Deb will be at Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference near San Jose, CA from April 11
-15, teaching the major morning track on fiction. Deb’s topic for the nine-hour teaching track is The Nuts & Bolts of Fiction Writing, which is designed to help writers become proficient with the basic tools of the fiction writer. Keying on characterization, dialogue, pacing, word choice, and other foundational elements of fiction writing, the class will equip newer writers to hone their personal style and discover their unique writing voice.
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DEBORAH RANEY's first novel, A Vow to Cherish, inspired the World Wide Pictures film of the same title and launched Deb’s writing career. Forty books later, she's still creating stories that touch hearts and lives. Her novels have won RWA's RITA Award, the ACFW Carol Award, the National Readers Choice Award, and the HOLT Medallion. She is also a three-time Christy Award finalist. Deb is on faculty for several national writers’ conferences and served on the executive board of the 2,500-member American Christian Fiction Writers organization for 18 years before retiring in 2022. She is a recent transplant to Missouri, having moved with her husband, Ken Raney, from their native Kansas to be closer to kids and grandkids. They love road trips, e-biking, Friday garage sale dates, and breakfast on the screened porch overlooking their wooded backyard.
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