Ten Reasons to Go to ACFW Conference in St. Louis By Margaret Daley 10. The contest finalists will finally end their wait to see who has won in their category for the Genesis and Carol Awards. 9. Dr. Stanley Williams who has written The Moral Premise will be teaching the Early Bird session. His class will help us look at …
Comin’ home to a place I’d never been before
As the John Denver song Rocky Mountain High begins… “He was born in the summer of his twenty-seventh year, Comin’ home to a place he’d never been before…” That’s what attending the very first American Christian Romance Writers Conference in 2002 was like for me. I came home to a group of people I’d never even met before. An insane, …
ACFW Conference: the Place for Fiction Writers; Jeff Gerke
For novelists, the annual ACFW conference is the best Christian writers conference in the nation. There are several other Christian writers conferences every year that are very good and are in wonderful settings, but those are all for both fiction and non-fiction writers. ACFW’s conference is for novelists only–and it’s still by far the largest Christian writers conference of any …
What I’m bringing to the ACFW Conference
Camy Tang 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: the friends I get to see there the industry professionals I get to meet the workshops the nice hotel (I am SO not a “roughing it” girl. I need room service.) I’m terrible at …
SO WHAT TRENDS WILL YOU SEE AT ACFW 2011?
One of the most interesting things about the publishing business is that it’s always changing. I like to say that publishing is a “tidal” business – the tide of Amish books comes in, the tide of westerns goes out. I’d like to suggest ten trends that are shaping our industry, and the way you’ll see them demonstrated at this year’s …
Meet Me in St. Louis: Rachel Hauck
Meet me in St. Louie, Louie, meet me at the Conference! It’s fabulous! You should come! Really! St. Louis is a grand city! They have an arch in plain view from the hotel. The hotel has cool carpet. I’ll be there! Listen, I know what it’s like to feel lost, alone, stupid, clumsy, and like an outsider at a conference. …
The Kryptonite Questions by Publisher Allen Arnold
I’m a huge Superman fan. His strength is legendary. So is his greatest weakness — Kryptonite. Your greatest strength is your story. In the end, it always comes down to the story. But your greatest weakness — whether you’re a best-selling author or brand new writer — may be the questions you’re not asking. I call these the Kryptonite Questions …
January Afictionado Ezine
The latest edition of ACFW’s Afictionado Ezine is now online for you to enjoy. Just go to https://acfw-upgrade2.sentree.io/ezine/ and find articles on brainstorming, jump starting your writing in 2011, book reviews, and a message from ACFW’s new president, Margaret Daley. Afictionado comes out the first of every month from ACFW.
Going to ACFW? Advice from Crystal Miller
Going to the ACFW Conference in Indianapolis? I’ve been to many large writing conferences and have worked freelance for agents and editors, but I still remember my first meal time at an editor’s table.You wonder if you forgot everything your mama taught you about eating with “important” people. Is this napkin for me or the person beside me? What if …
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 …