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Colleen Coble writes romantic suspense with a strong atmospheric element. A lovable animal of some kind--usually a dog--always populates her novels. She can be bribed with DeBrand mocha truffles.
Denise Hunter writes women's fiction and love stories with a strong emotional element. Her husband says he provides her with all her romantic material, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too.
Diann Hunt writes romantic comedy and humorous women's fiction. She has been happily married forever, loves her family, chocolate, her friends, chocolate, her dog, and well, chocolate.
Cheryl Hodde writes romantic medical suspense under the pen name of Hannah Alexander, using all the input she can get from her husband, Mel, for the medical expertise. For fun she hikes and reads. Out of guilt, she rescues discarded cats. She and Mel are presently taking orders from four pampered strays.
17 Comments:
I'm so excited to register. Found three other blogging friends to room with and am trying to line up who I want to meet with. I feel funny being so excited for something that is months away.
~ Wendy
Wendy!!! You're going!! YEAH! :) Look me up there. I'm going too! Thanks to about 4,000 emails from Colleen who pulled me off the fence and convinced me it was OKAY to leave my baby for 3 days. :) So I SECOND Colleen's motion and now that I'm registered I'm so excited I can hardly breathe. :)
Yay!!! Make sure you come say hello, Wendy! We can try to sneak in a coffee. If you're not an addict yet, Jaime and I will turn you into one!
There is no better conference for the aspiring Christian novelist! Can't wait for it and so glad it's located in Indianapolis this year!
Maybe we can have a GWO coffee time!
What a GREAT idea, Denise! If you're part of Girls Write Out and will be there, join us for coffee! I'll post a time and place to meet.
I met mine, Gina Holmes & Jessica Dotta, at The Blue Ridge conference in 2004. :) They became my crit partners and BFFs. We room together at conferences and since we live in different states, that's our together time. :) One of these days, we;re going to manage a retreat together to write. :)
Ohhhhh! I'm disappointed it's so far away for me that I never get to go to those sorts of things.
Still, I'm happy for all of you! Yay! Enjoy! And have a great GWO coffee time!!
Oh I wish you could come, Pam!
hope y'all have a good time! :)
I'm an introvert so conference usually leaves me feeling a little overwhelmed and left out. Finding a seat at every session and meal. Ugh. My worst nightmare. Takes me back to the first day of high school.
That being said, the teaching is top notch. The worship and prayer room is fantastic.
I really enjoyed volunteering at both registration and as a timekeeper for appointments. I was actually deeply moved during appoinments as I prayed for the nervous participants.
I'm all registered and can't wait!! I had to miss last year so this year I'm already counting the days!! I met my crit buddy Jenness on the forums before the first conference either of us attended. We met in Dallas and have been friends ever since. Except she is threatening to stay home this year...
I hate being in a crowd too, but I suffer through - there are a lot of nice people in that crowd! Besides, the best thing about ACFW is that where two or three are gathered...and two or three hundred or more are gathered - God's presence is everywhere, from the squeals of first sightings of friends, in the hugs, in the smiles and even in the tears, but more than that, when we come together in worship, He moves. The teaching is great, the appointments are invaluable, but for me, being surrounded by brothers and sisters in Christ, who 'get' what I do and why I do it, that's why I go.
I love hanging out in the lobby and administering those hugs and squeals! LOL
Lisa, I'm sorry it's a trial for you. I soooo love conference time when I get to see everyone.
I have been having "conference-envy" over all the conferences my husband gets to go too, lol! And there is a writer wannabe deep down in my heart, but this is probably way premature, lol!! Hope you have a fun time!!
I've met so many wonderful people at conferences through the years, going all the way back to meeting Rachel Hauck and Patty Hall for the first time at Blue Ridge in 2001. I blame--um, credit them with getting me to join ACRW (now ACFW) so that I could. I also met my agent and acquiring editors at both of my publishing houses at conference years before I ever submitted anything to them.
I'm so excited about conference this year, after having to miss last year's---the first one I ever missed. I'll be the one sitting in the lobby greeting everyone as they arrive on Thursday and Friday!
This is my first conference and I'm nervous as can be about it, but from everything I read, it'll going to be great. I can't wait to see people who I "know" there. I only have people I "know", not a single soul do I know for real. It's going to be interesting :-)
Oh how I would love to go. I have felt God's call to write since I was a little girl. I just now am getting back to that calling.
I hope to make it to the conference sometime.... Finances just won't allow for this year. I'm excited that with birthday money I was able to join ACFW. Perhaps one day I will actually be a published ACFW!
Hope you all have a great time!
Blessings,
Jodie
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