Last year in Denver, my faith journey led me at last to the wonderful community that ACFW has created. To start at the beginning, faith did not come easy for me. I grew up in a Christ centered home, but as I went out into the world and began reading philosophers who held that this life is all there is—that …
We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Program…Mindy Starns Clark
…to talk about this fall’s American Christian Fiction Writers Conference. If you’re new here: You must be wondering why today’s link for the ACFW blog tour has brought you to a website about cleaning. That’s because I’m an author of both fiction and nonfiction and it just so happens that one of the classes I’ll be teaching at the conference, …
You Can’t Out Run God–Guest post by Richard Mabry
Angie: Please welcome our guest blogger, ACFW author, Dr. Richard Mabry. When Dr. Cathy Sewell’s world fell apart, leaving her alone and confused, she did the only thing she could think of. She ran back home. For her that meant leaving a promising medical position in a prestigious medical center and starting over in her hometown. But she soon discovered …
Upcoming ACFW Chapter Meetings and Events March part II
Friday evening, the ACFW Chicago Northwest Chapter will welcome Lin Johnson, owner and director of the Write to Publish Conference, held every June in the Chicago area (Wheaton College campus). Lin brings a wealth of experience with conference, both from a director’s point of view, as well as faculty and conferee. She will speak on conference preparedness as we move …
Arkansas Inspy Writers workshop on Saturday, March 20, 2010
The Arkansas Inspy Writers will host a workshop on Saturday, March 20, 2010, at the White County Regional Library, Searcy Branch Administration Building, located at 113 E. Pleasure in Searcy. Linda Fulkerson will be the presenter, and the topic will be “Using Free Online Tools to Promote Your Message.” The schedule is as follows: 12:00 p.m. — Lunch. Bring a …
Lost Your Voice? DFW Ready Writers Feb. 13th!
Michelle Stimpson can help you find it. Multi-published author, speaker, and educator Michelle Stimpson will be with DFW Ready Writers Saturday, February 13th presenting: “Your Voice – Is It Unique?” Let’s face it: next to a great idea, voice is what appeals most to editors and readers. Absent this essential human trait, a computer could have been programmed to spit …
The Story Behind the Story event
If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area this weekend, come join five Revell authors at The Door Christian Bookstore in San Carlos on Saturday November 21 from 2-4pm. Kristin Billerbeck, Suzanne Woods Fisher, Susanna Aughtmon, Debbie Alsdorf, and I will be talking about “The Story Behind the Story.” We’ll also be signing books or excerpts of upcoming books. Come …
The Benefits of Volunteering at Conference
by Jennifer Hudson-Taylor Most of us think of church or local ministries when we consider volunteering, but there are plenty of volunteer opportunities at the ACFW Conference. It isn’t only about writing workshops and meetings with agents and editors, although those are wonderful assets to the conference. More importantly, God is at work during prayer time, praise and worship, devotions, …
Confidence at Conference
by Angela Breidenbach ACFW Publicity Officer Many Christian fiction writers are gearing up to attend the American Christian Fiction Writers Conference in Denver this September. Some are feeling the pinch of nerves as if their finger were caught in the car door. They want to go, need to go, but don’t know how to get through it without serious doubts. …
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 …