by Dr. Dwight David Croy Work follows an exciting idea when writing. Life is often full of excitement with highs of adrenaline. The workflow of a writer is exhilaration, write a bunch, slow down, back to reality, slow down, concentrate on the mechanics, reality. Just like a surfer who catches the wave, rides high, determined, initial ideas die out, the …
2025 ACFW Christian Fiction and Industry Awards
American Christian Fiction Writers is pleased to announce the 2025 award winners. The awards were presented Saturday, September 6th at the annual ACFW Gala, which was held in Springfield, MO during ACFW’s annual conference. American Christian Fiction Writers is a professional organization devoted to the craft of Christian Fiction and helping writers expand their knowledge of the publishing industry. The …
You’ve Gone to Conference. You’re Home. Now What?
by Rachel Hauck In my early days of conference going, I came home jazzed with ideas, energized from time spent with friends and fellow authors. I had notes from the workshops and was always inspired by the keynote speaker. In those way-back-days, the publishing world was fairly static. For an author to publish, he or she worked with an agent …
Take the Next Step
by Donald L. Reavis Twelve years ago today, my son and I reached the Canadian border on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). Five months earlier, we had stood at the southern border, filled with excitement and apprehension. Ahead of us stretched a pathway that crossed sweltering deserts, snow-covered mountain passes, raging rivers, and scores of thunderstorms. After a few minutes …
Deadlines Can Be Deadly!
By Neva Bodin With great fear and trepidation (how’s that for cliché?) I signed up to do two blogs for ACFW! I am a writer, although I swallow loudly, labeling myself as one. It feels like saying that sets me up for all kinds of expectations I might not be able to meet—expectations from others and myself. However, in searching …
2025 Conference Prayer, Day 40: That God’s Will be Accomplished
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Day 40 Focus: That God’s Will be Accomplished at Conference Verse: Psalm 115:1 (NASB)–Not to us, O LORD, not to us, But to Your name give glory Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth. Prayer: Each person comes to the conference with expectations. …
2025 Conference, Day 39: For Travel Safety
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Day 39 Focus: For Travel Safety/Good Weather Verse: Proverbs 2:2 (NLT) — And He got up and rebuked the wind and the surging waves, and they stopped, and it became calm. Prayer: We will be coming from all corners of the earth to gather …
2025 Conference Prayer, Day 38: Early Bird Sessions
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Day 38 Focus: For those Teaching Early Bird Sessions Verse: Proverbs 2:2 (NLT) —Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding. Prayer: Lord, You are awesome and provide wisdom to any who ask. I ask for wisdom for the Early Bird Session instructors …
2025 Conference Prayer, Day 37: Wisdom for the Executive Board
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Day 37 Focus: Wisdom in Decision-Making for the Executive Board Verse: Romans 15:5 (NASB) — Now may the God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus… Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, …
ACFW New Releases: September 2025
September 2025 New ReleasesMore in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Biblical:Survival Secrets by Lana Christian — The Wise Men’s flight from Herod forces them to flee to the Wilderness of Paran to reach Egypt’s safety. But the trek will test their fledgling faith in ways they couldn’t have imagined. How much will …