Welcome to the Takeover Blitz for The Art of Writing 2024, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
Christian Fiction is my favorite genre. It provides entertainment and escape, along with inspiration and life lessons that all point to Jesus. I have been watching this conference and wanting to attend off and on for years. At the end of the writing conference, they hold The Christy Aware Gala. I adore the Christy Awards and look forward to finding new books and authors to check out each year.
This year some amazing authors are scheduled to participate in the conference If I was only able to mention one it would be Chris Fabry, and that is really enough said!! But others include Amanda Cox, Kelly Flanagan (whom I discovered due to the Christy Awards last year!)
About the Conference
The Art of Writing conference will be held on November 14 in Chicago at the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel & Conference Center, Chicago/Downers Grove. The focused four-session conference will bring together writers, storytellers, and publishing curators for training and connection. Hear from Christian publishers, agents, authors, and thought leaders on the Art of Writing for today’s market.
Session One: The Balance of the Art of Writing and the Business of Publishing
A panel of Christian fiction publishers and agents discuss market changes and current trends and address your most important questions with Tyndale Fiction publisher Karen Watson and agents Danielle Egan-Miller and Cynthia Ruchti.
Session Two: Processing Pain through Writing and Reading Christian Fiction
In a special LIVE Moody Radio conversation, author and host
Chris Fabry will lead a discussion of how pain helps writers process their lives and can help readers do the same with therapists turned authors
Amanda Cox and
Kelly Flanagan Session Three: Authors as Marketers: How to Build a Thriving Ecosystem
Join Andrea Garcia, senior marketing manager at Tyndale House Publishers, as she helps you navigate how to be an author-marketer, explains how your author channels can work together, and assures you that you can have fun spreading the word about your books.
Session Four: What Is Christian Fiction? Writing for a Broader Audience
As the retail landscape continues to evolve, has the audience for Christian fiction shrunk or broadened? Does that or should that change the way you write your novels? How much should you write with your audience in mind versus letting your creativity lead and find its own audience? A panelist of authors will cover these questions and more!
Learn More about The Art of Writing 2024
The Christy Award Finalists Reveal
Christian fiction fans are invited to register and watch the free webcast announcement of The Christy Award finalists in nine categories live on September 12 at 11 a.m. CST, featuring Christy Hall of Fame author
Chris Fabry and ECPA president
Jeff Crosby.
“With each passing year I am more aware of the power that stories have to communicate goodness, truth, beauty and hope in our world,” states ECPA president Jeff Crosby. “And because of that, I am honored to be associated with the annual Christy Gala which honors excellence in Christian fiction and the Art of Writing conference that nurtures the work of writers of faith and contributes tools as they refine their craft.”
The Christy Award® is a program of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) and is the foremost award honoring and promoting excellence in Christian fiction since 1999. For more information about ECPA, visit ECPA.org. For more information about the Christy Awards and Art of Writing conferences, visit ChristyAwards.com or email TheChristyAward@ecpa.org
Register Now for The Art of Writing & The Christy Award events
Tour Giveaway
(1) winner will receive their choice of The Art of Writing registration OR print copies of The Christy Award finalist titles for one category!
Full tour schedule linked below. The giveaway begins at midnight September 6, 2024 and will last through 11:59 PM EST on September 13, 2024. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.
Giveaway is subject to JustRead Publicity Tours Giveaway Policies.
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