Rebecca and I arrived about an hour ago. She’s happy to be off the plane. 🙂 though she did sleep through both flights. Am I a lucky mom or what! I’ve already run into Robin Miller, our president, and Pammer James, the VP. Sydney and Allison are hard at work in the office. The conference will be great! It’ll be …
Forty Days of Prayer – Day 2: Good Travel Weather
Luke 8:24b–And He got up and rebuked the wind and the surging waves, and they stopped, and it became calm. You sustain the stars, the sun, the moon, and the entire universe by your almighty power. The seasons and all the climatic elements are under your dominion. You are God, and we are your children, called according to your purpose. …
Forty Days of Prayer – Day 3: Early Bird Sessions
Proverbs 2:2–Make your ear attentive to wisdom, incline your heart to understanding. Father, we lift up the Early Bird sessions and pray You would grace those attending to glean elements new to them and strengthen concepts already familiar. Lord, we humbly acknowledge we have room for growth where craft is concerned, whether multipublished or yet-to-be in print. So, grace us …
Forty Days of Prayer – Day 4: Operating and Advisory Boards
I Thessalonians 1:2-3–We give thanks to God always for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers. Lord God, thank you for these people who take time from their own writing to nurture others. We are grateful for the hours of planning they have put in to make this event edifying to so many. Please bless the work …
When Christian Writers Turn Evil
Susan Downs, the Heartsong Presents Mystery editor, posted this last week on The Edit Cafe. What a great perspective.A week and a half from now, members of the American Christian Fiction Writers organization (ACFW) will converge on Minneapolis for their annual conference. As the conference draws nigh, I’m beginning to sense more than a bit of nervousness from some authors …
Conference Checklist from Rachelle Gardner
Many of us will be heading to the ACFW conference in about a week, so I wanted to give you a handy checklist of things to make sure you bring. Even if you’re not attending ACFW, you might find this useful sometime in the future for another conference. Some concise and fascinating answers to questions like, “So, what do you …
Forty Days of Prayer – Day 5: Travel Safety
Psalm 121:3b-4–He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. Our Gracious Heavenly Father, Thank You for Your promise that You are ever vigilant. We know You will watch over each person traveling to the conference. We praise You for Your limitless power and the way You care about the details of …
Join 125 Christian Authors at the Mall of America
It’s coming. It’s almost here. I’ve been working on this event for a year and can hardly believe in less one week it will be over! What: Largest Christian fiction booksigning Who: 125 Christian novelists When: Saturday, September 20Â from 1-3 p.m. Where: the Mall of America: Best Buy Rotunda, Bloomingdale’s Court and connecting hallway Why? Because you love books! …
Forty Days of Prayer – Day 6: The Mall of America Book Signing
Psalm 115:1–Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory. Father, we ask that Your hand would guide those preparing for the book signing. Give them wisdom as they prepare and work on the logistics and details of the signing. Give them favor as they spread the word about the book signing. Father, we ask …
Ready or Not, it’s Time!
It was a given in our home for years. When my husband (Daddy to our three kids) prepared to head out for his annual canoe trip to Canada, the last few days before the trip found him uncharacteristically crabby. Miserably so. The more organized he became about his trips (checklists and preplanning and no longer leaving everything to the last …