A writers conference can be a scary thing — especially your first one. I attended my first writer’s conference by myself as an unpubbed author. I knew no one. The conference was held in the Rocky Mountains, and I walked around that week enjoying the scenery, but with my brain on overload and my confidence and esteem taking a self-inflicted …
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 …
An Agent’s Perspective on Conference: Chip MacGregor
As a novelist, you probably spend a lot of time sitting at your desk, banging out words, pondering your story. You do some research online, write out a chapter, do some revising. Sure, you spend some time emailing friends to try and see what else everyone is up to, but for the most part the things you do as a …
Relax-Yes, you too can enjoy those editor and agent appointments
by Belinda Peterson Really, you can enjoy them!! I promise. This is how you do it. Kidding. I can’t tell you HOW to do it, but I can provide some tips on making it a little easier on your nerves. At least I hope I can. The very first editor appointment I had was with Brenda Chin from Harlequin. I …
Pitching with Success at the ACFW Conference
by Tiffany Amber Stockton Many know that I’m a member of ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers). It’s the premier Christian fiction organization, and I owe a great deal of thanks to the members for helping me get published. Every year, they hold a national conference, and this year it’s just about in my back yard. Denver, Colorado is only about …
Forty Days of Prayer – Day 10: For the Families We Leave at Home
Romans 8:26-27–In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of …
Part Two: The One Sheet
by Dineen Miller Last week I talked about identifying your genre and/or niche so as to help you create your “mood.” This week let’s talk about the one sheet. Every year I see the questions start a couple months before conference. We’re gearing up and getting ready. We want to make a great first impression on those agents and editors …
Forty Days of Prayer – Day 36 Those Teaching Continuing Ed Classes
Psalm 28:7a–The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Dearest Lord, we thank you for those teaching continuing education. Give them wisdom, focus, and direction as they prepare to teach, and allow the planning and logistics to flow smoothly. Surround each teacher with your comfort, strength, and loving care. Fill them with your peace …
Who Are You?
The ACFW Conference is just weeks away, so I know many of you are wondering what you need or even where to start. Each Thursday for the next four weeks, I’ll be posting some basics to help you get prepared. We’ll talk about identifying your genre or brand, one sheets, business cards, and how to apply this later on to …