Events

Conferences, Retreats, Book Signings & More!

Please join us at any or all of the events listed below.

Featuring Susan May Warren
RITA Award Winning Novelist and Writing Coach

Saturday, November 13th, 2010—8:30 am - 4 pm
Registration check-in and continental breakfast begin at 8:30 am, seminar begins at 9

Graystone Castle Event Center
(formerly Radisson Graystone Castle)
I-25 & 120th Avenue
Thornton, Colorado

Have you always wanted to write a story but didn’t know where to start? If so, the Storycrafter's Seminar is for you! RITA Award-winning author and writing coach Susan May Warren will teach you story structure, go step-by-step in the character creation and plotting process, then show you how to apply it to your story. She’ll brainstorm your idea, share essential secrets of storytelling, and finally, you'll take home a plan that will act as a map for your novel. With time for writing, as well as learning, it’s a day for writers of all levels that will jumpstart your novel onto the road to publication.

Speaker

Susan May Warren is the RITA award-winning author of twenty-five novels with Tyndale, Barbour and Steeple Hill. A RITA winner, as well as a four-time Christy award finalist, she’s also a multi-winner of the Inspirational Readers Choice award, and the ACFW Book of the Year. A seasoned women’s events speaker, she’s a popular writing teacher at conferences around the nation and the author of the beginning writer’s workbook: From the Inside-Out: discover, create and publish the novel in you!. She is also the founder of www.MyBookTherapy.com, a story-crafting service that helps authors discover their voice. A full listing of her titles, reviews and awards can be found at www.susanmaywarren.com.

Registration

Early-bird registration is $89 from July 1st – September 30, 2010. Registration is open to both ACFW members and non-members. Those who register by September 30th will be entered into a drawing to receive a $50 cash refund on their registration fee. One winner will be chosen. Drawing to be held on day of seminar.

Prices will increase to $109 October 1st, so register early! Registration ends November 1, 2010.

The event will be held in Thornton, Colorado, 12 miles north of downtown Denver and 30 minutes from the airport, in the Graystone Castle Event Center (formerly Radisson Graystone Castle). Admission to the event includes:

• Storycrafter's workbook
• Continental breakfast
• Deli lunch buffet

(ACFW members, please enter discount code "ACFW" to receive a 5% discount. Membership must be current. Discount available for early-bird registration only.)

The Storycrafter’s Seminar is sponsored by ACFW Denver North (HIS Writers). For questions contact Paula Moldenhauer at paula@soulscents.us.

EVENT CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY:Cancellations made between July 1, 2010 and September 30, 2010 will be subject to a $10 cancellation fee. Cancellations made between October 1, 2010 and November 1, 2010 will be subject to a $50 cancellation fee.No refunds will be made after November 1, 2010.

Annual ACFW National Writing Conference

Friday-Monday, September 17-20, 2010

Indianapolis, Indiana
Visit www.acfw.com/conference for more information

3rd Annual Peak Writing Conference

Saturday, February 5, 2011
8:00am - 4:00pm

Location: To Be Announced

*Registration Details below

Speakers:

Karen Ball - Karen Ball has always loved stories. She considers it a gift that for the last twenty-five-plus years she's been able, both as an author and an editor, to use that love to bring wonderful novels to readers. Currently the Senior Acquisitions Editor for B&H Publishing Group, Karen learned her craft while heading up fiction for Tyndale House Publishers, Multnomah Publishers, and Zondervan. She loves the synergy of editing, and the chance to come alongside authors and help them craft the very best novels they can. "My job as an editor is to come alongside the author and serve. And I love that!" Another inexplicable blessing is the fact that she's been allowed to work with a number of notable authors, including Francine Rivers, Karen Kingsbury, Gilbert Morris, Liz Curtis Higgs, Angela Elwell Hunt, Robin Jones Gunn, Terri Blackstock, Lt. Col. Oliver North, and Lori Copeland. Readers regularly call Karen's writing powerful, uplifting, and fun. She writes from her home in Oregon, where she lives with her husband, Don, and their two "kids": Dasha, a mischievous 4-month-old Siberian husky, and Dakota, an Aussie-Terrier mix that should have been named Psycho. Next to working with words, Karen's greatest joys are playing with her dogs, laughing, savoring nature and wildlife, and finding wonder in everyday life.

Andrea Heineke - Andrea brings a broad publishing background to every project she represents, having worked as an editor, marketer, and agent, with award-winning and best-selling authors of both fiction and nonfiction adult, youth, and children’s books. Her love for the written word began early in life, and took her to Seattle Pacific University where she majored in English, studied Literature in London, and wrote for the University’s newspaper. Andrea started her career as a literary agent, where she contracted over 30 books with major publishers. She went on to work at NavPress, first as a publicist, where she directed and implemented publicity plans for the publisher, including release events, author signings, media appearances, and trade shows, and later as an editor, where she helped develop a new line of books targeting college students. Andrea was recently an acquisitions editor at David C. Cook, where she acquired dozens of book titles, including a Christy award winner, and a book that Publisher’s Weekly, deemed one of the best books published in 2008. Andrea is married to Matt Heinecke, the Instrumental Music Director at Coronado High School. In her free time, Andrea enjoys driving her red Jeep Wrangler, traveling, reading, hiking, and skiing. 

*REGISTRATION (opening later this summer)

AUTHORS!

If you are an author who will be attending and wish to sell books at this conference, please download and print the Book Selling Consigment Agreement and Book Table Inventory Form. Complete the required information, then mail your forms to the above address along with your registration form.

4th Annual ACFW Colorado Retreat

Friday-Saturday, April 8-9, 2011
Denver, Colorado

Speaker: Cec Murphey - NY Times bestselling author and international speaker Cecil (Cec) Murphey—The Man Behind the Words—is the author or co-author of more than one hundred books, including the bestseller 90 Minutes in Heaven (with Don Piper). His books have sold millions and have been translated into nearly 40 languages. His newest book, "Christmas Miracles," released in October 2009, and "When God Turned Off the Lights," released in August 2009. Cecil has also written hundreds of articles that have appeared in a variety of publications. His passion is to stimulate people's minds and nourish their souls. Since 1984, he has been using his writing and speaking to help him accomplish those goals.

Topic: TBD

Details coming soon!