Make Plans Now to Attend the Colorado Christian Writers Conference



Elk near the Colorado Christian Writers Conference

 It's not too late! The Colorado Christian Writers Conference starts one week from today, and it's not too late for you to make plans to attend.

If you've ever wanted to write books for the Christian market, or write Christian-themed books for the general market, or write for Christian magazines, you can learn what you need to know at the Colorado Christian Writers Conference. Launch your career, or further your career. Or simply fulfill your ministry on the side of your current career. It's all here.

This year there will be continuing sessions on all these topics:

• Reaching the Hearts of Your Readers by Ken Gire
• How to Get Published by Tim Shoemaker
• Suspense Novels & Screenplays by Bill Myers
• Fiction for Women by Gayle Roper
• Obscure No More by Thomas Umstattd Jr.
• Inspiration and Perspiration by Dina Sleiman
• Nonfiction Books by Kim Bangs
• Pixels to Profits by Brian Schwartz

In addition to all those, there are stand-alone workshops on many other topics, including the writer's life, the writing craft, writing fiction, writing nonfiction, publishing, and marketing.

I will be teaching two earlybird workshops on Wednesday, May 15. My workshops are:

• Beginning Screenwriting
• How to Shape Your Story for the Screen

I will also be representing my publisher Pix-N-Pens and Write Integrity Press, looking for manscripts for this publisher to consider.

Are you, or do you have, a teenager? Be sure to check out Teens Write, a special segment on Saturday especially for young people. I'll be sitting on the panel Saturday afternoon to talk about screenwriting.

You can network with other writers and authors, and make appointments with editors and publishers.

Still, in my opinion, the best value for your dollar. So sign up now! Register here.

Your lodging includes your meals. Make your reservation here.

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I hope to see you next week at the Colorado Christian Writers Conference!

I'm a Semifinalist in the Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays!

Wow. Remember that screenwriting thing I was doing? Went to the Act One Program a couple years ago and stuff? I'm still plugging along on that and guess what. The screenplay I wrote last year and entered in the Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays competition is a semifinalist!

My screenplay is titled Daemon. You can see my name on the list at Kairos Prize. There are 55 semifinalists this year. Last year there were 60.

Finalists will be announced at the beginning of February on the web site, so I'm guessing that will be early next week. I'm not sure how many finalists there will be. Last year there were twelve.

Winners will be awarded at the 21st Annual MOVIEGUIDE® Awards and Report to the Entertainment Industry on February 15th, 2013, in Los Angeles.

Can you believe it? My head is still spinning. Pinching myself to make sure it is real. I'm not sure. Maybe I've been sucked into some crazy movie from Hollywood. I wonder what's going to happens next...

NEWS! Dianne's Script Makes Semifinalist List at the Kairos Prize for Spriritually Uplifting Screenplays

Incredible news! I'm so very pleased to announce that my entry into the Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays has made the semifinalist list!

You can see the Semi-Finalist list for the 8th annual Kairos Prize.

Finalists will be announced at the beginning of February on the web site, so we can check back at the beginning of February for further information.

Winners will be awarded at the 21st Annual MOVIEGUIDE® Awards and Report to the Entertainment Industry on February 15th, 2013, in Los Angeles.

Wow! Wow! Wow! This is huge.