“I hope someone else wins.” No, I wasn’t the one who said that gracious statement before the awards ceremony at ACFW. I wanted to win. But I didn’t think I would. It’s been so long since the awards ceremony–I had a 13-hr travel day home, then went straight into a temporary full-time substitute job–but I […]
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ACFW: The Final Day
By Christina Tarabochia on October 10, 2007 in ACFW, Brandilyn Collins, James Scott Bell, Jenness Walker, Pamela Griffin, Sharlene MacLaren, Susan Meissner, Wanda Dyson
The final morning, I lurched out of bed to turn off the alarm … and I was tired. (Notice that space before and after the ellipsis? Just one of my new skills developed from reading the The Christian Writer’s Manual of Style: Updated and Expanded Edition I won on Day 2!) We were planning on […]
ACFW: Day Three
By Christina Tarabochia on October 6, 2007 in ACFW, Brandilyn Collins, Camy Tang, Colleen Coble, James Scott Bell, Jennifer Griffith, John Olson, Kim Moore, Sandra Glahn, Susan Meissner, Tina Helmuth, Trish Perry
Apparently there are two kinds of conference attendees–the ones who either blogged real time during the conference and/or had all their pictures posted within a few days or the ones who dove into their WIP and can’t find time to breath, let alone blog. Oh, wait … then there’s me. I’m still plodding along, attempting […]
ACFW: The First Day (Lots of Pics)
By Christina Tarabochia on September 29, 2007 in ACFW, Deborah Raney, Jill Elizabeth Nelson, Meredith Efken, Ocianne Fleiss, Robin Jones Gunn, Susan Meissner, Susan Paige Davis, Tamara Alexander, Tricia Goyer, Wendy Lawton
Rebecca, Mom, and I arrived at the Marriott around 10:30. We quickly registered and checked our editor appointment schedules. Combined, we had only received two appointments. In years past, or if this had been our first conference, we might have panicked. Instead, we trusted God to place us where and with whom we needed to […]