Because of the outstanding work of Afictionado’s staff of reviewers, and particularly our book review editor Vicki Talley McCollum and web guru Carl Nasal, we were able to post our Special Edition on the Carol Award finalists and winners early! Go here to read reviews of all 45 Carol Award finalists for 2011. And post, post, post these to your …
ACFW conference — Carrie Pagels
If this post goes up on the ACFW blog on September 22, I will be enroute to the annual ACFW conference. I attended for the first time last year. And what a difference the conference made to me and what a year this last one has been. Where else can writers meet so many agents and editors for Christian fiction? …
Start Making Your List
By Kathy Harris We unpublished writers are always looking for ways to discern how far we are in our writing journey. One of the best guides can be found at Randy Ingermanson’s website, www.advancedfictionwriting.com/art/freshman.php. By answering only five questions you can determine, by Randy’s estimation, whether you are a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior, with publication becoming likely in the …
Don’t Imitate Others — Follow God’s Directions
By Lena Nelson Dooley In 2005, so many people were starting blogs. I had no idea what a blog was, and I didn’t know if I was supposed to do one. I asked some other writers I was connected with what they blogged about. Someone told me to blog about my journey to publication. That was something I could do, …
ACFW Volunteer Spotlight
Each week I get the privilege of publicly thanking another ACFW volunteer, and I’m excited to announce the one for this week is Anita Mae Draper. She is a wonderful support and cheerleader for other writers. She helps with the feature author program–interviewing the writers and posting the interviews on the website. Every year she has gone to ACFW conference …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day One
Day 1 That God’s will be accomplished at the conference Ephesians 6:8–With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints. Heavenly Father, Thank you for being a God who is in control of all, who doesn’t leave us to …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day Two
Day 2 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. Lord God, Master of all creation, many of Your children will be traveling over the coming days to this conference. We ask Your blessing for good weather — for calm winds, fair skies, and …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day Three
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Stanley Williams and the Early Bird Session Proverbs 2:2–Make your ear attentive to wisdom, incline your heart to understanding. Lord, we pray that as Stanley Williams prepares for the Early Bird Session, you give him the wisdom and guidance he needs. We pray …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day Four
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Wisdom in decision making for the Operating and Advisory Board as they meet before the conference. I Thessalonians 1:2-3–We give thanks to God always for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers. Father God, we thank you for those individuals …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day Five
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Travel safeties Psalm 121:3b-4–He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. Dear Heavenly Father, We lift up our brothers and sisters who are traveling to the American Christian Fiction Writers conference in St. Louis …