Workshop 2G - Christian Blogging in a Secular World
One-on-One Appointments

Workshop 4A - A Writer's Tithe
Paid Critiques - Articles, Devotionals
One-on-One Appointments

Dr. Dan is passionate about ministering hope and encouragement to people caught in The Trauma Zone, the title of his book under contract with Lift Every Voice, Moody Publishers. He is a licensed PA psychologist and proprietor of the Pastoral Counseling Network in Philadelphia and Media, PA. He is also the Minister of Christian Education & Family Life at Monumental Baptist Church, an adjunct professor at two graduate institutions, and a weekly consultant on The Roy Patterson Show in Chicago.

General Session - The Power to Overcome (Friday pm)
One-on-One Appointments

Wayne is looking for mother-in-law/daughter-in-law stories. Positive, uplifting examples of how to make that relationship healthy. Word count should be 500-1800 words.

Earlybird Workshop - Practice Your Pitch, Wednesday, 3:30 pm at Holiday Inn Select
Clinic - Beginning Novelists
Paid Critiques - novels: children's, speculative fiction, supernatural thrillers, suspense, young adult, tween, teen; screenplays
One-on-One Appointments

Yvonne is the author of Hope for the Journey through Cancer (Revell 2007), is a six-year cancer survivor, a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Licensed Substance Abuse Counselor, a Clinically Certified Domestic Violence Counselor, a speaker, and an author. She works full-time as a bilingual therapist in a community agency. She has been published in The Secret Place, The Quiet Hour, The Virginia Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors VAADAC Views, and other magazines.

Workshop 6C - Writing Devotionals from the Heart
Paid Critiques - articles, personal experience stories, devotionals
One-on-One Appointments

Workshop 2D - Finding Markets for Your Poetry
Paid Critiques - poetry, devotionals

Nancy is the best-selling author of over 80 books for children and young people including the current top-selling Lily Series and Sophie Series for tweens (Zonderkidz), and the 'Nama Beach High series for teens, as well as two novels for adults. She is a former high school teacher and theatre director, and now uses her experience and master’s degree in education to teach workshops for young writers and for tween and teen girls nationwide. Nancy has an adult daughter and lives in Lebanon, Tennessee, with her husband Jim and their black lab Benjamin.

Continuing Session - Nangie U 101 (with Angie Hunt)
Clinic - Nangie U 303 (with Angie Hunt)

Tim is the father of three boys ranging from 16 to 22 years old. He is the author of six books, including Smashed Tomatoes, Bottle Rockets…and Other Outdoor Devotionals You Can Do With Your Kids, Mashed Potatoes, Paint Balls…and Other Indoor/Outdoor Devotionals You Can Do With Your Kids, Bashed Burritos, Green Eggs…and Other Indoor/Outdoor Devotionals You Can Do With Your Kids, and Reboot Your Brain…Byte Sized Devotions for Boys. A former “one hour photo” lab owner, Tim now writes and speaks full time. He has a passion to help boys grow to be men of God. Tim lives in Illinois with his wife and three sons.

Workshop 1B - Immunize Your Manuscript Against SDTs
Paid Critiques - articles, short stories, devotionals, and novels  for children
One-on-One Appointments

Karen has ten published books with Christian publishers and educational publishers, has written hundreds of articles for more than four-dozen publications, and is a contributing writer for three family publications, including Focus on Your Child. Within three months of attending her first writer’s conference Karen began to get published. She had something accepted for over 100 straight months and then became a columnist.
    Karen’s best selling book series, God’s Girls, has had eight printings already and still sells over 10,000 yearly 6 years after publication.  
    Karen is a panelist for the Writers View 1 (egroup for intermediate and advanced writers); weekly blogger for the CANblog (blog on how to promote your work, part of Christian Authors Network); member of AWSA (advanced writers and speakers  association); and a CLASS grad. She is planning a missionary trip to speak to families in Russia in late August.

Workshop 1D - Selling to Children's Periodicals
Workshop 5G - Develop a Sales Plan that Lands Contracts & Sells Books
Workshop 6A - Head Home with a Plan
Paid Critiques - articles, personal experience stories, nonfiction book proposals, plays, puppet scripts, dramas, picture books; articles, devotionals, short stories, and nonfiction books for children
One-on-One Appointments

Workshop
Paid Critiques - articles, personal experience stories, nonfiction book proposals, devotionals
One-on-One Appointments

Continuing Session - Powerful Writing through Abiding in the Vine (with Mark and Kathi Wilson)
Conference Chaplain with Mark & Kathi Wilson

Continuing session- Powerful Writing: Simply One of the Fruits of Abiding in the Vine
Conference Chaplains with Priscilla Williams