By Chandra Lynn Smith We writers are a different sort. If you disagree with me, ask your family what they think. In our family of six, my oldest son, the actor, is often the one who ‘gets it.’ The rest of the family gives us the deer-in-the-headlights stare. Writers use a specific type of pen, notebook, size lead or ink. …
ACFW 40 Days of Prayer: Day 2
2015 ACFW CONFERENCE 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 2 PRAYER – TOPIC: GOOD WEATHER FOR TRAVEL Father God, we come to You, the One who created wind and rain, the One who still commands their attention. So many of us have faced disappointment and frustration in the past when weather interferes with travel plans. So much has been invested both …
Mere Point of View
By Christine Sunderland We are told to write from close third person point of view. This is the POV of choice for today’s audience and publishers. And yet I notice from time to time a yearning for omniscient POV, among readers as well as writers, perhaps a nostalgic yearning for a time when the storyteller knew everything, saw everything from …
ACFW 40 Days of Prayer: Day 3
2015 ACFW CONFERENCE: 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 3 PRAYER TOPIC: EARLY BIRD AND POST-CONFERENCE SESSIONS Dear God: Thank You for making the Early Bird and Post-Conference sessions possible at the ACFW Conference. We lift up the people teaching the sessions. Please bless them as they prepare to teach. Bless them with clarity of thought and speech, and as they …
The Road to Publication
By Katherine Reay A reader recently reached out to ask how she could know if she was ready to pursue publication. Did I have any advice? Wow! Tough question. Here’s what my advice boiled down to… 1. Give your work to beta readers – They can be family or friends, but they need to be honest. My first reader is …
ACFW 40 Days of Prayer: Day 4
2015 ACFW CONFERENCE 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 4 PRAYER – TOPIC: WISDOM IN DECISION MAKING FOR THE EXECUTIVE BOARD Lord, we lift up the Executive Board to You as they make plans for the conference. Please give each member of the board supernatural wisdom to know what You would have them do, which direction to go, and how best …
Looking Beyond the Ribbons
By Beth K. Vogt There’s a basic ACFW Conference To Do list that starts months before the actual event: 1. Confront the whole “do I attend or do I not attend” decision 2. Register online, selecting your classes and appointment preferences 3. Make your travel arrangements 4. Count the days until … … the conference starts – which it does, …
ACFW 40 Days of Prayer: Day 5
2015 ACFW CONFERENCE 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 5 PRAYER – TOPIC: TRAVEL SAFETY Father God, we thank You and praise You for this opportunity to attend the ACFW conference. Please be with each person as they travel to Dallas, whether by air or land. For each person flying, let their trip be without turbulence or drama and safeguard them …
Conference Time
by Colleen Coble My beloved ACFW conference is right around the corner. You might be planning to attend or you may be gearing up for another kind of conference this fall so I thought I’d give you a few tips about writers conferences as you’re packing to fly to Dallas. 🙂 1. The main benefit of a writers conference is …
ACFW 40 Days of Prayer: Day 6
2015 ACFW CONFERENCE 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 6 PRAYER – TOPIC: FOR WORSHIP PLEASING TO GOD (2 Prayers today) Lord, I ask for Your presence to be poured out during our worship services. Draw near to us, Holy Spirit. We welcome You. We invite You in. Come and speak to our hearts. I ask that You would encounter your …