I’ve been a member of ACFW for more than four years, and credit belonging to the organization with helping me launch my writing career. If you were to ask me what you should do if you’re serious about writing, I’d point you to ACFW. Recently, our president developed answers to commonly asked questions about whether ACFW is for you… Have …
ACFW Genesis Contest for Unpublished Authors Open
The Genesis, formerly known as the Noble Theme, is the ACFW contest for unpublished Christian writers. The contest has a multitude of categories/genres to enter, the opportunity for unbiased feedback on writers’ work by published authors and experienced judges, and the chance for the Category Finalists to have their work read by Christian publishing house editors and literary agents. ACFW …
ACFW tool for Readers
ACFW has developed a wonderful new tool for readers. Check here to see what it’s all about. If you follow the link, you will see a new section for readers. It has three basic components right now, but we fully expect those to expand in the next year. 1) Genre list. This tool was unveiled in paper at the Mall …
Here are some photos from the Mall of America ACFW booksigning held on September 20. It was an amazing event. And these photos taken by Kenny Noble do a great job capturing the energy and flows of people. Thanks so much for taking them, Kenny! I’ll start with a photo of the lovely Margaret Daley standing next to Donita Paul. …
Book of the Year Award
Even those of us who like to think on our feet lose our words at times 🙂 Thanks, Janna, for capturing this. The only thing that would have made the moment more special would have been sharing it with Eric. Next time!
More Pictures
a Here it is…the photo of me with the Book of the Year award. Can you see the shell-shocked look in my eye? I really didn’t expect to win. Hoped to — yes. Expected to — not in this lifetime!And here are Rebecca and Quinn at the Mall of America during the booksigning. They are five weeks apart, and absolutely …
ACFW Mall of America Booksigning
Here are some photos from the booksigning! First up is Missy Tippens. I love what she did with her table. Here are Karen Ball and Angie Hunt after their panel. We ran panels in both the Best Buy Rotunda and the Bloomingdale’s Court. Thanks to the authors who willingly spoke and drew people to our signing! Here we’ve got Susan …
Sing with Me… God is in Control…
The last two weeks God has been hammering me with the reminder that He is in control. You see I’m in charge of a 125 author booksigning at the Mall of America on September 20. As ACFW’s publicity officer, I was in charge of publicity for the event. And as a volunteer at the conference the last three years, I …
HUGE Booksigning
Last week evaporated. What has captured my attention, you ask? A huge booksigning that for some odd reason, I’m in charge of. You see on September 20, over 100 (107 as of tonight) Christian authors will be at the Mall of America signing books as part of the American Christian Fiction Writers annual conference. At least 3 of the lovely …
An Editor’s Perspective on ACFW Conference
It’s only a few months until the ACFW conference begins n Minneapolis. I am so excited by this event as I start to make a plan for how to make the best use of my time. My goals are to meet with authors already publishing with Zondervan, meet with agents that I missed at the International Christian Retailers Show (ICRS) …