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Start Time: Friday, April 23, 2010 at 6:30pm
End Time: Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 6:00pm
Location: Camp Eden
Street: 11583 Camp Eden Rd
City/Town: Golden, CO

Description:
Join us for a weekend designed for encouragement, refreshment, fellowship, as we take an in-depth look into the Word of God and how we can be prepared to write His answer—to Christians and non-Christians, through fiction or nonfiction. Through Bible study and prayer times we will explore what God has to say about His Word and its relevance to us today.

Speaker: Margie Vawter
Topic: Prepared to Give His Answer

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REGISTRATION INFORMATION

There will be three registration options this year:

Option #1 – Overnight at Camp Eden. $55 members/$60 non-members
Option #2 – Overnight at Eldora Lodge*. $65 members/$70 non-members
Option #3 – No overnight. $25 members/$30 non-members

Registration begins February 5th and ends March 31st.

Registration deadline for Option #2 is February 28th, with a non-refundable deposit of $10 due at time of registration and the balance due by March 31st.

Late registration (April 1st-21st): Add $5 to Option #1 and #3 (late registration is not available for Option #2).

You may register online, by mail, or at your local ACFW Colorado meeting.

To register online, go to www.acfwcolorado.com/events and click on the online registration link. ACFW Colorado accepts PayPal.

To register by mail, go to www.acfwcolorado.com/events and click on the mail-in registration link. Download the form, print it off and mail it, along with a check made payable to
HIS Writers
PO Box 19741,
Denver CO 80219.

Brochure with complete details can also be downloaded at the above website.

The retreat is open to ACFW members and non-members.

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Camp Eden is located off CO Hwy 72 in Coal Creek Canyon in the Roosevelt National Forest.

Eldora Lodge is located about 1/4 mile west of the Camp Eden Rd turnoff. To view the lodge go to www.eldoralodge.com.

Second Annual Peak Writing Conference here in Colorado. Last year’s was a huge success and help to many. Below are the descriptions of the three workshops as well as the bios on our incredible speakers this year – Erin Healy, Rachelle Gardener, and Colleen Coble.

The conference is an all-day event and will be held on Feb. 27 in North Colorado Springs, food is provided, there will be a booksigning, and Q&A time.

For more information, please visit: http://acfwcolorado.com/events.html
Make sure you check out the Early Bird price before Jan. 31!

Self-Editing for Novelists
You’ve read Browne and King and mastered many important details of fiction writing: pure points of view, snappy dialog, showing like a movie screen. Now go deeper by learning how to ask the questions that probe the very heart of your novel—plot, character, theme, pace, and originality. Having sat in both the editor’s and writer’s chairs, Erin can teach you how to self-edit what matters most before you shop your novel in this highly competitive industry.

Erin Healy is co-author with Ted Dekker of Kiss and Burn and has been editing novelists such as Colleen Coble, Melody Carlson, Lisa Samson, James Scott Bell, Jane Kirkpatrick and many others for more than a decade. Her first solo novel, Never Let You Go, comes out from Thomas Nelson in April 2010. Erin lives in Colorado Springs with her husband and two children.

Grab an Agent’s Attention from the Very First Line
The opening page of a novel can determine whether a reader will turn the page or put the book down. It can also determine whether an agent or editor will read any further, making the difference between being published—or not. In this workshop, we’ll look at opening paragraphs from successful and critically acclaimed books, identifying exactly what makes them powerful. We’ll discuss specific techniques for creating captivating opening lines, including an in-depth examination of the Writer’s Voice—what it is, and why it’s so important. Please bring the opening page of your own novel for class interaction.

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Rachelle Gardner is an agent with WordServe Literary and works with both fiction and non-fiction authors. In the last two years she’s sold books to Zondervan, Bethany House, Baker Books, David C. Cook, Guideposts, Harvest House and others. Prior to being an agent, she spent many years as an editor and writer. She lives in Colorado with her firefighter husband, two daughters, and lovable yellow lab.

The Joy of Revisions: Yes that’s right – JOY. There’s something magic about revisions. The right ones can take your novel to a whole new level. Best-selling author Colleen Coble will discuss how to tackle those big revisions and put the unexpected into your story.

Colleen Coble is the best-selling author of twenty-seven novels and nine novellas. She is CEO of American Christian Fiction Writers and has won the ACFW Mentor of the Year award twice. Her books have won or finaled in numerous contests including RWA’s Rita award, the Holt Medallion, the ACFW Book of the Year, Booksellers Best, the Daphne du Maurier, and the National Readers’ Choice Award.
Visit her website at www.colleencoble.com.

Date: Friday, December 4, 2009
Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm
Location: Dazbog Coffee Shop
Street: 1050 West 104th Avenue
City/Town: Northglenn, CO

Shop for the holidays by buying a signed book from one of our 15 ACFW authors, or stock up on your favorite books or other media for killer prices at our Used Book and Media Sale.

FRIDAY book signing schedule is as follows:

9 – 11am – WOMEN’S FICTION
· Megan DiMaria (“Out of Her Hands”)
· Alison Strobel Morrow (“Violette Between”)

11am- 1pm – ROMANCE
· Kathleen Kovach (“God Gave the Song”)
· Amber Stockton (“Patterns and Progress”)

1 – 3pm – FANTASY/SPECULATIVE/SUPERNATURALl
· Donita K. Paul (“The Vanishing Sculptor”)
· Stuart Stockton (“Starfire”)
· Nancy Wentz (“Cursebreaker”)

SATURDAY book signing schedule is as follows:

9 – 11am – NON-FICTION
· Candee Fick (“Pigskin Parables”)
· Patrick and Donna Schlachter (“Quiet Moments Alone with God”)
· Kim Woodhouse (“Welcome Home: Our Family’s Journey to Extreme Joy”)

11am- 1pm – MILITARY AND POLITICAL SAGAS
· Mike Angley (“The Child Finder Triology”)
· Erin Rainwater (“True Colors”)
· Steve Wright (“Off Road”)

1 – 3pm – ROMANCE
· Mary Davis (“Cascades”)
· Debra Ullrick (“Déjà Vu”)

All author books available for purchase.

For information on the authors and the books they will be signing, visit www.acfwcolorado.com/events.html.

Event is sponsored by HIS Writers, Denver North Chapter of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW)