Angela Breidenbach, ACFW publicity officer, here to welcome debut author, Jennifer Hudson-Taylor. She’s a past double Genesis winner and her new release Highland Blessings is proving to be a hit. Take it away, Jennifer! One of the best features I love about the ACFW Conference is the spiritual refreshing I always experience by the time I leave. God usually whispers …
R&R At Conference
Angela Breidenbach, ACFW publicity officer, here to introduce a guest ACFW member. Please welcome newly contracted Lindi Peterson. She’s attended several ACFW conferences and brings us excellent advice on self-care during conference time. Lindi, take it away… Lindi here. R&R you ask? Yes. You MUST make time for conference R&R. If you don’t, by the time you get home you’ll …
What I’m bringing…Ashley Clark
As a first time ACFW Conference attendee, one of my initial questions about the Conference was what I should bring to be prepared for meetings with editors and agents. I’ve done some research to answer this question, and I hope you will find it helpful as a checklist, especially if this is your first conference as well. Bring a one …
What I’m Bringing to ACFW…Camy Tang
Camy Tang here! The highlight of my year is always the ACFW conference in September. It’s my favorite conference for so many reasons, some of which are: 1) the friends I get to see there 2) the industry professionals I get to meet 3) the workshops 4) the nice hotel (I am SO not a “roughing it” girl. I need …
What Workshops Will You Take At ACFW Conference?
Please welcome guest blogger, Missy Tippens. Missy Tippens, here. I recently registered for the ACFW conference coming up in September. I’m really excited about all the opportunities! Especially the list of workshops. The continuing ed sessions are multi-session workshops. Among the choice of these in-depth classes are: Basic Basics for Fiction Writers—Jim and Tracie Peterson Mastering Structure, Symbols, 3-D Characters …
Media Appointments at ACFW Conference
Angela Breidenbach here. I’m the publicity officer for ACFW and honored to tell you about the media appointments, something new and different, available at our conference in Indianapolis Sep. 17-20th, 2010. In fact, I don’t know any other conferences that offer media training appointments. Adding two new types of appointments for our authors is one of the reasons American Christian …
Conference Advice from Etta Wilson & Ashley Clark
My blog posts for this week will concern the 2010 American Christian Fiction Writers Conference. For more information about the Conference, click here . Some of you who are reading this blog may have attended the Conference before, perhaps even multiple times. However, many of you, like me, have probably never attended a writing conference. I’ve been to plenty of church …
Mindy’s Top Ten Conference Tips
Angela Breidenbach, ACFW publicity officer, here: Please welcome our guest blogger today, Mindy Obenhaus. You can find her regular blog posts at www.MindyObenhaus.com or group blogging on WritingByFaith.blogspot.com. She’s also an ACFW Genesis finalist in romantic suspense and a long time ACFW member as well as our Carol Award coordinator. Mindy: I don’t know about you, but I’ve been anticipating …
Will you be there? Patti Lacy
Hopes, aspirations, dreams, coalesce into strange shapes at ACFW conferences: The square shape of the elevator–where you catch the dream agent unaware and pitch the next Great American novel. Oh, Lord, can I do this? The rectangular shape of the check-in tables. Oh, Lord, they’re looking at me funny. Can I really do this? The octagonal/nonhedronal complexities of today’s publishing world. This …
Confessions of an ACFW Conference Junkie
Angela Breidenbach, ACFW PR Officer, here: Please welcome our ACFW member guest Carla Stewart But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31 (KJV) In 2001, when God nudged me to follow my writing …