He is Risen, indeed! Wishing you a blessed Easter from ACFW.
ACFW Volunteer Spotlight: Tiffany Stockton
Tiffany Stockton is in our volunteer spotlight this week. She has always been quick to help other writers, especially with the technical issue we encounter. On top of that she is the Genesis coordinator for the Historical Romance category. She also volunteers at the ACFW conference when she attends. We appreciate Tiffany’s efforts on behalf of ACFW. Thank you. Margaret …
Talk it Out with SRS
By Mindy Starns Clark “I could hear the sound of Travis’s breathing.” That’s what I said, anyway, into the headset for my voice dictation program. As sometimes happens, it didn’t quite get that. Instead, it typed, “I could hear the sounds of Travis breeding.” Uh oh! Not in the CBA! Occasional gaffs aside, I’m a huge fan of writing by …
Trader 4:29
by D.M. Webb It worried me. This date looming before me. What was I going to write? Fine time for writer’s block to hit. But as in all things with God, He provides. Today my AFA Journal arrived, and I read an article about Building 429. Then to top it off I watch a YouTube link via K-LOVE on Facebook, …
How Do You Talk?
by Bonnie S. Calhoun In my novel Cooking the Books, I have several unique characters with a particular speech pattern for each person. Listen to the kids, and how they talk, listen to your teens with the text speech…IDK. Dialogue is nothing more than having a conversation. How hard can that be? “Yo G, it is, what it is!” Well …
3 Steps to Marketing your Book without Breaking into Hives
by Cara C. Putman This spring has been a whirlwind of book marketing. With novellas in January and May and a trade in April, it’s taken a lot of time. A friend recently called me a networking superstar, and I almost spewed my sweet tea across my computer monitor. When it’s time to call for help marketing a book, I …
What If One of Your Characters Is Not… um… Human?
by Rachel Hauck We spent a lot of time around the hallowed halls of ACFW teaching the craft of writing. As we should. It’s our goal and our mission. Character development is key to any good novel. Because after all, it’s people we care about. It’s people who tell stories. I have a saying: Tell the story between the quotes. …
April New Releases
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. The Mother Road by Jennifer AlLee — Sometimes, the end of the road is just the beginning… (Women’s Fiction from Abingdon Press). Race Against Time by Christy Barritt — Were it not for her cop neighbor, widowed mother Madison Jacobs would be dead. Thankfully, Detective …
Why A Magazine?
by Mike Ehret Editor – ACFW Journal Magazine I admit that was my response when first approached by ACFW President Margaret Daley about being involved with what became the ACFW Journal. In the digital age, it seemed like a backward step. But that’s the beauty of vision. What may seem illusory to others, or even Ludditian, becomes concrete and almost …
The Trouble with Comparison
by Keisha Gilchrist-Broomes I do not own a Kindle for one reason. I love books. I don’t merely love to read books, I love the books themselves. I love the smell of ink, paper, and binding. I like to feel the weight of the book in my hands. I want to glide my fingers over the edge of a paper …