Events for Christian Writers at Mount Hermon

Headstart Mentoring Clinic, March 23-26, 2010

Christian Writers Conference, March 26-31, 2010

 

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For 40 years Mount Hermon has created a one-of-a-kind laboratory for training writers at every skill level, from unpublished to professional, and has become the only place that offers help to writers for three phases of their careers.

 

We offer you:

 

1) Head Start Mentoring Clinic: Immediately before the Writers Conference, beginning and unpublished writers can experience one-on-one mentoring, and small group critiquing, with 100 percent takeaway.

 

2) Writers Conference: On the heels of the Head Start Mentoring Clinic is our annual Writers Conference for all levels of writing proficiency, providing professional instruction in the craft of writing, editing and more. An imentoring track is included, with personalized attention for the intermediate writer who knows where he/she wants to go.

 

3) Career Track provides seasoned, published, veteran authors new motivation and challenges.

 

Compare our experience and know-how. Mount Hermon’s record of customer satisfaction is unsurpassed—40 years of timely conferences and over 7,000 participants from some 40 states and several foreign countries clearly attest to our ability to deliver what we promise. Our customer satisfaction rate speaks for itself!
 
All registrants receive a free manuscript critique service that would cost $25 to $50 per manuscript at other conferences. Hands-on suggestions by people in the industry can really make a difference for writers at any stage of their careers. One-on-one manuscript reviews continue all five days.
 
We continually research the latest trends in writing and seek out the foremost experts. Our programs have proven themselves, time and time again, as effective tools in helping Christian writers. We hear from many each year crediting this conference with the effective start of their writing careers. And many publishers and editors encourage writers to attend our conference.
 
Come and spend Palm Sunday weekend with us. You’ll soon discover why Mount Hermon has earned the reputation as the premier Christian writer’s conference in the nation.

 

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Head-Start Mentoring Clinic

(immediately before the Writers Conference) March 24-26, 2010

 

Need help with a manuscript in progress? Then the Head-Start Mentoring Clinic could be just the ticket! Come two days before Writers Conference and benefit from a one-on-one relationship with experts in fiction or nonfiction. You’ll meet with a maximum of eight other students and a professional mentor for the two days and get tangible hands-on help with your writing project. Why not stay on for the Writers Conference immediately following, for a full week of instruction? Application and sample writing required for acceptance. Send to Karen@KarenOconnor.com, facilitator.  See pdf Folder for application requirements.

 

Note: The mentoring tracks in the main conference (April 3-7) are limited to intermediate or advanced writers. Beginning writers must take the Head-Start Clinic.

 

Christian Writers Conference

March 26-31, 2010

 

Keynote Speaker

 

Charlie Peacock may be best known for his creativity as a singer-songwriter, pianist, record producer, but in addition to his successful music career, he is a published author, speaker and noted expert at the intersection of Christianity and the Arts.

 

Charlie's writing includes the discipleship book, New Way to Be Human, and his analysis of Christian music, At The Crossroads, both published by Waterbrook Press/Random House. As a columnist, Charlie has writtten for CCM, Christian Musician, and Worshipper Magazines, with articles in ByFaith, Prism, and Re:generation Quarterly. He has also been cited in First Things, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, Mix, Electronic Musician, Keyboard Magazine, Billboard, CCM, Melody Maker, Details, Publishers Weekly, Paste, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and others.

 

Sara Groves: "I like a lot of things about Charlie Peacock, but my favorite thing is his joy. It pours out into his music, production, writing and friendships. He is preoccupied with the Kingdom, how it works, and how it is meant to come to us, and because of this, his books, his music and his life are full of fruit and clues about kingdom living."

 

Denis D. Haack, Ransom Fellowship, editor of Critique: "Few people have the necessary gifts to communicate wonder in both music and words, and Charlie Peacock is one of those rare artists. In both the poetry of his lyrics and the thoughtful prose of his books, he asks just the right questions so that we see more deeply. Those hungry to be fully human will gravitate to New Way to Be Human, not because Charlie is clever (though he is), but because his heart and imagination is aflame with The Story that brings both grace and hope in our fragmented world."

 

Charlie and his wife, author Andi Ashworth, co-founded Art House America in 1990 -- a ministry of hospitality, art, and Christian studies, whose primary mission is the advancement of the integration of arts and the Christian faith for the benefit of the Church and the culture at large.

 

Major Morning Track Highlights

 

10 Major Morning Tracks and 70 afternoon workshops promise an intensive five-day conference. A spectacular redwoods setting, excellent meals from our professional chef, and careful attention to detail all assure a refreshing and personally rewarding stay. Tracks include:

• Intermediate Fiction Mentoring Track
  (by application only + $50 additional cost: Gayle@GayleRoper.com, facilitator)
• Intermediate Nonfiction Mentoring Track
  (by application only + $50 additional cost: Karen@KarenOconnor.com, facilitator).  See instructions in packet of information below.
  
• Career Track
  (all day, by application only: stuartcwmg@aol.com, facilitator)

 

Sample Schedules can be found here.