{"id":361,"date":"2010-09-18T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-18T09:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/september-17-2010-day-1-for-acfw.html"},"modified":"2025-12-10T10:29:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:29:47","slug":"september-17-2010-day-1-for-acfw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/september-17-2010-day-1-for-acfw\/","title":{"rendered":"September 17, 2010 – Day 1 For ACFW"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>INTRODUCTION and CECELIA DOWDY’S BLIND DATE WITH A BOOK<\/a><\/p>\n

BLIND DATE WTIH A BOOK<\/a><\/p>\n

I arrived in Indianapolis yesterday and shared a ride with another ACFW member to the hotel. So far, the hotel has been somewhat nice, but I’ve noticed that I have to wait a LONG TIME for elevators and when you get on an elevator, it’s usually filled to capacity. I’ve run into LOTS of authors and I’m not sure if I can even attempt to list them all here. I did have a lot of conversations last night and my throat hurts from talking so much. I had lunch with ACFW member Dani Pettrey and my roommate Chandra Smith <\/a>. Lunch was great. There was a chef making pasta to order and I’d never had that before, and it was tasty. I ran into author Tracie Peterson <\/a>during lunch and it was great to see her! I hadn’t seen her in YEARS! She was instrumental in helping me to land my first and third book contract!<\/p>\n

After lunch, I had a long chat with author Ramona Cecil <\/a>about her historicals. We also talked a lot about writing for Barbour. I was then approached by author Jennifer Rogers Spinola<\/a> and we chatted for awhile and I gave her a copy of Chesapeake Weddings<\/u>.<\/p>\n

Praise and worship was awesome! I also was glad to see my former critique partner, Rose McCauley <\/a>receive her first publishing contract for a Christmas historical novella!!! \ud83d\ude42 The novella is being published by Barbour Publishing! Yea! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I talked to authors Pat Simmons <\/a>and I spoke with Vanessa Miller <\/a>about her novel, Long Time Coming<\/a>. It’s an emotional read that’ll bring tears to your eyes and I plan on posting a review later this year, closer to the released date of the novel.<\/p>\n

I went to my room for a few minutes and by the time I got to dinner, most of the over six hundred people attending this conference were already seated! I found a seat in the back next to Jim Rubart, author of Rooms<\/a>. Author Jenny Jones and Abington editor Barbara Scott were also at the table. I was able to talk to Barbara Scott about my writing and I was glad that I was able to do that.<\/p>\n

After dinner, I attended two late night chats. One was for Summerside Press<\/a>. Apparently, you need an agent to submit to them. It doesn’t appear that you can submit to them via conference appointment unless you have an agent. I do enjoy their books and I’ve reviewed a number of their titles on this blog. They’re still looking for unique settings for their Love Finds You Line and they’ve added a few lines to their house, too, and the two editors talked about that for a bit. I think these books have lovely covers, too!<\/p>\n

After the Summerside Press chat, I went to the Steeple Hill chat and afterwards spoke with editor Tina Columbo James. If you’re looking to submit someplace and you’re unagented and unpublished, I think SH would be a great place to submit, especially since they take unagented submissions and I’ve noticed they have a habit of granting contracts to new authors.<\/p>\n

During both the Summerside Press and Steeple Hill chats I had long conversations with a number of authors, but my fingers and getting a bit tired from typing and breakfast is coming up soon, and I don’t feel like trying to recall all the names of whom I spoke with after the chats! I know I talked to author Ginny Aiken for awhile and Merrilee Wren and Lynette Sowell.<\/p>\n

Author Michelle Sutton’s <\/a>chocolate party was great! I talked to a bunch of people here, too, including author Laurie Alice Eakes, Gail Sattler, Lena Nelson Dooley and a bunch of others! I saw Julie Lesssman, author of the hot and steamy inspirational Daughters of Boston series<\/a>, and that was a treat!<\/p>\n

I hope to post another blog entry later today or tomorrow! I did bring my camera with me, but, so far, I haven’t taken any pics! But, others have taken pics of me, so, when I can get ahold of some, I’ll post on the blog!<\/p>\n

INTRODUCTION and CECELIA DOWDY’S BLIND DATE WITH A BOOK<\/a><\/p>\n

BLIND DATE WTIH A BOOK<\/a><\/p>\n

~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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