Guild Members

The Writers' Guild founded Breathe. This spiritually-minded group of West Michigan freelancers and authors is dedicated to equipping self and others for the calling of writing.

	Cynthia Beach Long-time English professor Cynthia Beach freelances and serves as a writing and creativity coach through her organization Soul Seasons (SoulSeasons.org). Currently she is working on a MFA in fiction and is marketing a novel manuscript. Over one hundred of her articles, chapters and short stories have been published. She speaks locally to various groups on topics like creativity, writer's block and other topics related to creative and spiritual formation.
	Shelly Beach Christy Award-winner and ECPA Christian Book Award nominee Shelly Beach has authored more than a half-dozen books from Hallie’s Heart to Ambushed by Grace and A Visual History of the King James Bible. She contributes to Caring.com, the Internet's most popular caregiving site. Shelly is a speaker for Daughters of Destiny women's prison ministry and speaks at churches, retreats, writing conferences, and caregiving conferences. She also provides writing consultation and co-writing services. Shelly can be found at shellybeachonline.com.
	Angela Blycker Angela Blycker is an author, Running Into Water: Women Immersed in the Pursuit of God, and advocate. Affiliated with New Mission Systems International based in SW Florida, she is serving, influencing and empowering women worldwide to fulfill their God-given potential. With an emphasis on spiritual formation, global missions, and women's issues Angela is available for speaking. For more information, visit www.angelablycker.com.
	Ann Byle Ann Byle is a freelance writer for Publishers Weekly, Kyria.com, The Grand Rapids Press and others. She is author of The Making of a Christian Bestseller and Plainfield Township, and coauthor of Devotions for the Soul Surfer with Bethany Hamilton and The Edge of Redemption with Troy Evans. She is a Christy Award judge, and is cofounder of Breathe Christian Writers Conference. Find her at www.annbyle.com.
	Sharon Carrns Sharron Carrns has authored many corporate and church studies, including the study guide for Running Into Water, the curriculum Working It Workbook and discussion guides for Hallie's Heart and Morningsong.
	Lorilee Craker Lorilee Craker writes entertainment articles for magazines and The Grand Rapids Press. Her ten books include New York Times bestseller Through the Storm, written with Lynne Spears. Her latest book is Money Secrets of the Amish (Thomas Nelson, 2011).
	Tracy Groot Tracy Groot is the author of Madman, which received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and a Christy Award for historical fiction. She has worked in screenplay adaptation, ghost writing, and is currently at work on her fourth adult book, a spy novel set in Normandy on the brink of D-Day. She speaks with writers on topics like research and characterization. See www.tracygroot.com.
	Alison Hodgson Alison Hodgson is a gifted communicator who writes and speaks about the gory details of writing, mothering and following Jesus. Her writing has been published with Baker Publishing Group and Houzz.com, and she placed sixth in the Writer's Digest Annual Writing Contest in 2009. She lives in Michigan with her husband Paul, their three children, and their good dog Jack. You can keep up with her at olderthanjesus.blogspot.com.