REASONS TO ATTEND 2012 CONFERENCE

Kathy Cassel has started a list of "Reasons to Attend Florida Christian Writers' 2012 Conference".  Check it out on Facebook. As always, Kathy's pictures tell a story.

Three of my favorite women at conference.

Jesse and Tory acting tough.
  Love these guys.

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Thanks Kathy Cassel

AGENTS & PUBLICITY SPECIALIST

EXCITING NEWS!

THESE AGENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR APPOINTMENTS AND TO REVIEW YOUR CURRENT PROJECTS.

MARY SUE SEYMOUR-THE SEYMOUR AGENCY

LESLIE H. STOBBE-THE STOBBE LITERARY AGENCY

ANDY SCHEER-HARTLINE LITERARY AGENCY

AMANDA LUEBECK-MacGREGOR LITERARY

   

PR SPECIALIST     REBECA SEITZ - GLASS ROAD

PR SPECIALIST     STEVE FELDMAN- THE SAM HILL GROUP

Be part of our celebration for the 25^th Florida Christian Writers Conference 

March 1-4.  Make plans to be join us at the Lake Yale Conference Center

 for the best writer’s conference ever!

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE!

NOTE FROM BILLIE WILSON

Cecil Murphey Scholarships are available for first time applicants. If you’ve received a Cecil Murphey Scholartship in the past you are not eligible for a second one but I encourage you to apply for a conference scholarship. To apply for either scholarship email to me a brief bio, sample of writing and statement of your financial need.
Billie's e-mail address: billiewilson@cfl.rr.com 

CONFERENCE TIME IS APPROACHING

IT'S TIME!

September is here, and plans for the  25th  Conference are now falling into place.  From now until conference time, we will be posting information about the conference  as we receive the latest word from Billie and the participants.

NEWS  FLASH

KEY NOTE SPEAKER
2012 FLORIDA CHRISTIAN WRITERS' CONFERENCE

RETURNING 

 Veteran author and speaker Cecil (Cec) Murphey has written or co-written more than 120 books, including the NY Times bestseller 90 Minutes in Heaven (with Don Piper) and Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (with Dr. Ben Carson). Some of his more recent titles include Knowing God, Knowing Myself, When Someone You Love No Longer Remembers, and When a Man You Love Was Abused. His books have sold in the millions and have brought hope and encouragement to countless readers around the world. Cec offers writing tips and advice twice a week at www.cecwritertowriter.com. For more information, visit www.cecilmurphey.com.

Plan now to attend the 25th annual 

FLORIDA CHRISTIAN WRITERS' CONFERENCE

 AT LAKE YALE RETREAT CENTER

NOTICE FROM BILLIE

Billie is without email and her husband (Doug) just received a diagnosis that he has an aggressive form of carcinoma (skin cancer). He will have surgery later this week. 

Billie is working on the 25th Florida Christian Writer’s Conference faculty. If you are emailing her about that please be patient until she can get email.

Another Happy First Time Conferee

Billie recently received this letter and Pat has given us permission to share this with our readers. It is always so good to hear from those who have attended conference.  If you have comments you would like to share about this year's conference in March, or if you would like to suggest something for next year, e-mail Billie at billiewilson@cfl.rr.com  or Kindred Heart Writers at clella37@yahoo.com.


Hello Billie
I just wanted to take the time to thank you for the wonderful experiences I had at the 2010
Florida Christian Writers Conference.This was my first conference and everything was new to me but everyone I met made me (and my husband) feel welcome. Many of my new acquaintances now seem like old friends!

I especially appreciated the workshops by Crystal Bowman. She is an excellent teacher, a great writer and a wonderful person and I learned a great deal from her.

Myappointments with Jesse Florea  from Focus on the Family and Elaina Meyers from Standard Publishing, who each reviewed one of my manuscripts, were encouraging and helpful and I now have the opportunity to submit stories to both of these publishers. (I can hardly believe this!)

 I enjoyed every workshop and meeting with other faculty and staff and every minute of the Conference. I can hardly wait for the next one.
I want you to know that I appreciate all the hours of  work you must have put in to arrange such a helpful, inspiring event. (Your sense of humor is inspiring, too!)

God Bless you and thank you again.
Pat Schmidsrauter

AFTER THE CONFERENCE

                                Ava Pennington ( www.AvaWrites.com )

Has it been a month already?  Yes, believe it or not, it has. You attended the Florida Christian Writers Conference (FCWC) one month ago.

One month ago, you participated in continuing classes, attended a variety of workshops, and drank in Calvin Miller’s wisdom about writing.

One month ago, you met with agents, editors, and published authors.

One month ago, you received session handouts, sample magazines, and submission guidelines.

One month ago, you set some goals for yourself. Perhaps you said you would:

- send a proposal to an agent or editor who requested it.

- practice a writing technique you learned.

- begin using social media such as Facebook or Twitter account.

- read that book you purchased on the craft of writing.

            - drop a note to a new writer friend you met at FCWC.

- follow-up on a new market you discovered.

Do you have a goal to add to this list?

Have you acted on at least one of your goals? If you have, good for you!

If you haven’t, why not start today?

Don’t be like so many writers who have great intentions when they leave a writers’ conference, but then…nothing. The pages of the calendar turn, but nothing changes.

Set one or more reasonable goals to apply the helpful material you received, then do something. When you return to the conference next year, you’ll be glad you did. And I can’t wait to hear all about it!

CHECK OUT THIS LINK

Click on this link for a good article in the Ocala paper about the conference.

http://www.ocala.com/article/20110309/ARTICLES/110309675

FCWC Award Winners!

Congratulations to this year's Florida Christian Writers Conference Award Winners!

Writer of the Year: Ollie Bennett

First Time Conferee “Best Work”: Christy Taylor

Song: Elisabeth Niederman

Drama: Chris Morrell

Children’s Book or Short Story for Children:
        Bob Hicks and Kevin Harkey

Devotional: Jane Glenchur

Article: Holly Mickler

Novel: Laurie Boulden

Faculty: Dr. Vicki Crumpton

FIRST DAY OF CONFERENCE

A great start to the conference. Mentoring classes started this morning and continuing classes started this afternoon. Billie is her usual- a calm, clever, classy Christian lady.  Those of you who have attended know exactly what I am saying, and those of you who are strangers to the Florida Christian Writers' Conference have missed knowing a wonderful advocate for Christian writers.
The morning General Session introduced those doing mentoring and continuing classes. Jeff Gerke is leading a Continuing Class for Christian Speculative Fiction which includes the Teen Track that was previously led by Bryan Davis. (We do miss Bryan.)  Mark Mynheir and Davis Bunn are teaching a Continuous Class on Writing Fiction and Eva  Marie Everson and Ken Kuhlken are leading the Fiction Mentoring sessions. I am enrolled in the Non Fiction Mentoring with Janis Whipple and  Larry Leech is teaching the Continuous Class on Writing the Non Fiction Book.

Dr. Calvin Miller is the speaker for the General Sessions.  Tonight  he discussed Journaling, and he and his wife, Barbara, performed some oral readings from Dr. Miller's journals.  Dr. Miller asked the audience, "If there were no editors or people to please with your writing, would you still write?"  He says," When we write for God" is when our writing is our best effort with words." How about you?  Would you write?
Will try to catch up again tomorrow.
A GOOD DAY AT THE CONFERENCE.
WISH YOU WERE HERE.
Clella/Kindred Heart Writers