"Serving Him in WORD and Deed"
Posted Live from Conference
Sunday, September 19, 2010
7:30 p.m. EDT
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Christy Award-winning author of Plague Maker and the Bug Man novels
Tim Downs is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Indiana University. After graduation in 1976 he created a comic strip, Downstown, which was syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate until 1986. His cartooning has appeared in more than a hundred major newspapers worldwide. His first book, a work of non-fiction, was awarded the Gold Medallion Award in 2000, and his third novel, PlagueMaker (2006), was awarded the Christy Award for best CBA suspense novel of 2007. Downs is best known for his crime/drama, "Bug Man" series of novels featuring forensic entomologist Dr. Nick Polchak. The series includes the books Shoofly Pie (2003), Chop Shop (2004), First the Dead (2007), Less Than Dead (2008), and Ends of the Earth (2010). Downs is also the founder of the Communication Center, a communication training and consulting ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ and has authored numerous books on Christian relationships and communication both on his own and in conjunction with his wife. Tim lives in Cary, North Carolina, with his wife Joy. | 
Tim Downs
www.timdowns.net |
Presented by Best Selling Author, James Scott Bell
Published or unpublished, are you ready to take your fiction higher?
Ready to learn the skills and techniques that can send your writing above the slush? Then James Scott Bell's Early Bird session at the 2010 ACFW conference is for you.
This class will be an engaging mix of lecture, hands-on workshop, and film clips. It will zero in on the 6 Critical Success Factors of Fiction – Plot, Structure, Characters Scenes, Dialogue & Description , digging into the essence of each and showing you how to bump every area up to that storied "next level."
Not only a best-selling novelist, Jim has written three books many authors keep close at hand when writing: Plot & Structure, Revision & Self-Editing, and The Art of War for Writers. If you're ready to learn techniques to make your fiction soar, don't miss this early bird session.
James Scott Bell is a bestselling suspense writer. A former trial lawyer, he was the fiction columnist for Writers Digest Magazine and an adjunct professor of writing at Pepperdine University. His books on the craft, Write Great Fiction: Plot & Structure, Write Great Fiction: Revision & Self-Editing and The Art of War for Writers are three of the most popular writing books available today. | 
www.jamesscottbell.com |
Indianapolis, Indiana
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Hyatt Regency
Downtown - Indianapolis |
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