“Catch The Wave” Writers Conference
August 23-25, 2012
A truly top-notch conference and a great value!
The Catch the Wave conference has the best of all worlds for a Christian writers conference. Strong teaching from leaders in the industry in a beautiful Atlanta location, and all for a reasonable price.
The Lodge at Simpsonwood
A first-class retreat and conference center rated number 1 in Gwinnett County, GA.
For directions and more information, visit simpsonwood.org.
Walk-ins and on-site accommodations are available. The price of the conference includes lodging, meals, keynote speakers, workshops, and evening critique sessions. Daily rates are also available for single day and/or local attendees.
See below for registration and pricing information.
Featured Speakers:
Lynette Eason – Author
Best-selling award-winning author Lynette Eason has written/contracted twenty-three novels, several of which have hit the CBA best-seller list. Lynette writes for Harlequin’s Love Inspired Suspense line and Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group. Lynette is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) and Romance Writers of America (RWA). She and her husband and their two children make their home in South Carolina.
www.lynetteeason.com
www.infinitesuspensefromlynetteeason.blogspot.com
www.craftieladiesofromance.blogspot.com
Lin Johnson – Editor / Author
Lin Johnson is managing editor of Christian Communicator, Advanced Christian Writer, and Church Libraries; author of more than 70 books, with a specialization in Bible curriculum; a Gold Medallion Book Award and an EPA Higher Goals award recipient; and adjunct professor of writing at Taylor University. She also directs the Write-to-Publish Conference in the Chicago area and teaches at writers’ conferences across the country and internationally. Click here to read more about Lin.
Tiffany Colter – Writing Coach
Tiffany is a freelance writer for Today’s Christian, Charisma Magazine, Toledo Business Journal, quarterly features for Afictionado E-zine and a monthly column “Ask Your Writing Career Coach” in Suspense Magazine. She served as coordinator of The Master Seminars for Chip MacGregor, and serves as a judge for multiple writing contests. In 2007 she won the Daphne du Maurier award. Tiffany travels, speaks, and teaches business, marketing, time management, and runs online classes. Read more about Tiffany by clicking here.
Les Stobbe, Literary Agent
Executive Editor of the Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild, Les Stobbe was founding editor of the Mennonite Observer, served as editor at Christian Life Publications, editorial director of Cambridge Publishers (business magazines), Moody Press Books, Christian Herald Books and Book Clubs, and Here’s Life Publishers Ltd., as managing editor of curriculum for Scripture Press and as editor of Christian Education Journal. For seven years he served as president of Here’s Life Publishers. From 1996 to 2001 Les served as Vice President of Communications at Vision New England in Acton, MA. He is author or co-author of 14 books and has written more than 700 published articles—and currently keeps his days filled as mentor, article writer, and literary agent. Read more about Les by clicking here.
Mary Lou Redding- Editor/Author
In her current role as Editorial Director for The Upper Room magazine, Mary Lou is responsible for surpervising, editing, production, and manuscript distribution of the bimonthly magazine with a circulation of 4.6 million copies in 100+ countries and 39 languages. She has authored six books including Breaking and Mending: Divorce and God’s Grace and Meeting God in Scripture Mary Lou has served on the boards of several religious magazine publications. She is the past president of the Associated Church Press, a group of nearly 200 religious periodicals, and the recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award from the National Educational Press for her children’s story Prisoners of War. CAG welcomes Mary Lou.
Fay Lamb – Acquisitions Editor
Fay has several important jobs with ACFW, American Christian Fiction Writers, and she has a new book coming out. She also loves to work with and encourage other writers. Visit her website at www.faylamb.com. Faye is accepting submissions for Pelican Group Books during the conference. For writing guidelines, click here.
Andy Overett – Acquisitions Editor
Based right here in Atlanta, Lighthouse Christian Publications has been serving a remarkable selection of books in a variety of genres. To read more about this veteran publisher including submission guidelines, click here
Conference Pricing :
Room: (Price includes room for two nights, kick off dinner, food, snacks, and conference fee.)
single: $470 (members $435)
double: $400. (members $365)
triple: $300 (members $285)
quad: $275 (members $ 250)
Day attendance:
A. Thursday Kick-off dinner $30.
B. Friday only $130 (includes breakfast, lunch, snack, all day classes)
C. Friday and Saturday (breakfast, lunch, snack, all day classes both days.) $240.
D. Saturday only $130 (includes breakfast, lunch, snack, all day classes)
Application:
Click on the link for the 2012 Conference Application
Download and return your completed application via email to conference@christianauthorsguild.org
or mail to: Christian Authors Guild, P.O. Box 2673, Woodstock, GA 30188
Payment may be accepted by check or on-line via PayPal. See Payment page
Scholarship information:
Thanks to the generosity of Cec Murphy, a scholarship will be awarded based on the need and motivation of the writer.
Please complete this Cec Murphey Scholarship by June 1st and return it via email to conference@christianauthorsguild.org
