Reflections of an amazing conference…

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Angela Breidenbach, ACFW publicity officer, here to share ACFW member, Christy LaShae Smith’s guest post. She’s a 2009 Genesis winner and one of the new authors to watch 🙂 Take it away, Christy! Where else will you find people who share the goal of glorifying Christ and share a goal of writing? Where else can people with those same goals …

ACFW Conference – A Spiritual Refreshing

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Angela Breidenbach, ACFW publicity officer, here to welcome debut author, Jennifer Hudson-Taylor. She’s a past double Genesis winner and her new release Highland Blessings is proving to be a hit. Take it away, Jennifer! One of the best features I love about the ACFW Conference is the spiritual refreshing I always experience by the time I leave. God usually whispers …

R&R At Conference

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Angela Breidenbach, ACFW publicity officer, here to introduce a guest ACFW member. Please welcome newly contracted Lindi Peterson. She’s attended several ACFW conferences and brings us excellent advice on self-care during conference time. Lindi, take it away… Lindi here. R&R you ask? Yes. You MUST make time for conference R&R. If you don’t, by the time you get home you’ll …

What I’m Bringing to ACFW…Camy Tang

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Camy Tang here! The highlight of my year is always the ACFW conference in September. It’s my favorite conference for so many reasons, some of which are: 1) the friends I get to see there 2) the industry professionals I get to meet 3) the workshops 4) the nice hotel (I am SO not a “roughing it” girl. I need …

Mindy’s Top Ten Conference Tips

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Angela Breidenbach, ACFW publicity officer, here: Please welcome our guest blogger today, Mindy Obenhaus. You can find her regular blog posts at www.MindyObenhaus.com or group blogging on WritingByFaith.blogspot.com. She’s also an ACFW Genesis finalist in romantic suspense and a long time ACFW member as well as our Carol Award coordinator. Mindy: I don’t know about you, but I’ve been anticipating …

ACFW Conference: from the Spouse’s Perspective

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Mmm, Ray thought he’d add his thoughts! This may be important for any non-writing spouses out there who are wondering about the worth of sharing the experiences of a conference – especially a Fiction writers’ conference. Have a smile! The excitement was building in Mary’s eyes. In my mind there was a touch of the Antarctic. The plane had touched down in Denver, …

Why You should Come: Brandilyn Collins

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Registration is now open for the American Christian Fiction Writers’ Conference, held in Indianapolis from Sept. 17-20. This is the largest Christian writers’ conference in the country (last year about 540 people attended), and it’s the only conference that does nothing but fiction. If you’re interested in writing faith-based fiction, this is the conference for you. The conference is special …

Are you serious about writing? Cindy Thomson

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You’ve seen it mentioned on our blog many times, and I know many of you reading this are ACFW members, but for those who aren’t, I’d like to introduce you to this organization and the upcoming conference in September. ACFW stands for American Christian Fiction Writers, but not all members are writers. Some are agents, editors, and librarians–and all are …