2015 ACFW CONFERENCE 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 38 PRAYER – TOPIC: KEYNOTE SPEAKER Jesus, thank You for bringing Bill Myers to speak at our conference this year. Lord, as we gather to hear the words of wisdom he has to share, I pray You would be poured out. As Bill prepares his talks, that Your words for us would …
ACFW 40 Days of Prayer: Day 39
2015 ACFW CONFERENCE 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 39 PRAYER – TOPIC: THE AUDIO/VISUAL TEAM “We always thank God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers. We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ” (I Thes.1:2-3 NLT). …
ACFW 40 Days of Prayer: Day 40
2015 ACFW CONFERENCE 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 40 PRAYER – TOPIC: GOD’S PRESENCE AND BLESSING Father God, You are our great Almighty Father, and we thank You for the opportunity to join with one another in working for Your glory. We are gathering together to glorify Your name, to learn how to better use our talents for Your glory. …
Twelve Tips for Maximizing Your Appointments
By Bonnie Doran It’s conference season! If you’re heading to a writer’s conference, you probably have appointments with editors, agents, or other professionals. Here are some tips for making the most of those fifteen minutes: 1. Arm yourself with business cards. They don’t need to be fancy. I suggest your name (duh), head shot, email address, and social media links, …
An Extrovert’s Tips for Making Connections in ACFW
By Traci Tyne Hilton A funny thing happened at conference this year. I noticed that some of the name tags had little ribbons on them that said “author.” Now, it’s a fiction writers conference, so I figured we were all “authors,” but since only some folks had the author ribbon, I also figured the ribbon signified something more than just …
Beating the Post Conference BLUES
By Susan May Warren Are you home from the ACFW conference? Finally unpacked? I hope you came home filled with encouragement and new ideas on how to make your writing breathtaking. Now what? Conferences can be overwhelming, between the requests for proposals or full manuscripts, new story ideas, craft lessons, marketing epiphanies and loads of new friends. Where and how …
40 Days of Prayer: Day 1
Day 1 Topic: That God’s will be accomplished at the conference Psalm 115:1–Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory. Father, we kneel before you acknowledging you as our Sovereign LORD. Before we were ever knit together in our mother’s womb, you had a plan for us and our writing. That plan included this …
40 Days of Prayer: Day 2
Day 2 Topic: Good weather for travel Luke 8:24b–And He got up and rebuked the wind and the surging waves, and they stopped, and it became calm. Our most kind and gracious Heavenly Father, thank you for today. Thank you for the chance to go to a conference to be filled with you. I am so excited that authors get …
40 Days of Prayer: Day 3
Day 3 Topic: Christopher Vogler and the Early Bird Session Proverbs 2:2–Make your ear attentive to wisdom, incline your heart to understanding. Father God, we come before you today lifting up Christopher Vogler and the Early Bird Session. Give him the words to say that we need to hear. Strengthen him, body, mind, and spirit, during this session and the …
Six Verses to Anchor Your Thoughts During the ACFW Conference
by Beth K. Vogt “The stars may fall, but God’s promises will stand and be fulfilled.” J. I. Packer, (1926-), theologian People start talking about what they’re packing for the ACFW conference weeks before they print off their boarding pass. What are they wearing to their 15-minute appointments? The genre dinner? The gala? Are their pitch sheets and business cards …