Hey friends! If you live in or near Nashville, then this invitation is for you! First, a conference for writers . . . If you're a writer—either published or hoping to be—this conference is for you! I've attended this gathering in the past (and hope to this year!) and it always offers excellent information and teaching. Plus encouragement! I always leave uplifted and rejuvenated. Second, … [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...]
Coming Down from the Mountains
Ken and I spent last week in the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, teaching at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference. I have been teaching at writers conferences for over a dozen years now...long enough to know that each has its own special "flavor" and they are all special in their own way. Ridgecrest Conference Center near Black Mountain, North Carolina, has to … [Read more...]
Up, Up, and Away to the ACFW National Conference
By the time most people read this post, there is a good chance that I will be in an airplane on my way to St. Louis or I will have already arrived there. It is time for the annual American Christian Fiction Writers' national conference. I haven't been to an ACFW conference in a number of years and am delighted to get to go again. This year, I am being presented with ACFW's highest award, the … [Read more...]
Author Event: Deborah Raney (4/11/14)
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 … [Read more...]