September 26-27, 2008
 

Providence Renewal Centre
Edmonton • Alberta • CANADA

2008 Feature Speaker –
JANE KIRKPATRICK

Until we find the meaning in the stories of our lives,
we’re destined to wander in a wilderness
Even though we’re in a promised land.

Inspiration is defined as a heightened sense of awareness and “the act of breathing in.” Jane hopes to bring us both inspiration and encouragement. Through her blend of humor and story, we look forward to her participation in our Fall Conference.

More information about Jane Kirkpatrick

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General Comments

• My first conference – enjoyed the speaker and found the workshops very helpful. Book table was a highlight.

• Thank you – very well planned and organized conference

• Thanks for all the time and effort put into organizing

• Thanks for a great conference – the first of many for me I hope

• My first conference and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting other writers and learning from the workshop facilitators and Angela. Thank you!

• Thank you for inviting Angela – a big name author is a big drawing card.

• Have more contest entries read by writer or by someone asked to read them.

• Thank you for caring for your lambs – you are all much appreciated!

• God encouraged and challenged me through this conference – thanks

• As always, well organized – only problem was trying to pick the workshops – thanks for all the hard work.

• A worthwhile conference – thanks.

• So appreciated the spiritual content of the conference – good balance with teaching the skills.

ANGELA HUNT

Friday Night, Keynote address
– loved her; really great
– needed to hear it; wit and wisdom appreciated; exceptional, captivating speaker; different than I expected, but applicable universally; challenging and encouraging; upbeat
– just what we needed that night; wonderful comedic timing and very insightful; excellent
– she took the powerful truth of our calling and brought it down to a practical level; best I’ve heard; she demonstrated the point she made re: enclosing truth in entertaining package; amazing considering the fatigue she must have been feeling; blessed by the way she made herself one of us, instead of a “classy author”; presentation was inspired
– putting the Lord 1st, not striving to realize our dreams. The pajamas and hair - priceless!
– real and relevant;
– the Lord emphasized truth he has been teaching me prior to the conference – and I loved the PJ’s
– a bit different than expected, but she laid a good groundwork for our purpose as writers

Saturday Plenary
– enjoyed down to earth style; a good word
– needed to hear it; interesting and deep
– will take a while to work through these ideas; one of best I’ve ever been to
– excellent!; good to hear someone address our spiritual lives as well as craft; relevant; very valuable; appreciate her clarity of thought and expression; got a new sense of God’s sovereignty; way she wove spiritual message in was wonderful
– shows how she went through the trying time to get here with grace and faith that God is in control; exactly what I needed to hear this weekend
– God is sovereign in my life - follow the Lord not the dream; didn’t agree with her theology but presentation was still excellent; well prepared speaker able to speak on a personal and interactive level

Fiction Writing Workshop
– Comments pretty basic but still helpful; practical, proven and passionate
– I feel more capable now, loved the plot skeleton
– gave me great ideas; very informative, loved the plot skeleton
– really good; excellent practical suggestions and discussion, encouraging
– best session for me this year; lots of practical advice and funny
– thanks for coming; learned a lot
– now know how to write my novel; learned lots I didn’t know; very helpful, helped me focus and become enthusiastic about my idea; plot skeleton was awesome; practical and visual

Closing Session

– she is encouraging and personal
– thought provoking
– challenging and inspiring
– well done

– great way to end; exceptional
– can we get a transcript?
– so vital for our writing, thank you
 

Devotional Writing Workshop

MARCIA LAYCOCK

– good tips, exercises valuable, market ideas good, encouraging
– I really enjoyed the workshop
– Marcia has a wealth of knowledge & experience that she shares well
– a little humor would lighten it a bit, but great stuff
– great mixture of helpful teaching, exercises and sharing
– on time, focused, walked her talk!
– learned a lot; very encouraging and affirming

Poetry Workshop (2 sessions)
 

VIOLET NESDOLY

– Much of it was known to me, but well presented
– very interesting
– well done
– helpful handouts
– good ideas for triggering a poem
– very good, gained lots of new ideas for writing poetry
– very practical – immediately useful
– learned a lot that will help my poetry greatly
– knows her stuff and presented it in an understandable way
– got a lot of practical strategies from her
– wonderful workshop
– well presented; liked the participation part
  

Creative Nonfiction Workshop (2 sessions)
 

PAUL HAWRYLUK

– material good but basic
– really benefited from the practical writing exercises
– he presented an intelligent, well researched and fun workshop
– very informative and helpful
– very helpful; very good – would like to take a course from him
– quite basic but did gain some new techniques
– practical info. handouts were very small print
– found it a bit disorganized but good.
 

Our Fall Contest will open about June 2008. All writers can send their submissions. Information is on our Fall Contest page.

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