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
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
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 …
We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Program…Mindy Starns Clark
…to talk about this fall’s American Christian Fiction Writers Conference. If you’re new here: You must be wondering why today’s link for the ACFW blog tour has brought you to a website about cleaning. That’s because I’m an author of both fiction and nonfiction and it just so happens that one of the classes I’ll be teaching at the conference, …
An Agent’s Perspective on Conference: Chip MacGregor
As a novelist, you probably spend a lot of time sitting at your desk, banging out words, pondering your story. You do some research online, write out a chapter, do some revising. Sure, you spend some time emailing friends to try and see what else everyone is up to, but for the most part the things you do as a …
To come or not to come: Gayle Roper
Are you still debating the wisdom of coming to the ACFW conference in September? It is, after all, a lot of money and time. Maybe I can give you some thoughts to help you make up your mind. First you will be taught by folks who have been making their way successfully in the thorny field of publishing. We all …
SPENDING MONEY (EVEN WHEN YOU’RE NOT MAKING ANY)
Today, I’m offering my true confessions as a shopaholic (unreformed). You see, shopping is all about feeling like you got a good deal. That’s right! Regardless of what you might believe, shopping does not go hand in hand with spending. At least, not for me. In fact, I only spend when I think I’m getting something of value from the …
Setting the Spiritual Tone, Cynthia Ruchti
One of my favorite passages of Scripture is Colossians 3. Yes, the whole chapter. It’s one of those pages in my Bible that is heavily marked—brackets, underlining, asterisks, arrows to a repeated thought, boxes drawn around key points like “Christ is all and in all,” exclamation points in the margins. You may not appreciate the idea of marking up your …
Birthing a Book in Less than 9 Months, Deb Raney
Recently a writer friend compared birthing a book to birthing a baby. Indeed, when I first started writing, it would take me at least nine months to write a book from “once upon a time” to “happily ever after,” not counting some major rewriting after my editors got hold of it. So I was shocked the first time I realized …
How to Create a Marketing Plan
ACFW Publicity Officer, Angie Breidenbach: Please welcome Chip MacGregor, my guest today 🙂 I’ve asked him to share how to help writers reach their goals and dreams in publication… Chip MacGregor: I had a chance to sit down with a marketing specialist the recent ACFW conference. This wasn’t just a publicist who knows a bit about the industry, but a …