by Chip MacGregor, President MacGregor Literary Inc. As you begin preparing for this year’s ACFW conference, I’d like to suggest you keep ten words in mind… 1. READ. Don’t just show up and wonder who the speakers are. Read the blog of keynoter Michael Hyatt. Read the books of teachers such as Davis Bunn and Susan May Warren. That way, …
The Power of Casual Conversation at Conference
by S. Dionne Moore In preparation for conference season, let’s remember a very important factor. Round table talk. It’s like a tonic to those of us who are not extroverts by nature. Round table talk at conference meals is the best way to get to know an agent or editor that you hope to target. For one, the weight of …
Down in the Valley, Valley so Low
For those of you unable to attend the recent ACFW conference, there’s an understandable tendency to be down because you’d like to have been there. But right about now those who did attend may also be feeling a bit low. And that’s understandable, as well. One of my first writer’s conferences (before I was ever a member of ACFW) got …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day One
Day 1 That God’s will be accomplished at the conference Ephesians 6:8–With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints. Heavenly Father, Thank you for being a God who is in control of all, who doesn’t leave us to …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day Two
Day 2 Good weather for travel Luke 8:24b–And He got up and rebuked the wind and the surging waves, and they stopped, and it became calm. Lord God, Master of all creation, many of Your children will be traveling over the coming days to this conference. We ask Your blessing for good weather — for calm winds, fair skies, and …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day Three
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Stanley Williams and the Early Bird Session Proverbs 2:2–Make your ear attentive to wisdom, incline your heart to understanding. Lord, we pray that as Stanley Williams prepares for the Early Bird Session, you give him the wisdom and guidance he needs. We pray …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day Four
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Wisdom in decision making for the Operating and Advisory Board as they meet before the conference. I Thessalonians 1:2-3–We give thanks to God always for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers. Father God, we thank you for those individuals …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day Five
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Travel safeties Psalm 121:3b-4–He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. Dear Heavenly Father, We lift up our brothers and sisters who are traveling to the American Christian Fiction Writers conference in St. Louis …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day Six
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. For Worship Pleasing to God Psalm 115:1–Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory. Father God, thank you for the opportunity to gather together as fellow believers in you. We ask that as we spend time singing, …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day Seven
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Health for all attending the conference Psalm 139:14a–I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. God, you are gathering us here with purpose. I pray for each person participating that beginning now you would place a hedge of …