Marlene Bagnull                                                         
Publisher and Editor
Ampelos Press
http://www.writehisanswer.com/ampelos_press.htm

Tony Bonds
Editor, Rainbow Publishers and Legacy Press
www.RainbowPublishers.com      http://www.legacypresskids.com/

Tony is the editor for Rainbow Publishers and Legacy Press, publishers of children's Christian books. He holds an MFA in creative writing from San Diego State University and is a published author.

Continuing Session - Writing Fiction Children Want to Read (Fri am) What draws young readers into a narrative world? How do we know if kids will want to read what we write? E.B. White, the author of Charlotte's Web, said, "Children are the most attentive, curious, eager, observant, sensitive, quick, and generally congenial readers on earth." In this workshop, we will investigate key themes, plots, settings, and characters that occur in selected works of fiction for children and young adults. We will also discuss and practice a few key techniques and elements of the craft that can be used to create unforgettable stories.

Author, editor, teacher, songwriter. Dave is senior editor/acquisitions at CLC Ministries, Int'l. He is the former managing editor at Christian Publications and has over 30 years experience in writing and editing. He has published four books, including one on Christian writing, entitled Writing the Christian Nonfiction Book: Concept to Contract (Sonfire Media). In addition he has produced the study guide sections to two books by A.W. Tozer: The Attributes of God and The Attributes of God II (Wingspread Publishers). Dave and his wife, Jacque, have two adult sons.

Nonfiction Clinic- Based on his book, Writing the Nonfiction Book: Concept to Contract and workshops he has taught at Christian writers' conferences across the country, this clinic focuses on eight steps every book author must take to be successfully published. Merging practical advice with spiritual counsel, the emphasis is on the inspirational impact of the author's material.

First-timer's Orientation (& for the perpetually nervous) with Joyce Magnin - Wednesday 4:00 pm

Teens Write! Thursday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm - In addition to coordinating Teens Write, Pam will be teaching Workshop 1, We Need a Hero (10:00 am Thursday). What do The Lord of the Rings and The Princess Diaries have in common? We'll go on The Hero's Journey to find out, and we'll see how we can use that Journey to pump our own stories..

Paid Critiques - Picture books; children's fiction and nonfiction, articles, devotionals or, short stories; fantasy.

Editorial Needs - HALO Publishing has blurred the lines and reduced the gap between traditional and subsidy publishers. Halo is a complete publishing service, and that includes marketing. We have professionals for every stage of your creation, from editorial to design to print to market to promotion. Since 2002, HPI has helped many authors achieve their book publishing goals. Publishing a book with HPI means you'll be guided through the entire process, from choosing the best book publishing options to utilizing the most effective marketing tools. All this and, as an author, you still retain all the rights and control decisions surrounding the publishing and \marketing of your book. HPI offers authors around the world the highest level of professional publishing services. Our offices in the USA and Mexico specialize in designing, producing, publishing, and marketing books for independent authors. The acronym for HALO is Helping Authors Launch Originals. We are not only your publisher . . . we are your partner. HPI publishes books from children's picture books to adult novels. Pam is a children's book editor  so she'll be looking for picture book manuscripts, however, she can talk to anyone about HALO in general.

Rebecca's primary responsibility is developing new book projects, and she loves the creative process this involves. She works with a team of people in-house and, as she says, "inspiring and passionate authors who love the Word and words."
     Since earning her undergraduate degree in English writing, Rebecca has worked in various capacities in publishing.. As she explains, "Ever since I completed my master’s degree in theological studies, I have found an even more ideal niche in Christian publishing. Again, it is the wedding of my love for the Word with my love of words!
     "I’m excited about seeing increased synergy between American Baptist Home Mission Societies’ vision of ‘Transforming Leadership, Transforming Lives’ with Judson’s longstanding commitment to equipping pastors and lay leaders to effect personal and congregational change — in the church and in the world, " she says.
     Ordained in 2009 to the American Baptist publishing ministries, Rebecca is committed to seeing Judson Press thrive as a leading publisher of practical and inspirational resources, especially for pastors and for the multicultural church.
     Other than work interests, Rebecca enjoys viewing her extensive DVD collection, reading, attending Broadway and regional theatre, and collaborating with her musician husband, Nathan, on their own original musicals.A member and associate minister with Second Baptist Church of Germantown in Philadelphia, Rebecca is involved teaching ministries and the gospel choir. She and Nathan have three sons, Ryan, Christopher, and Jackiel, and one cat, Tameeka Joy.

Publishing for Pastors: Reduce, Recycle, Reuse - Thursday 10:00 am to noon.
Reduce your lengthy sermon illustration to an inspirational devotion. Recycle your biblical research or powerful exhortation to an article for magazines, websites, and journals. Reuse your sermon or series in a journal or compilation. An interactive workshop for preachers and teachers, offering tips for repackaging practical wisdom and creating resources for Christian education, discipleship, worship, and more!

Eddie is Acquisition Editor for the book division of Christian Devotions Ministries - www.christiandevotionsbooks.com. He has authored four nonfiction books, one adult and a young adult novel. He’s written hundreds of articles that have appeared in over 20 different publications. He teaches writers workshops and co-writes the popular devotion, He Said, She Said with Cindy Sproles.
 
Workshops (with Cindy Sproles)
Top Ten Blunders for New Writers (1A) - Guidelines are made for a reason and until you understand them you won't know how you can bend them. New writers struggle with understanding point of view, dialogue and tags, as well as some of the more common "oops" in their writing. This workshop is designed to introduce new writers, and help experienced writers, brush up on easy tips for self-editing. Writers will learn how point of view works, how to edge out wordiness, tighten up and strengthen their writing with strong verbs and more. Writing for God means putting forth your best. The class will help you walk through the refiner's fire.
Turning Personal Experiences into Parables (3D) - Learn how to write devotions for church newsletters, periodicals, websites, and books. A devotional ministry can complement the advancement of a building campaign, mission work, and church projects. Learn how to draw readers in with the "Hook, Book, Look, Took" method of writing a devotion. For some, a devotion may be their only Bible for the day, so come learn how to touch hearts, teach His Word, and change lives.

Continuing Session - Advanced Writers, "Amazing Marketing Results for Little or No Money (Sat pm) - How to get storefront space in the showroom of the world’s largest bookseller (Amazon), ways to market your books through Skype, cell-phone, internet radio, YouTube, and Video Blogs technology, and how casting your readers as characters in your next book is a “killer” idea. Learn how selecting a cause or charity can create FREE media interest in your book and drive sales. 

Teens Write - Workshop 3: Plotting, Not Plodding (Thursday, 12:30 pm) - Learn how to map your story using the plot points that mark every journey. From introduction and motivation to the hero/heroine’s moment of maximum angst, you’ll see how easy it is to develop a story line and keep your characters on the path to a compelling climax.

Paid Critiques - Articles, devotionals, short stories for children; novels for children; short fiction for teens; humor; action/adventure novels; crime/mystery novels contemporary suspense; romantic suspense; young adult, tween, and teen fiction

Editorial Needs - Christian Devotions.us welcomes submissions from published authors, seasoned writers, and aspiring writers. We are specially looking for niche book devotionals that are well crafted, present a unique message and impact readers in a meaningful way. If you have a devotional book that has received favorable comments from other publishers but was rejected because of its narrow focus, we would like to speak with you.
      For guidelines and helpful writing tips click here.
      Devokids.com is looking for kid writers. Kids ages 6-teens who are interested in writing devotions, food articles, money articles, games and fun things, music. We'd like to have this site become a KID site. We encourage writers to look at the site and see all the links . . . roam through the pages and see what is there and then hopefully find something that strikes their fancy. We welcome adults and kids but we're really pushing for kid writers.

Newsflash! - Rowena has just been appointed to direct a new multi-media production branch to Written World Communications with the goal to produce audiobooks, and eventually, films. For her appointments and herpaid critiques, she is willing to consider screenplays, voice actors, screen actors, and agents willing to represent screenwriters and actors. She can also take appointments for all of WWC's 10 imprints, including but not limited to fiction and non-fiction, short and full-length, in the following genres: Christian/inspirational, Christian Speculative, International, General Market, Flash Fiction, and Manga. Rowena can also take overflow from Patti Shene in the areas of YA, Children's, and 55+.

Workshops
The Controversy of Voice (1B) - Can voice be taught? Can voice be learned? How to develop it? Gift vs. skill - extract the best and build on the rest.
Take Off & Land Without Crashing (4C) - Hook your reader in the first chapter. Keep your reader until the last page. The top 10 elements to a stunning first and last chapter.

Paid Critiques - novels or short stories in the fiction categories of women's lit, contemporary, contemporary suspense, romance, mystery, suspense/thrillers, techno-thrillers, historical, international, humor, and all speculative including sci-fi and fantasy.

Editorial Needs - Christian Fiction, any genre, including but not limited to: Romance, Women’s Fiction, Lit, Mystery, Suspense/Thriller, Historical Fiction, and International Fiction.  Will consider both full-length novels between 60,000-80,000 words and short stories between 1500-2000 words. Will look at poetry, original art, and original photography.

Addition - Written World Communications is now considering nonfiction projects on an individual basis such as devotionals, gift books, and nonfiction full-length books. We are also looking for YA and Children's books, both fiction and nonfiction.

Will also consider, in collaboration with and approved by Kristine Pratt, potential referrals to other WWC editors: Speculative, YA, and Manga.

Kathi is a multi-award winning writer who has authored more than 30 books and ghostwritten several others. A former newspaper columnist and string reporter, Kathi has taught creative and business writing in various venues and has been a guest on many radio and television programs. Kathi is a popular speaker at churches, women’s clubs and retreats, and writers’ conferences, and recently won the prestigious 2008 member of the year award from AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association) at the annual Golden Scrolls award banquet. Kathi “Easy Writer” Macias lives in Homeland, CA, with her husband, Al, where the two of them spend their free time cruising in their new ride - a 2005 sunburst orange Corvette, rather than Harleys.

Jeff has been a national journalist, the communications director to the Vice President at the White House, and the director of public affairs for two prominent federal science agencies in Washington, DC. He also managed a strategic communications consulting business for nearly 15 years, with more than 200 national clients. He is the author of 18 inspirational novels for children and adults.
     He and longtime CBA book editor Ramona Tucker founded OakTara Publishers (www.oaktara.com) in 2006 to encourage new CBA authors and established authors with leading edge fiction. OakTara has published 200 inspirational fiction titles in all genres in the past five years. OakTara books are sold on national online retail sites at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Christianbook, Borders, Books a Million, and others, and are available for distribution to bookstores and libraries through Ingram and Snowfall Press.
     Jeff’s agent is Don Jacobson (www.dcjacobson.com), the former owner and publisher of Multnomah. Summerside Press/Guideposts recently published PEACE -- the first novel in the Principalities and Powers series – which explores what might happen after Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear facilities. It has received favorable reviews in Ha’aretz, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and others. OIL, the second book in the series, will be out in the fall of 2011.

Natasha has experience editing and acquiring books for all ages, fiction and nonfiction. In her fifteen years in Christian publishing, she has been privileged to work with such authors as Jim Burns, Susie Shellenberger, Lauraine Snelling, BobyMac, and dozens more. Natasha lives in the Twin Cities metro area where she volunteers with a group of sixty-plus kids in a weekly tutoring program she co-directs.

Workshops - Could Your Blog Lead to a Book? (1E) - Popular blogs are proving to be springboards for nonfiction books. This workshop will explore the types of blogs that can successfully translate into book form and how to turn your material into a book proposal. Note: Although there is some slight overlap, this workshop is not about platform building or marketing through blogging.-This workshop will be taught by Marti Pieper. Click here for Marti's blurb that you'll find with her bio.

Give Credit Where Credit is Due (3B) - The dangers of plagiarism are very real and often misunderstood by writers. This workshop will discuss when source citations are necessary, quoting from the web, what citation information your editor needs from you, when permissions are necessary, and when "paraphrasing" is still plagiarizing. - This workshop will be taught by Karen Whiting. Click here for Karen's blurb that you'll find with her bio.

Terry understands both sides of the editorial desk—as an editor and a writer. He worked as a magazine editor and his magazine work has appeared in more than 50 publications. A former book acquisitions editor for several publishers and a former literary agent, Terry is a Vice President and Publisher at Intermedia Publishing Group. Whether you have a book manuscript that needs to get published or a published book that needs marketing, contact Terry and he can help you. He has written more than 60 books through traditional publishers in a wide range of topics from children’s books to biographies to coauthored books. Several of Terry’s books have sold over 100,000 copies.  Whether you are unsure how to start on the path to publication or want to take your publishing career to the next level, Terry’s newest book, Jumpstart Your Publishing Dreams, Insider Secrets to Skyrocket Your Success is packed with insight. He is an active member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

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Last Updated:  12/20/11
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