Guest blogger
David Rupert

I have been coming to the Colorado Christian Writers Conference off and on for about 20 years.

I work full-time for the government as a Corporate Communications manager, overseeing public relations, crisis communications, and executive communications. This isn’t really “Christian writing,” and yet I always pick up a skill at CCWC that I can use to improve my professional life.

On the side, I’ve engaged in Christian writing. I call myself a “hobbyist” writer. I’ve made a little bit of money, but most of my activity has been blogging about faith, the workplace, and culture. It’s kept my skills strong and my mind alive. I’ve made some money ghost-writing books for others and sold a few articles, but my writing is done mostly without compensation.

There is a perception that the Colorado Christian Writers Conference is only for those who are “full-time writers.”  And indeed, there are agents and editors and publishers at every turn, in every workshop and even at your dinner table. I want to assure you that there’s a place for you. As a non-professional, I’ve fit right in at CCWC. Every year I glean a new skill. I always make an attempt to attend one class that doesn’t interest me initially, but I still come away inspired intellectually and with one more tool in my box.

If you are a mom, tapping out words in the dark of night after the kids are asleep, you are a writer and CCWC is for you. 

If you are working in the marketplace, following a profession and yet your heart has a message that can only come out in words, you are a writer and CCWC is for you.

If you are retired and the years have given you both knowledge and wisdom to share, you are a writer and CCWC is for you. 

I’ll be teaching two workshops. The first is called, “The Rocks Cry Out,” and I’ll talk about how to engage the culture from right where you are with your words. The second is called, “Don’t Kill Your Writing.” I’ll give the four ways to destroy your writing life.

I hope to see you on the mountain.

David Rupert
Patheos Blogger
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davidrupert/
David@DavidRupert.com
Director, Writers on the Rock