Another volunteer we depend on is Sally Bradley. She has agreed to head up our 40 days of prayer for the conference again–she has done it in the past. The prayers right before conference are such an inspiration for us. She is also central zone director and set up her whole zone on a map to see where possible chapters …
Calling all ACFW for extroverts…or extrovert wannabees
You know that talkative personality? The one that drives your friends and family crazy? Did you realize it is a gift? Well it is, and there’s no better place to let that gift shine than at an ACFW conference. I understand I might be talking to a tiny percentage of the writing population. Lots–okay, almost all–of writers are introverts. Most …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day Thirty Seven
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. ACFW members unable to attend conference Jeremiah 29:11–For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. Dear Lord, You know the desire to attend …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day Thirty Eight
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Keynote Speaker Tracie Peterson Jeremiah 1:9–Then the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. Father God, You know the hearts and minds of every person who …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day Thirty Nine
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. The Conference Committee Romans 15:5–Now may the God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus. Dear Jesus, Thank You for the many individuals You have brought together to organize the …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day Forty
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. God’s presence and blessing at the conference Psalm 127:1–Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman keeps awake in vain. Lord, we pray that even now a sense of your …
Polishing Your Opening Chapters
Are you headed to the ACFW conference or preparing to submit your proposal to an agent and editor? If so, you need to polish those first three chapters until they shine. The synopsis, marketing ideas, platform and bio are important, but the strength of your writing in those chapters is what makes the agent or editor keep reading and ask …
Librarians–Authors’ Best Friends
By Mary Ellis Often writers are curious to learn which marketing and publicity ideas work for other writers and which do not. I, too, am curious about the very same thing. We blog and interview on various blog-sites; we e-mail newsletters to established fans and snail-mail publicity postcards to announce upcoming books; we FaceBook and Twitter and network and wonder …
ACFW Volunteer Spotlight
Another volunteer whom I’m privileged to spotlight is Jan Warren, a member of WIN-ACFW. Jan Warren was one of the founding members of WIN, the first ACFW local chapter. She was the original “Rose Lady” who presented silk roses in celebration of member raves (contest wins, signing with an agent, signing a contract, etc.). She’s opened her home for fellowship …
My ACFW Conference Journey
by Gina Conroy Since I started writing fiction seriously and pursuing publication in 2005, I never missed an ACFW conference…except last year. Each year my motivation to attend ACFW was different. Each year I had new goals and dreams. Each year I grew as a writer and took home something specific I would need on my journey ahead. And each …