure you have a printer with copying and scanner capabilities to produce great results for hard copy printouts. A copy machine that is economical in price and strong on work use is the Cannon copiers. Contact them about buying a copy machine for your church.

If you would like to purchase a complete system, try Gateway or Dell computers; both companies sell complete computers systems along with printers.

Topic: Religion (was not included in topics) Title: Let God Do The Writing For You!

By allowing the Holy Spirit of God to give you the words to write, you will create something special and unique for everyone. Pray and ask God to help you and your crew in the production of the Newsletter. Pray for His guidance in creating the newsletter.

Screenwriting For Beginners

Read as many professional scripts as you can. Hollywood hates amateurs! Find some popular movie scripts and study these scripts for script elements, characterizations, action shots, camera angles, and dialogue.
Always use Courier fonts (point size 11 or 12)when writing screenplays.
Every script begins with FADE IN and ends with FADE OUT.

Unique Ways to Celebrate An Anniversary!

Anniversaries can be fun and thrilling, but after every year, it's easy to run out of creative ideas on things to do. Here's a tip on what to do for your next anniversary: Begin planning early to take pictures and document your spouse's daily activities. Pick things you saw them do that made you feel good and were thankful they did it.

Find a nice photo album to put these carefree pictures in and write under them a warm and thankful comment or saying, telling them how wonderful they are to you. Keep the photo album a secret. On anniversary day, surprise them with the photo album of all the kind and thoughtful things they do and how it made you feel. This is a special and unique way to surprise your spouse on Anniversary Day.

The Benefits of Blogging

Blogging can be a source of information, ideas and income for a savvy blogger. Regular updating is important to keep tract of your readers comments and opinions. This will help you to understand what your readers need and want.
Make sure your blog has a strong internet presence and that others can quickly find you in the search engines. It's possible to earn an income through the blog, but bloggers must take advantage of placing ads in google adsense, click advertising, affiliate programs and linking.

Skin Saunas

There is nothing more refreshing than giving your face a Skin Sauna.
Especially if you have congested skin. Congested skin is skin that frequently breaks out in bumps, pimples and blackheads. Your skin needs a deep cleansing treatment.
Fill a bowl with boiling water and add four drops of Lavender oil and four drops of Mandarin oil. Then place a towel over your head and hold your head over the bowl for about two minutes.
This opens up the pores in your skin and prepares your skin for a good facial mask. Try this right using a facial peel mask.

How to Get A Good Credit Rating!

Without good credit, it is hard for people to attain the favor that is needed to purchase homes, buy furniture, take out a loan and other valuable services that you may need in life.
Here's what steps you can take to start getting a good credit rating:
First obtain a credit report from one of the major credit bureaus so that you can take a look at what on your report. Some credit bureaus include TRW Credit, Equifax, and Associated Credit Services.
Second: make a list of inaccurate or damaging entries that you want removed on your credit report.
Third: Call the credit bureau and tell them you want to remove an entry from your credit report. Tell them you want an appeal and follow through on it.
Fourth: File a dispute form and return it right away!
Fifth: The credit bureau will attempt to verify the dispute and you will be notified of the decision within 30-45 days of the process.
Sixth: The older ones will probably be thrown out and the newer ones disputed. Work with any disputers. If no one challeges the dispute, the damaging entries will be removed.

Quick Tips for Writing Effective Stories

Here are a few quick tips that help writers to be efficient when writing.
1. Learn the rules of Basic English. Begin sentences with subjects and verbs.
2. Create action with strong verbs
3. Be careful not to use many "the's, to's, that's, or ings,
4. Choose simple words the average reader can understand.
5. Do not use repetition - try not to repeat words.
6. Research your story first for good information and clarity.
7. Always read your verses out loud to know how they sound.
8. Use narrative as a form of action.
9. Utilize names that are interesting for the characters.
10. Simple is better than complex.

Topic-Financial (not in topics) Title: Basic Steps of an Estate Plan

This is a great tip for me, because I plan on having a large estate one day!
To create an Estate Plan for your benefactors consider these steps.
1) List all your assets and find out what they are worth- such as jewerly, real estate, art and any copyrights. You can consult a professional appraiser.
2) Determine who the beneficiaries of your estate will be. Identify your beneficiaries and what property or shares you are going to leave them. This depends on what type of relationship you have with these people.
3) Your estate planning documents will include a will or trust. You may also include a living will (a medical will). Find a sample document of a will and living will. Copy a will with your personal information included.
4) If you have a change in circumstances like birth of a child, adoption, divorce, or marriage, make sure you update the changes right away. There are some trusts that can not be changed and are irrevocable. So bear this in mind when doing a trust.

4) Determine what tax consequenses will affect your property? Will transfer taxes apply to my beneficiaries? Then you must figure out a way to reduce the taxes by altering the estate plan. This is where you might seek out the help of a professional tax expert.