We’ve had an amazing ten months of existence as a State Chapter! Thank you for your participation. But let’s look to the future. And let’s change it up a bit.

Here’s a survey link to tell us when you’d prefer to meet. It’s a short two-question survey, text box-style, so you’re free to write comments.

Link for Meeting day and time preferences: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3QV9PJG

Chapter members are also voting on a new officers board for 2016. Those candidates are: Donna L.H. Smith for President, Robert McMurray for Vice President, and Carol Hamilton for Secretary. A treasurer will be named later.

Can you believe it! I can’t. Here I am at a writer’s retreat in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains outside of Asheville, North Carolina, and I’m thinking a little less than three weeks in the future when we have our Keystone Christian Fiction Writers Conference.

It’s going to be a fabulous day. Literary agents Joyce and her son Jim Hart, from Hartline Literary Agency, will be there taking appointments. Destiny Image, Whitaker House, and Storyline Publishing will also be taking appointments for consideration. In addition, Christine Whitaker of Whitaker House and Jonathan Nori of Destiny Image are presenting workshops.

A full list of workshops and presenters is available on this site under the Keystone tab. As Chapter President, I am thrilled that we’re hosting this conference and we believe we’ve put together a stellar slate of speakers on a variety of subjects in two tracks, writing craft, and marketing.

It’s not too late to sign up. Hope to see you there!

We’re excited to announce the addition of agent Joyce Hart and publisher Gloria O’Donnell to our line-up of guests for our panel discussion. They will also take appointments.

For more information on Joyce Hart, visit here. For information regarding Gloria O’Donnell visit here. Gloria founded Storyline Publishing.

For more information, visit the registration pages on this site at this link.  If you have questions regarding the appointments, please email  me at dlhswriter@windstream.net.

October will be a busy month for us! We look forward to seeing you at our conference at The Penn Stater (‘r’ not a typo) in State College on Saturday, November 7, from 9-5. We have a full day of great speakers and workshops, with the option of meeting with agents and publishers.

It’s summer, but we’re not takin’ a break, because we’re just getting started!

Thursday, June 25th, at 7:00 p.m., our very own vice president, Ralph Hueske, will give us a presentation on the basics of Scrivener, a popular writing program that helps organize material for novelists. Click to tweet.

If you haven’t received an invitation yet, please let Donna Smith, president, know, and we’ll make sure you get one.

Chapter members can attend free and also get the recording link the next day. The recordings are video and audio of the finest quality. We are pleased to present this service to you. If you are an ACFW member, you can attend the meeting and/or get the link by paying $5.00. Again, let Donna Smith know if you’re interested.

Looking ahead for the rest of 2015, we have online meetings scheduled with Dwight Kopp, historical author Sandra Byrd, suspense author DiAnn Mills, western historical author Mary Connealy, and a few other things up our sleeve that our members can enjoy and participate in. more details on those things coming later. Click to tweet.

Happy summer! We’ll see you next month.