Reflections of an amazing conference…

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Angela Breidenbach, ACFW publicity officer, here to share ACFW member, Christy LaShae Smith’s guest post. She’s a 2009 Genesis winner and one of the new authors to watch 🙂 Take it away, Christy! Where else will you find people who share the goal of glorifying Christ and share a goal of writing? Where else can people with those same goals …

R&R At Conference

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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

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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 …

Mindy’s Top Ten Conference Tips

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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

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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 …

Airport Navigation Indianapolis

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Angela Breidenbach here with some fun tidbits about arriving and departing for ACFW conference via the open, airy Indianapolis Airport. I’ve traveled widely and found this particular airport to be friendly, accessible, entertaining, and even better comfortable! The free wi-fi worked immediately with my laptop while other airports charged fees or had super slow connections, I managed to knock out …

Are you serious about writing? Cindy Thomson

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You’ve seen it mentioned on our blog many times, and I know many of you reading this are ACFW members, but for those who aren’t, I’d like to introduce you to this organization and the upcoming conference in September. ACFW stands for American Christian Fiction Writers, but not all members are writers. Some are agents, editors, and librarians–and all are …