For many consecutive years, both as a pre-published and newly published writer, I attended the ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) Conference. However, it has now been many years that I haven’t. Honestly, I can’t even remember the last time I went. But 2023 will be different, because I’ve registered to attend! Why go back again? For one thing, I miss my writer friends. I don’t know … [Read more...]
Want to Write? Love to Read? Come to ACFW + Giveaway
This is the middle of an insanely busy couple of weeks in my day job, so this will be a shorter post. Be sure to stick to the end for information on a giveaway I'm coordinating. I know you're an avid reader, or you wouldn't be here. But are you interested in writing? I'll be teaching three workshops at ACFW in September with my writing buddy Pepper Basham. Last week we hopped on a … [Read more...]
Virginia Royal Writers Virtual Conference (Nov. 5-6)
Calling all fellow writers! If you're a writer eager to grow in your craft, please consider joining me for the Virginia Royal Writers Virtual Conference this weekend, November 5 - 6. Writing conferences are a fabulous way to grow as a writer, but they're often so expensive to attend. The registration fee for ACFW Royal Writers Conference is far more affordable at $35 and...no travel costs. … [Read more...]
ACFW 2019 Recap
The end of September found me in San Antonio for the ACFW National Conference. It's one of my favorite weeks of the year, as I get to reconnect with many of my writing buddies including several of the women on this blog. It's such fun and then one way I give back to the writing world that has been so good to me. We also had board meetings where we started planning next year's conference in St. … [Read more...]
The Courage to Chase Dreams
I'm in the middle of a dream. Hard work, but a dream. For ten years, I worked toward the dream of writing for one editor at one house. I've had the great privilege of writing many books for many wonderful editors, but there was a special click when I met this particular editor at our first ACFW. Last week I turned in the macro edits for the book we are working on together. You can get a sneak … [Read more...]