NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN WRITERS ASSOCIATION

2025 Schedule for the Renewal Conference



8:30 AM - Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:30 AM - Main Session

    • Welcome to the Conference
    • Worship
    • Devotional
    • Panel - Agents andPublishers

10:45 AM - Break

11:00 AM - Continuing Class #1 & One-one One Appointments

    • Non-fiction Track with Janet McHenry
    • Fiction Track with Liz Tolzma
    • Children's Track with Leslie SantaMaria
    • Editing Track with Kathy Ide

12:00 PM - Lunch provided for conference attendees

12:45 PM - Workshop #1 & One-on-One Appointments

    • Author to Speaker - Neese
    • Publication Path - Balow
    • Microblogging - Custodio
    • Companion Products - Holtz

1:45 PM - Break

2:00 PM - Continuing Class #2 & One-on-One Appointments

    • Non-fiction Track with Janet McHenry
    • Fiction Track with Liz Tolzma
    • Children's Track with Leslie SantaMaria
    • Editing Track with Kathy Ide

3:00 PM - Break

3:15 PM - Workshop #2 & One-on-One Appointments

    • The Polished Script - McBee
    • Power of Story - Alsdorf
    • AI for Marketing - Tetzlaff
    • Publish & Promote Part 1 - Bonner

4:15 PM Break

4:30 PM - Workshop #3 & One-on-One Appointments

    • Writing Felt Need - Teigen
    • Marketing: Collaborate, Community, Connect - Tetzlaff
    • Writing for Guidepost - Smith
    • Publish & Promote Part 2 - Bonner

5:30 PM - Break

5:45 PM - Dinner Provided for conference attendees

6:45 PM - Main Session #2 (Guests are invited at no charge)

    • Comedy with Amberly Neese
    • Celebrating 35 Years of NCWA
    • Worship
    • Keynote - Carol Kent

8:30 PM - Dessert and Bookstore open with Author Signing

8:30 AM - Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM - Main session #3

  • Welcome
  • Worship
  • Logos Bible Software
  • Panel - Marketing
10:15 AM - Break

    10:30 AM - Continuing Class #3 One-on-One Appointments

      • Non-fiction Track with Janet McHenry
      • Fiction Track with Liz Tolzma
      • Children's Track with Leslie SantaMaria
      • Editing Track with Kathy Ide

    11:30 AM Break

    11:45 AM - Workshop #4 & One-on-One Appointments 

      • Relaunch Your Book - Holtz
      • Getting and Working with an Agent - Anderson
      • Signature Talk - Kent
      • Anatomy of a Scene - Fleiss

    12:45 PM - Lunch provided for conference attendees

    1:30 PM - Workshop #5 & One-on-One Appointments

      • Overcoming Writers Block - Tetzlaff
      • Effective Proposals - Balow
      • Create Suspense/Tension - McBee
      • Logos Bible Research - Lindsey

    2:30 PM Break

    2:45PM - Final Session

      • Panel - Next Steps
      • Worship
      • Keynote by Debbie Alsdorf
      • Closing
    4:00 PM - Dismiss

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