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The 2008 ACFW Conference Review

I just got back from the 2008 American Christian Fiction Writer’s conference, and my daughter Adele and I had a wonderful time.

The great thing is that we were able to be in the Twin Cities (MN) area, where I grew up and most of my extended family lives. Because of that, every time we had a few hours free we drove up to Brooklyn Park to visit my mother, who broke her foot the day before the conference. I consider it a privilege to have been able to help her out during this time.

Personally, I met with two agents, while my daughter met with three. I have one request for a proposal, and my daughter has two. This was excellent, especially considering three of those agents don’t generally represent fantasy.

But I find myself pausing.

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We’re Going To The ACFW Conference!

Well, after months of back and forth decisions on whether or not we were going to the fall ACFW Conference, it finally came down to finances.

The manuscript questions fell to the wayside with Marcus Goodyear and Randy Ingermanson’s encouragement that even a first draft is good enough to pitch.

But the money dried up and there was nothing for the conference, travel, or hotel. Nothing.

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DragonLight Review – Day 3 of 3

DragonLight By Donita K. Paul

I know. I know. Yesterday’s post was a bit hard. Maybe I should have mixed the bad with the good in my review of DragonLight, by Donita K. Paul.

Be that as it may, I did not. So here we are with all the good stuff!

But first, a commercial: Make sure you visit her website, and also check out the first four books in the DragonKeeper Chronicles:

DragonSpell
DragonQuest
DragonKnight
DragonFire
DragonSpell DragonQuest DragonKnight DragonFire

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