Clinics & Nangie U

Six hours of coaching in a small group!

Applications due via email April 16.

Nonfiction Book Clinic with Craig Bubeck

New - Clinic for not-yet-published writers of Contemporary Women's Fiction, Historical Fiction, and Romance Novels with Jim and Tracie Peterson - New

Contemporary Novel Clinic with Dave Lambert

Nangie U 202 and 404 (for novelists) with Nancy Rue & Angie Hunt

The clinics will meet during the two hour-long workshops each day (for a total of six hours) making it possible for participants also to attend a continuing session. (NOTE: Nangie U 202 will meet during the continuing session.)

Your application must be received by e-mail no later than April 16. You will be notified whether or not you have been accepted by April 21. If accepted, you will need to email your manuscript (please follow the length parameters) to mbagnull@aol.com no later than April 25.

Those accepted for one of the clinics must be registered for the entire conference and pay an additional $65 upon acceptance when they submit their manuscript.

Because the clinics and Nangie U will not be taped, our Appointment Coordinator, Wanda Dyson, will do her best not to schedule your one-on-one appointments or any paid critiques during this time.

A laptop computer is strongly encouraged to get the most out of the clinic.

Applications for all of the clinics and Nangie U are now online. See below for links.

			Nonfiction Book Clinic with Craig Bubeck Click here for application.
	Craig is a freelance writer and editor for several Christian publishing houses, and he represents the acquisition interests for NavPress and Bible.org. For more than ten years Craig served at David C. Cook publishing as Sr. Editor and Sr. Acquisitions Editor. Craig has also written and edited for Victor Books, Scripture Press, and Focus on the Family. He has authored two books, the most recent of which was The Gospel According to Dan Brown (co-author, Jeff Dunn). Craig has likewise been an adjunct professor of English literature and rhetoric at Colorado Christian University’s Colorado Springs campus for more than a decade. He is an experienced editor, teacher, and practicing writer of both fiction and non-fiction. Craig will utilize in-depth teaching and individual critiques to help you polish your non-fiction book so it’s the best it can be. Each participant’s proposal will be reviewed and discussed in a group workshop fashion, and Craig will dedicate focused analysis on your manuscript’s structure and focus. Through hands-on interaction and review, Craig will show you how to refine and deepen your book. Participation is limited to non-fiction topical trade books for the CBA market, not to include gift or devotional books. Prerequisite: A thick skin and a desire to write with excellence. *On acceptance you will need to email (as an attachment in Word or RTF with everything in one* file) the following to mbagnull@aol.com by April 25:** 1. A single-page query letter. 2. An annotated table of contents with a short paragraph summary of each chapter. 3. Sample writing of an introduction and another chapter of your choice (4,000-6,000 words). 4. Three questions/concerns you'd like addressed in the clinic. You will receive a copy via email of everyone's submission to allow time for you to read the work of the others in your group prior to the conference and thus learn more from Craig's comments. A laptop computer is highly recommended to get the most out of this clinic.

Tracie is the best-selling author of over 70 books. She is married to Jim and lives in Montana with their son Erik, her mother Jeanine, and mother-in-law Casey. Tracie has a passion for serving the Lord in writing and helping new authors. She helped to found the American Christian Fiction Writer's organization, now with over 1,000 members, and is the Zone Director for the Rocky Mountain region of this organization. Until recently Tracie was managing editor for Heartsong Presents. She teaches at conferences and women's retreats, encouraging people, no matter their calling, to fall more passionately in love with God.

Jim is an editorial consultant and a real stickler for historical accuracy. His college background is in history and political science with a special interest in the study of World War II.

Jim and Tracie plan a very hands-on experience for those who are chosen to be part of this clinic. Come prepared to provide a short verbal summary of your story, give an accounting of the things you like and dislike about each other's work (be honest, but kind please), and plan to take notes and rework your ideas to create a strong and saleable novel. Tracie and Jim will also briefly discuss the market and which publishing houses are most open to the genres represented by the participants.

Prerequisite: A first draft of at least the first 10,000 words of your novel and the desire to work hard to finish it, polish it, and get it in print.

On acceptance you will need to email your first chapter along with a synopsis to mbagnull@aol.com by April 25. Please send everything in one file as a Word or RTF attachment to an email.

You will receive a copy via email of everyone's chapter and synopsis to allow time for you to read all the manuscripts prior to the conference and thus be prepared to comment and learn more from Jim and Tracie's critique. A laptop computer is highly recommended to get the most out of this clinic.

As writer and editor, Dave Lambert has been involved with fiction for nearly forty years. He’s currently senior fiction editor at Howard Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, after nearly twenty years as an acquiring editor at Zondervan. He has an M.F.A. in fiction writing and is the author of nine books, four of them fiction, as well as a multitude of short stories. His tenth, a novel, is under contract.

This clinic will be an intensive, hands-on workshop for a limited number of serious novelists—six participants only, all of whom must have published at least one novel or have one under contract (or demonstrate that they are writing at a level suitable for publication). If you’re selected to participate, you will receive a full hour’s worth of Dave Lambert's critique of the sample you submit—a half-hour's critique of the original sample you submit, and a half-hour's critique of a portion of it that you will revise during the conference. Dave's goal is to identify your strengths as a novelist, as well as the areas in which you need to grow, and to provide the guidance you need to improve your writing significantly.

We’ll be working with contemporary fiction in this clinic, and we’ll define contemporary as post-WWII. Both mainstream and genre fiction welcome—although, since there is a romance fiction clinic offered at the conference, we’ll eliminate romance fiction from consideration for this clinic.

You must submit the first three chapters of your novel and a detailed synopsis as part of the application process. Please email to mbagnull@aol.com. Put your name and CCWC Clinic with Dave Lambert in the subject line. Applicants will be selected on the basis of the quality of that fiction. The sample you submit as part of your application will be the selection critiqued during the clinic, so choose carefully.

On acceptance, you will receive (via email) a copy of the five other manuscripts Dave will be critiquing. All participants in the group will be expected to read the material from every other participant in order to better understand the expert critique from Dave. The formal critique for each student will conclude with an assignment from Dave regarding one particular aspect of the manuscript that needs work to bring the book to the next level. Participants will be expected to rework one chapter to reflect the direction they are given and to share the new chapter with the group.

All chosen applicants will need to bring a laptop with wireless internet capabilities (wi-fi is available on-site) so that files can be shared among the group.

Prerequisite: Publication of a novel or a novel under contract will give you an edge to be accepted for this clinic, but advanced writers whose writing demonstrates that they have studied the craft of fiction will also be considered.