From the President
New President Robin Miller invites you to come along. For what? Growth, learning, teaching, success—and did we mention growth?       More...

Tweakings: Buried Beneath the Midnight Blue
In Tweakings, Janice Thompson critiques Cynthia Hickey’s opening for her WIP, Buried Beneath the Midnight Blue. This month click on the extra link on the Tweakings page to read Cynthia’s original submission.       More...

My First Sale: Cheryl Wyatt
Cara Putman shares the details of Cheryl Wyatt’s first sale – to Steeple Hill’s Love Inspired line in, surprise!, My First Sale.       More...

Ask the Pro: Using Tone to Create Mood
Resident Seatbelt Suspenser and mood maven Brandilyn Collins divulges how to use tone to establish the picture perfect mood, in Ask the Pro. Submit your question for our Advisory Board members: ask@acfw.com.       More...

Let There be Lite!
In Let There be Lite! Ruth Logan Herne contemplates her third place showing in the “Keep Your Dreams Alive” contest.        More...

Genre City: Calm Cool & Adjusted
Hot reviews and cool reads.
Laura V. Hilton reviews Kristin Billerbeck’s Calm Cool & Adjusted, Book three of the Spa Girls series; Eileen Watson reviews Nikki Arana’s The Fragrance of Roses; and Stuart Stockton reviews Kathryn Mackel’s Trackers, Book Two of The Birthright Project.       More...

Genre City: The Fragrance of Roses
Hot reviews and cool reads.       More...

Genre City: Trackers
Hot reviews and cool reads.       More...

A Few Moments with: Janice Thompson
Kathleen Fuller spends A Few Moments With author, critiquer, and encourager Janice Thompson, who wrote her first novel in the sixth grade and her first screenplay when she was 19–and it was filmed!        More...

Market News
Melanie Dobson points out all the news you need to know about our publisher friends in Market News. What is Chip MacGregor’s vision? Find out here.
If you would like to include staff changes, guideline changes, the announcement of new fiction lines, awards, or other industry news in this section, please e-mail the information to melanie@melaniedobson.com.        More...