Write His Answer

I know God is going to meet us on the mountain! It’s not too late to register and to reserve a room at the YMCA Estes Park Center. Where else can you open your curtains in the morning and see this?

Comfortable rooms with private baths are still available. Request roommate matching and your cost per night (including meals) can be as little as $57 a night. Click here for info.

Keep in mind that after April 11 the registration fee increases. Click here for secure online registration.

April 11 is also the deadline for applications for our hands-on clinics.

Photojournalism Clinic

Give your writing a WOW factor by offering top-notch photos with your articles and stories. This hands-on class will cover the step-by-step process of making great photos, writing articles, and merging them for publication. We’ll cover composition, lighting, subject matter, equipment, editing software and specs for independent book covers and inside photos. We’ll discuss greeting cards, special products, affordable POD opportunities, website appeal, finding a niche, marketing, submission of photos and writing, editing of photos for more appeal, and we’ll do some creative brainstorming. The instructor, Sandy Cathcart, has published hundreds of articles and over a thousand photos with regional and national publications, both in the Christian and general markets.

Speaker’s Clinic

Every writer needs to be a speaker, too. If you’ve been avoiding the challenge to begin the speaking part of your ministry or need to improve what you’re already doing, this is the clinic for you. KPOF radio personality Roy Hanschke will help you 1) discover your ministry focus and how to talk about it (power statements), 2) organize one of your talks to maximize time and effectiveness (message development), 3) present your talk with power and pizzazz (voice personality), and 4) market your message through radio (media mania). You’ll have an opportunity to test what you learn and receive helpful evaluation from Roy and your peers.

Nonfiction Book Proposal Clinic

Cindy Lambert, a veteran of the publishing industry, will lead a group of six authors in critiquing one another’s proposals, then spend the conference improving and fine-tuning them. She will also have a one-on-one 30-minute appointment with each participant.

Proposal-writing classes have always left me feeling a bit bewildered. Each instructor had their own, different list of “musts,” “do’s,” and “don’ts.”  The fog lifted for me after working with Cindy Lambert at CCWC. A delightful and caring mentor, I would have enjoyed her class under any circumstances. But as a teacher Cindy really zeroed in on: WHAT we needed to include in our proposal, WHY that information was important to an Acquisitions Editor, WHERE each section should be shown for optimum effect, HOW to dig deeply to uncover what made our writing stand out in a crowd, and, maybe most importantly, WHO are our readers?  It took my understanding of writing and publishing to a whole new level. – Lori Hynson

Fiction Intensive

If you are serious about studying the craft of fiction and working toward the goal of publication, or maybe if you’ve been published and need to freshen up and polish your work – the Fiction Intensive with award-winning, best-selling author Kim Woodhouse is for you.

In a close-knit, family-type atmosphere, we gather around the table and dig deep into the manuscripts. Would you like to write tighter? Learn Deep POV? Understand the ins and outs of what makes great fiction? Catch an agent or editor’s attention? Come join us for a time of learning, laughter, and you guessed it – intensive challenge – to bring your work to the very best it can be for the glory of the Lord.

I took a Fiction Intensive from Kim eight months ago. It was hard and she made me work my ‘tail’ off, but I now have an agent and have an offer from a traditional publisher! – Sally S.

I urge fiction writers to take the Fiction Intensive with Kimberley Woodhouse. I’ve long worked with Kim and have learned a great deal from her. I know her teaching will benefit writers at all levels, but especially new writers who are eager to take their writing from good to great!” – Tracie Peterson – best-selling author  of 100+ books

Don’t forget! The deadline for applying for a clinic is April 11. And the cost of the conference increases April 12.

Praying that I’ll see you on the mountain!