Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. ACFW members unable to attend Jeremiah 29:11–For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. Heavenly Father, We ask you to bless those who …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day 38
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Keynote speaker Tim Downs Jeremiah 1:9–Then the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. Dear Father, Thank you for the time Tim Downs will spend with …
Location, Location, Location
One of the truly wonderful things about downtown Indy is the Circle Center mall. This is a four level mall literally ACROSS the street from the Hyatt. Did you see that? Literally, across the street! I love this mall. It’s filled with great stores like Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, Gap, Nordstrom’s, and many more. So if you were looking at …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day 39
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. The Conference Committee Romans 15:5–Now may the God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus. Father God, we know that ACFW was created by You. Yes, You used people to …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day 40
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Topic: God’s presence and blessing Verse: Psa. 127:1–Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; Heavenly Father, we seek Your blessings on this conference of writers who are dedicated to writing for You and spreading Your word. May …
Conference will be here soon!
I will be a first-timer at the mid-September conference for the American Christian Fiction Writers. I am so excited!! ACFW has been offering an online course to all the newbies, which has been interesting. This conference is highly recommended for anyone serious about seeking publication in Christian fiction. This year the event is being held in Indianapolis at the Hyatt, …
Chatting About the ACFW Conference
I’m pleased to be part of the ACFW conference blog tour today. Welcome, Friends! For the longest time I put off writing this blog, because I felt I had nothing of any value to say. No brilliant advice to give, no “what-not-to-do” experiences to share, no experiences—period. This won’t be my first writer’s conference, but it may as well be. …
Iron Sharpening Iron, Day Two
Why have a critique partner? DEB: • At the point when we most need to be objective, we are too close to our own story to read it as an unbiased reader, let alone evaluate it critically. Tammy is able to offer perspective that I’ve potentially lost, being so close to my own work. We’re able to see not only …
IRON SHARPENING IRON, Deborah Raney and Tamera Alexander
Tamera Alexander & Deborah Raney “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” Proverbs 27:17 <> Tamera Alexander and Deborah Raney have been critique partners for more than six years––ever since they met at a writer’s conference and Tammy volunteered to critique Deb’s manuscript for Playing by Heart. While not all critique partners become friends, friendship has been a …
Dad & Me: What to do in Indy
<http://www.blogger.com/rearrange?blogID=6401406851432675447&widgetType=Image&widgetId=Image2&action=editWidget> Jul 28, 2010 3 Perfect Hours in Indy <http://rebeccademarino.blogspot.com/2010/07/3-perfect-hours-in-indy.html> For those interested in attending this year’s the American Christian Fiction Writer’s Conference in Indianapolis, ACFW has scheduled some free time on Saturday night. Many of the publishing houses will host dinners for their authors that evening, but for those of you that might like to sample what the beautiful …