I’m a huge Superman fan. His strength is legendary. So is his greatest weakness — Kryptonite. Your greatest strength is your story. In the end, it always comes down to the story. But your greatest weakness — whether you’re a best-selling author or brand new writer — may be the questions you’re not asking. I call these the Kryptonite Questions …
ACFW Volunteer Spotlight
This week I’m privileged to highlight another wonderful ACFW volunteer who puts in a lot of time helping the organization. Nora St. Laurent oversees our ACFW Book Club with over 1500 members. Each month the book club discusses two books in a selected category. She and her assistants organize these two monthly book discussions, review the book for our ezine, …
Featured Author of the Week
ACFW’s Featured Author of the Week is: Shellie Neumeier with her new book, Driven. Come read about this YA author’s desire to write for the next generation and inspire them to change their world. www.acfw.com/featured_author
Featured Author of the Week
ACFW’s Featured Author of the Week is Lyn Cote. Interviewer Mary Johnson did fascinating interview with Lyn about her new book, Daddy in the Making. Mary asks some great questions about Lyn’s writing journey and handling a “hot” subject delicately. You will be inspired by her great ideas! https://www.acfw.com/featured_author
2011 ACFW Genesis Finalists
ACFW is proud to announce our 2011 Finalists in the Genesis Contest for unpublished writers. Congratulations to you all. We’ll announce the winners during our annual conference in September in St. Louis. Please go to our website at: https://www.acfw.com/genesis/Genesis_Finalists_2011 to see the list of this year’s finalists.
This Week’s ACFW Featured Author
We have another dazzling featured author for you. This week, new team member K. Dawn Byrd did a spectacular interview with Roseanna M. White and her latest novel, Jewel of Persia. Just to hear about her research is fascinating! Read more at: https://www.acfw.com/featured_author
Featured Author of the Week
How about another featured author interview? This week, Michele Cushatt did a bang up job interviewing Kay Marshall Strom about her new book, The Triumph of Grace. Come check out what spurs this author to write and how her travels have contributed to 36 published books at https://www.acfw.com/featured_author
January Afictionado Ezine
The latest edition of ACFW’s Afictionado Ezine is now online for you to enjoy. Just go to https://www.acfw.com/ezine/ and find articles on brainstorming, jump starting your writing in 2011, book reviews, and a message from ACFW’s new president, Margaret Daley. Afictionado comes out the first of every month from ACFW.
Genesis Contest
ACFW’s Genesis Contest for unpublished novelists will open January 1st. For details, contest guidelines and more, please go to www.acfw.com/genesis.
ACFW’s Featured Author of the Week
ACFW’s Featured Author of the week is Margaret Brownley. Interviewer Michele Cushatt had the chance to talk with Margaret about her latest release, “A Suitor for Jenny.” Margaret shares some very entertaining tidbits about where her stories come from and even a list of “timely advice for landing a husband” from her new book. Read more at https://www.acfw.com/featuredauthor.shtml.