I loved Deb’s and Cara’s posts last week and am continuing the ACFW conference memories theme today!
It was such fun to be back at ACFW this year. It’s been several years since I attended, and I loved every minute of catching up with old friends and meeting new.
Here are some glimpses . . .
Deb and I have been writing critique partners for 17+ years. What a blessing! I haven’t written a book but what she’s read it (or most of it) before I turned it in. I’m so grateful to her for sharing her expertise and creativity with me.
Loved meeting Jennifer Davids. What a sweetie!
I finally got to meet Janette Melson! We’d chatted on the phone before but getting to meet this dear woman face-to-face was such fun. As was watching her “come home” to this fabulous group of writers and seeing her make lifelong friendships of her own.
Kristi Ann Hunter and Kimberly Duffy and I caught a pic at my workshop. One of the best things about ACFW is hanging with friends.
A few more fun moments . . .
With Amanda Wen, our own Deb Raney, Lynn Blackburn, Lynette Eason, and Brandilyn Collins (the night of the Carol Awards Gala)
Snapped some pics with more friends following workshops! Marilyn Turk (bottom right), so good to connect with you! : )
It was such a treat to get to spend time with Liz Curtis Higgs and her husband Bill. Liz’s workshop “Holding onto Joy” was such an encouragement. She really is a jewel!
I was thrilled when A Note Yet Unsung and Christmas at Carnton both won Carols this year at the ACFW Conference. Just to final alongside our own Karen Witemeyer was a joy as well!
To celebrate, I’m giving away one copy of each of these books today! All you need do to enter is comment by 9PM Central on this blog post. I’ll post the winners’ names later this evening.
TWO WINNERS!
Kay Garrett (A Note Yet Unsung)
&
Lyn (Christmas at Carnton)!
Gals, please contact me HERE and provide your snail mail address!
And one last thing!
A few weeks ago I learned that Christmas at Carnton was being printed in a new mass market edition and that it’s going into Walmart and Kroger stores nationwide. It’s pictured below next to the original size that released October 2017.
It’s such a tiny little size! Isn’t it cute?
If you happen to see this mass market edition of Christmas at Carnton at Walmart or Kroger, I’d love it if you’d let me know!
Have you attended an ACFW conference? Next year’s ACFW will be in San Antonio. Any chance you might attend?
Hugs all,
Tammy
I got back to Nashville Sunday night after visiting Dad this past weekend. It was so good to see him again. With each visit though, he seems to be getting weaker and more frail. I cherish our time together, for however long that remains. And I covet your prayers for him.
Tamera Alexander
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I understand about watching a parent fail as both of mine are more frail each time I visit. Praying for your daddy. Congratulations on your wins.
Blessings
Tamers, thanks for sharing the pics. Made me feel as if I were there. I hated to miss ACFW this year. Congrats on your wins! Blessings, Bev
Thanks for sharing your pictures of the conference. What a great experience. Thanks for giving us great stories to read.
Congrats on your wins!!
Your dad is adorable! And so is your new mass market paperback! What a great cover! That house is just begging to be visited! Congrats on your wins!
Love the pics and the fact that you won two awards! Yay!!!! Your precious daddy is a sweetheart!
Thank you for sharing some of your photos from the ACFW Conference. You obviously had a great time and have had (and will continue to have) a tremendous influence in the field of Christian fiction! I’m so grateful!
Congratulations on your rewards at the ACFW. It looks like you all had a great time.
Prayers for your dad.
Thanks for this most generous giveaway Tamera!!!
Congratulations on your two Carol awards!! I loved both books!!
Although I was a member a few years ago, I’ve never attended a writers conference. Congratulations on your well deserved awards
Hi Tammy, I’m glad we had time for a hug at ACFW! Congratulations on the Carol Awards! It was a great conference and so inspiring to me. It was wonderful to see so many long-time author friends and to connect with the new generation coming up behind us. ACFW will always have a special place in my heart. I’m very grateful for all the friendship, encouragement, and support.
Congratulations on your wins. How exciting. Your dad looks like such a nice man. Thank you for sharing pictures of him and all your friends.
Don’t enter me to win the books since I already have them. But I had to pop in and say I love the pictures! Such a fun time. And congrats again on those Carols.
So exciting to see that Christmas at Carnton will be available to a larger audience!
I always love hearing about and seeing pics of your dad. Hugs to you and praying for strength, comfort and peace as you continue on this journey. <3
I already own both of these books, and they are wonderful! If you’re giving away an autographed copy, I would love to win one and pass my book on to someone else.
I’ve read Liz Curtis Higgs’ Lowlands of Scotland series, four books beginning with A Thorn in My Heart – so powerful.
Praying for you and your Dad as you work your way through this time. So glad you can spend time with him.
Congrats on your two awards! What a wonderful time when you get to catch up and begin new friendships! Love your books!
Thank you for sharing your photos!
Congratulations on your awards too!
The ACFW Conference looks like tons of fun. Wish I could attend some time.
Loved “Christmas at Carnton”! Highly recommend it and have to many.
The photo of your Dad and you brought a smile to my face. Made me think of my Dad so much. He was extremely proud of his service in WWII, Korea and Vietnam and wore his hat with pride. Treasure your Dad each and every day that you have him. <3
Thank you for the chance to win copies of two of your fabulous books. Although I have read one of them, what would be great than to receive and to give. I'd have one for myself and one to gift to a great and dear friend of mine.
Fun times and fabulous news! Congratulations!
Congratulations on your awards! Thank you for sharing your pictures.
Congratulations on the much deserved awards! Love the pictures of your father, too. Mine died at 53, would have loved to have had him around much longer!
It looks like everyone had a good time, meeting good friends and making new memories! Congratulations on the Carol Awards! Your hard work is appreciated by your readers. How lovely to have an opportunity to visit your father. I imagine he is still smiling at the wonderful time you spent together.
Thanks for sharing. Congratulations! I’d love to read these books.
Oh, those awards are gorgeous! Congratulations on a well-deserved honor! Love that you included a sweet photo with your dad. Our parents are a treasure!
Congratulations on your wins!! Both are great books!
I sure wanted to go to the ACFW Conference this year, but it just wasn’t meant to be. Next year I am planning to go! I live in Dallas, so it’s not far! Congratulations on your awards! That is amazing! Can’t wait to read them. 🙂
Congrats on your Carol awards! I haven’t been to an ACFW conference, but San Antonio is not too far away!
Those awards are lovely. Thank you for an opportunity to win your books. Have a lovely day!!
I will keep an eye out for the tiny edition of Christmas at Carnton, since I haven’t read it yet.
The conference looks like a great time.
So glad you had time to catch up with your dad again. These times are precious.
My prayers for you and your father. I lost my mother this past year after a long battle with Parkinson’s. One week after her funeral, my husband’s father was hospitalized and diagnosed with Alzheimers. Recently my mother-in-law has been diagnosed with a rare blood cancer, but it is treatable according to the doctor. Meanwhile, we are enjoying the blessings of this life with our children and grandchildren and the limited time we have left with his parents. Praying for you all.
I buy your books in both Kindle and hardback format and share the hardbacks with my MIL, who loves to read! and with my daughter and daughter-in-law. My mom, my sister and I visited Carnton several years ago. I know she would have enjoyed this new series as well. She loved to read also…
Blessings to you for sharing your wonderful gift with us!
congratulations. such wonderfully happy and pretty photos.thank you for sharing.
You know I already have your wonderful books, so no need to enter me, but just wanted to say what pure joy it was to get to hug your neck. It had been TOO long! Love you and praying daily for your sweet dad.
Congratulations on the Carol Awards! I don’t have either of these lovely books, so I am very grateful for the giveaway. 🙂 Loved all the pictures – it looks like you have such a wonderful time.
Thank you for the giveaway
I love, love, love your books and have given many sets to my daughters and granddaughters as Christmas gifts. I would LOVE to have these newest books in my collection……pretty please?
I watched both my parents go downhill. I was their caregiver in their later years. I watched my dad lose his memory to Alzheimer’s. That was so hard to watch.
I have never attended an ACFW Conference.
Hi Tamera,
It was great to meet you in person after enjoying your books for years. And what an honor that you even posted our picture together on your blog!(I’m the bottom right picture before your pictures with Liz Curtis HIggs.) Now I feel famous too! Congratulations on your Carol awards – they are beautiful! I’d love to win a copy of your new book babies! Blessings,
Marilyn Turk
I love your books!!! I’d especially love to read one on Christmas during Christmas!!!
I just love the Christmas cover!
Congrats! The trophies are so pretty! Would love to read A Note Yet Unsung. Thanks for the Chan e.
Sounds like you had a fabulous time!! Prayers that you get many more times with your father.
Congratulations on your Carol Awards. I enjoyed reading both of those books. I am looking forward to seeing you at the Southern Mansion Reader’s Weekend! I will keep your father in my prayers.
Congrats! I’ve read and enjoyed the “Belmont Mansion” trilogy and “Christmas at Carnton.”
Not long, I read Liz Curtis Higg’s “My Heart’s in the Lowlands” from the library–it’s a travelogue of Scotland. It complements her Scotland historical fiction novels (“Lowlands” quartet and “Here Burns My Candle” duet).
Congratulations on your awards. I would love to read your books. The covers are lovely. Prayers for your dad.
I was able to meet Liz a few months ago. She is a neat lady.
Congratulations! I would love to win one of your books! Praying for your dad.
Thanks for giving us a chance to win…..i dont remember how old you said your dad was, but i know that mine is 81 now and he is still working, which i am kinda glad he is….i know his dad was the same way and when he stopped working he went down quick….and i am afraid dad would be the same way….so i dont try to stop him from working. He owns his own trailer park and we have stopped him from climbing on the top of the trailers …..but even that is hard to do, but at least he does call my hubby, who happens to be afraid of heights, to come over and help him out.
Sounds, and looks, like you had a grand time at the conference. Thanks for the opportunity to win books!Love your writing!
Congratulations on your two Carols! I watched the awards as much as possible live.
I love seeing all these pictures of the conference. Congratulations on your two Carol wins! That’s fabulous!