title: Relief Notes: Encouraging Letters for Tough Times
author: Christian Authors Guild
description: Christian Authors Guild embraces writers of various genres who share a common goal: sending a Christian wave upon a secular sea. Meeting twice monthly in Woodstock, Georgia, the group not only hones the writing skills of its members but also educates and encourages. Members benefit from critique groups, writing contests, monthly seminars, and Christian fellowship. Each spring, the Christian Authors Guild invites the community to Coffee and Quill--a half-day event where guest speakers share their industry insight with emerging writers. In the fall, the group holds its annual Catch the Wave Writers Conference, where key influencers in the writing and publishing industries teach workshops, accept appointments with conferees, and offer writing tips.
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  TO VIVIEN
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  My many thanks to the following people for their invaluable advice and
  research:
  
  
  Simon Bainbridge, Sir Win Bischoff,
  
  
  Sir Victor Blank, Dr Harry Brunjes,
  
  
  Professor Susan Collins, Eileen Cooper RA,
  
  
  The Rt Hon The Lord Fowler PC,
  
  
  The Reverend Canon Michael Hampel,
  
  
  Professor Roger Kirby, Alison Prince,
  
  
  Catherine Richards, Mari Roberts, Susan Watt,
  
  
  Peter Watts, and David Weeden
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## CONTENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * [COVER](kindle:embed:0003?mime=image/jpg)
  
  
  * [TITLE PAGE](part0000.html#0-7cb0c5c1fca94ffebecede662aa79ed7)
  
  
  * [DEDICATION](part0001.html#UGI0-7cb0c5c1fca94ffebecede662aa79ed7)
  
  
  * [THE BARRINGTONS](part0004.html#3Q280-7cb0c5c1fca94ffebecede662aa79ed7)
  
  
  * [THE CLIFTONS](part0005.html#4OIQ0-7cb0c5c1fca94ffebecede662aa79ed7)
  
  
  * [PROLOGUE](part0006.html#5N3C0-7cb0c5c1fca94ffebecede662aa79ed7)
  
  
  * [HARRY AND EMMA CLIFTON 1978–1979](part0007.html#6LJU0-7cb0c5c1fca94ffebecede662aa79ed7)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [CHAPTER 1](part0008.html#7K4