Posts by Gina Conroy
Confession Time
If you’ve noticed, lately my Sunday post (which should be about something spiritual) have been empty in the faith department. It’s not that I’ve lost my faith, but I haven’t had anything really profound to share. After my year of intense searching and inner spiritual reflection during my season of not writing, it seems the…
Read MoreThe Dead Whisper On by H.L. Hines
Tony is the author of the acclaimed Waking Lazarus. He has been an advertising agency owner/principal, a trade amgazine editor, and now a novelist. He has been a professional writer for more than 15 years with articles appearing in publications as varied as Log Homes, Conservative Theological Journal, and Travel & Leisure. He is also…
Read MoreGetting Yourself Noticed Part II
Guest blogger, Camy Tang, the master of marketing oneself, is here to help us get ready for the ACFW conference in a couple of weeks. For Seniors: By this stage, you’ve met several agents/editors and feel comfortable talking with them. You don’t have that Oh-my-gosh-you’re-an-editor/agent look or I’m-naked-in-front-of-a-crowd look when you talk to them. This…
Read MoreSushi For One
This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Sushi for One? (Zondervan, September 1, 2007) by CAMY TANG ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Camy Tang is a member of CFBA and is a loud Asian chick who writes loud Asian chick-lit. She grew up in Hawaii, but now lives in San Jose, California, with her engineer…
Read MoreLearning the Craft
What better way to learn the craft of writing than to have it come straight to your inbox from some of the best in the field of publishing, writing and agenting. Here are some blogs I subscribe to and you might want to as well. Chip MacGregor, MacGregor Literary, Check out his post on Proposals…
Read MoreMotivating Talented Kids
Chris has always been a gifted singer. At an early age, I noticed he had a gift for singing and enrolled him in Kindermusik. His pitch and tone amazed me, especially since I can’t sing and always wanted to. At the age of 6 he would mimic the Lion King’s “I just can’t wait to…
Read MorePool Rock Climbing!
Do you think he made it to the top?
Read More14 Days…
I’ve got 14 days to get ready for ACFW which included cutting my 24 page synopsis down to 3 pages. ACK! I thought writing the synopsis was hard. This is even harder! And it’s only one thing on my list! So much to do, so little time!!! UPDATE: I’m down to 5 pages! Now I…
Read MoreGracie’s First Day of Kindergarten
Last Thursday was Grace’s first day of Kindergarten. The night before she woke up at 2 am and climbed in bed between me and hubby. She hadn’t done that in a couple of weeks or so. Then when she woke up she wasn’t hungry. I asked her if she was excited about kindergarten. She said,…
Read MoreCover Story
I have to tell you, I have been THRILLED about the process of working with Heartsong Presents on the cover for Canteen Dreams. Often as a writer, you will hear horror stories of authors who hated their covers, but there was nothing they could do about it. One agent told me that was a place…
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