2017 Daily Schedule

Can you believe it - the ACFW Conference is this week? That means the 10th annual At-Home Conference also starts this week!

This year there will be 22 lessons over four days -- that's amazing! I've looked at the lessons and have created the following schedule (each days' lessons will be emailed directly to you). Here's what you can expect:

Thursday, September 21
Create Your Characters the Hollywood Way - Part 1 by Jodie Bailey
FOCUS Your Writing Career Into a Daily Habit - Part 1 by Sara Foust
Operating a WordPress Blog - Part 1 by Amy Williams
Subplot Sanity by Amy Deardon
Building a Writing Career by Darlene Frankling
Tips for Impressing Agents & Editors by Katie Morford Phillips

Friday, September 22
Create Your Characters the Hollywood Way - Part 2 by Jodie Bailey
FOCUS Your Writing Career Into a Daily Habit - Part 2 by Sara Foust
Operating a WordPress Blog - Part 2 by Amy Williams
Bringing Your Setting to Life by Kelly Barr
Creating Picture Quotes/Memes by Terri Main
Self-editing for Fiction by Christi McGuire

Saturday, September 23
Create Your Characters the Hollywood Way - Part 3 by Jodie Bailey
FOCUS Your Writing Career Into a Daily Habit - Part 3 by Sara Foust
Operating a WordPress Blog - Part 3 by Amy Williams
Creating a Launch Team by Misty Beller
The Art of Description by Delia Latham

Sunday, September 24
Create Your Characters the Hollywood Way - Part 4 by Jodie Bailey
FOCUS Your Writing Career Into a Daily Habit - Part 4 by Sara Foust
Tips & Tricks to Working with Editors & Publishers by Deb Haggerty
Deep POV by Diana Sharples
Research Without Headaches with Sarah Sundin

Find Our Faculty on Facebook!

In this day and age, you don't need to wait for the At-Home Conference to Start before you get to know our faculty. You can find us on Facebook!

In fact, since all of our faculty are volunteering their time, won't you take a few minutes to support their platforms? Follow the links below to their Facebook pages and give 'em a like!

Jodie Bailey
Kelly Barr
Karin Beery
Misty Beller
Amy Deardon
Sara Foust
Darlene Franklin
Deb Haggerty, Elk Lake Publishing, Inc.
Delia Latham
Terri Main
Christi McGuire
Rondi Olson
Katie Phillips
Diana Sharples
Sarah Sundin
Amy Williams

2017 Classes - Check it Out!

Wow, wow, wow - it's already June, which means planning for the 2017 At-Home Conference has already begun! This year Rondi Olson is once again helping me keep everything organized (thank you!). We have an amazing line up of new and returning faculty this year, and they're presenting everything from fiction writing and editing tips to networking and social media advice. Here's what we have planned:

2017 At-Home Conference, Sept. 21-24, 2017

Characterization by Jodie Bailey
Bringing Your Setting to Life by Kelly Barr
Please, Stop Trying to be Creative! by Karin Beery
Creating a Launch Team by Misty Beller
Subplot Sanity by Amy Deardon
FOCUS Your Writing Career Into a Daily Habit by Sara Foust
Building a Career by Darlene Franklin
Tips and Tricks to Working with Editors and Publishers by Deb Haggerty
The Art of Description by Delia Latham
Creating Picture Quotes/Memes by Terri Main
Self-editing for Fiction by Christi McGuire
Tips for Impressing Agents/Editors by Katie Morford Phillips
Deep POV by Diana Sharples
Research Without Headaches by Sarah Sundin
Operating a Wordpress Blog by Amy Williams

In the next few weeks we'll be updating the other pages on the blog, so make sure to check back in. Until then, keep reading, keep writing, and keep editing!

Happy writing,
Karin and Rondi