Category Archives: ACFW

Where Oh, Where, Has She Gone?

Sorry, I haven’t been around much. Was pretty sick last week, most of the week. Then Friday my agent and I chit-chatted via phone and came up with a game plan. She wants me to write some historicals to submit, to which I’ve gotten right to doing. Tell ya what, it was hard at first [...]

I’ve Been Challenged

While driving to church yesterday, hubby and I listened to a snippet of my ACFW conference CD on Terri Blackstock’s Up All Night Suspense class. Now, hubby knows I’m a very picky reader, and when it deals with mysteries and suspense. If I figure out who the bad guy/killer is right away, I read the [...]

ACFW Conference pt 2

Worship led by our awesome Rachel Hauck. My good pal Pam Meyers, signing. Some of the rooms where we had classes. The hotel was clean and nice. Though the elevators left something to be desired. I had vertigo problems every time I rode them, and we rode them a lot, our room was on the [...]

ACFW Conference pt 1

Ho Boy! Where do I start? Never had I had this much fun in my short life span. And never so much as a writer. I finally met people I’ve known for years through the Internet, and met new ones. I didn’t want to leave, and wished I had the energy for all the things [...]

I’m Home

I’m trying to get caught up on sleep and housework that was neglected while I was gone. When I get pictures downloaded and have a clearer head I’ll tell you all about it. I got out of the conference what I intended. And I’ve got two editor requests to fill and another possible one my [...]

A Conferencing We Will Go!

Tomorrow, I take off for the ACFW conference. Phew, it’s been a whirlwind two weeks for me. Not only have I been thinking and packing what I want to wear, but tweaking Five-Second Penalty, the synopsis, and trying to come up with a good pitch. I finally think I have one that will intrigue the [...]

ACFW Conference Count Down pt 4

More from Kaye’s Blog. Conference Prep–Home Work While it’s vital to get our one-sheets and synopses finished and our pitches ready for the conference, there’s a lot of other preparation that needs to be done before attending a writing conference.The most important thing I’m doing is praying. I don’t always spend a lot of time in [...]

ACFW Conference Count Down pt 3

More from Kaye’s Blog on prepping for Conference. Amber Miller Asks: What do you do during down-time at a writing conference?   All right, so you’ve been following this blog for nearly 3 weeks now. Or perhaps you haven’t, but you were interested in learning more about conferences in preparation for attending one. You might have [...]