We are 105 days away from the ACFW conference. Don’t believe me? Just check the countdown running on the side of my blog. 105 days. Wow! Why do I get so excited about conference? At the conference I’ve met each of the editors I’ve worked with. At the conference I’ve gotten to know them, and hopefully they’ve gotten to know …
Totally Worth It, Roseanna White
Totally Worth It As conference season warms up, I’m tickled to be a stop on the official ACFW Conference Blog Tour. This is the only conference I’ve had the pleasure of attending thus far, so I can’t really compare it to any others out there. But I can share my excitement and some of what I’ve taken away the two …
Setting the Spiritual Tone, Cynthia Ruchti
One of my favorite passages of Scripture is Colossians 3. Yes, the whole chapter. It’s one of those pages in my Bible that is heavily marked—brackets, underlining, asterisks, arrows to a repeated thought, boxes drawn around key points like “Christ is all and in all,” exclamation points in the margins. You may not appreciate the idea of marking up your …
Is it here? Melissa Tagg
Okay, let’s get one thing straight right off the bat: I’m a little weird. (Some might want to change that to “a lot” weird – like, friends who don’t understand my love for flannel sheets – but that’s an argument for another day.) I’m a little weird because I’d rather sit around and talk storycrafting than scrapbooking (yeah, not so …
Birthing a Book in Less than 9 Months, Deb Raney
Recently a writer friend compared birthing a book to birthing a baby. Indeed, when I first started writing, it would take me at least nine months to write a book from “once upon a time” to “happily ever after,” not counting some major rewriting after my editors got hold of it. So I was shocked the first time I realized …
Volunteering at Conference, Margaret Daley
Volunteering at ACFW Conference by Margaret Daley This year we have an exciting conference planned in September (17-20) in Indianapolis. Tim Downs is our main speaker with many great workshops planned for all levels of writing. Not only will this be a time to learn from some wonderful teachers, but it will be a good opportunity for you to network …
Keeping an Emotional Journal
Angie Breidenbach, ACFW PR Officer, here to welcome our ACFW guest author, Cathy Bryant. Please enjoy her post on keeping an emotional journal. Cathy Bryant, 2010 Emotions. They run the gamut from elation to depression, overwhelming joy to unspeakable sorrow, hatred to love. Need more? How about anxiety, tenderness, compassion, apathy, sympathy, confusion, suspicion, curiosity, surprise, excitement, guilt, fear, restlessness, …
The Actual Bones of Peter Part 5 of Researching the Shroud
Angie here: Pamela Ewen’s last blog post in the series. I don’t know about you all, but I’ve really enjoyed learning from the research trip with her. Take it away, Pamela! Hello ACFW Friends! We’re in Rome and off to take the tour of archeological digs underneath the Vatican. We entered the site area through the Holy Gate protected by …
Researching Rome and the Shroud Part 4
Please welcome our research mavin, Pamela Ewen, for part 4 in her series. Angie Breidenbach ACFW PR Officer Hello ACFW Friends! We’re in Rome after a stop in Santa Margherita, a seaside town about 20 minutes from Genoa. Took local trains to an area nearby called Cinque Terre, five small villages on the sea that are spectacular. You can jump …
Disturbing Changes to the Shroud of Turin (Part 3)
This is the first time that Barrie had seen the Shroud since it was restored in 2010 by Turin authorities.I was enthralled. But with his trained eye, he saw significant changes that were disturbing.