2015 ACFW CONFERENCE 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 19 PRAYER – TOPIC: FOR MENTOR AND SPECIALTY APPOINTMENTS But verily God, hath heard me; he hath attended to my voice in prayer. Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer; nor his mercy from me. Ps.66: 19,20 KJV Father, we Praise Your great name and thank You ahead of …
Roller Coaster Life of Writing
By Darlene L. Turner “And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us” (Hebrews 12:1 NIV) Picture this . . . you’re sandwiched between friends, holding onto the safety bar with a vice grip. The car moves up and up. Your jaw is clenched. You reach the top and- Do you remember the thrill of a good …
ACFW 40 Days of Prayer: Day 20
2015 ACFW CONFERENCE 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 20 PRAYER TOPIC: CONFERENCE VETERANS Psalm 18:2 We love You, Lord. You are our strength. Holy God, sometimes we get caught up in this world of publishing and competition and promotion. As we become more familiar with an event, even attending a conference, we begin to depend on ourselves more than we …
The Lost Art of Hand Writing
By Kim Gilliland Stone, clay, copper, silver, parchment and papyrus were all used to write upon during biblical times. I can’t even begin to imagine the tedium in writing just a quick note to a friend. If I had to produce the clay or cut down the reeds to make the papyrus, I would probably forgo any written communication. I’ve …
ACFW 40 Days of Prayer: Day 21
2015 ACFW CONFERENCE 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 21 PRAYER – TOPIC: FOR ALL ATTENDING TO HAVE A SERVANT’S HEART TOWARD THOSE AROUND THEM Be delighted with the Lord. Then he will give you all your heart’s desires. Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him to help you do it, and he will. Psalm 37:4-5 (TLB) Father, we …
Stand Therefore
By Ian Acheson One aspect of the writing vocation that I wasn’t really prepared for was the frequency with which negative emotions surfaced. Whether it’s the number of rejections one receives, the often daily struggle of putting words on a page, the discouragement when questioning the quality of one’s story, to those disappointing sales figures and reviews, to name just …
ACFW 40 Days of Prayer: Day 22
2015 ACFW CONFERENCE 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 22 PRAYER – TOPIC: FINALISTS IN THE CAROL AWARDS Father, Thank You for each of the Carol Aware Finalists. I praise You for the work You’ve done in their lives that have brought them to this place. I know their times are in Your hands, and You have brought these publications to …
Waiting
By Dawn Crandall People who don’t know me might not realize that I signed my three book contract with Whitaker House when I was (finally) six months pregnant with my first child. What they also wouldn’t know is that I’d waited twice as long to have a baby than to get published, and that they both, unfortunately, happened to come …
ACFW 40 Days of Prayer: Day 23
2015 ACFW CONFERENCE 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 23 PRAYER – TOPIC: THE VOLUNTEER WORKERS Romans 6:13 New King James Version (NKJV)- 13 And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. Heavenly Father thank you for …
A Brainstorming Session
By Lillian Duncan So, I’m sitting at my computer pondering what to write for the first of my four ACFW blogs for the year. Time for a brainstorming session! I could try to find a sneaky way to promote my newly-released mystery novella, DEADLY INTENT. But would that really help anyone but me? Probably not so…REJECTED. I could pontificate about …