Prep for 2011: Getting to Know Cecil Murphey

Featured speaker for KCWC 2011 is Cecil Murphey, author, speaker, teacher, former pastor and missionary.  Cec, as most people call him, makes it a priority to help educate other writers on what it takes to get their work published. To learn more about Cec, see the following pages on his website:

• About Cec
• Writing
• Teaching
• Speaking

Recently, Murphey launched a blog, Cec Murphey's Writer to Writer.  Become a subscriber, and get regular tips from one of the most prolific Christian writers of our time.

Announcement: This is my last post as administrator of the KCWC blog. Carlton Hughes has taken over that duty for the KCWC committee. If you're not a subscriber, please become one today so that you will get updates on 2011 conference as they become available. The committee is working on faculty and should announce announce the roster soon. I'll see you next June 24-25.

Emily M. Akin

KCWC 2010 Wrap-Up

The KCWC committee will be meeting later this month to review the evaluations of KCWC 2010 and continue planning for 2011. In recent years, the committee has responded to conferees' feedback by offering more workshop opportunities and private appointments. The 2010 evaluations showed that attendees were delighted with those changes.

"Best KCWC I've attended," said one person. "This is my third year, and the best," said another. An attendee who had attended numerous writers conferences said he/she had never given perfect scores on workshop evaluations. Yet, he or she awarded three perfect scores on KCWC 2010 workshops.

As always, the evaluations contained requests for changes in scheduling and workshop content. As the planning for 2011 continues, the committee will take those recommendations seriously. If you attended the conference but forgot to turn in your evaluation, you can still give us your feedback by commenting on this blog post. If you couldn't come this year, we can use your input, too.

Pray for the committee as they plan for 2011. Barbara Wells and founder, Kate Thomas, are co-coordinators. And, mark your calendar for June 24-25, 2011. Featured speaker will be prolific author, speaker, and teacher, Cecil Murphey.

Looking Forward to 2011 Conference

What a great conference we had in 2010. Virginia Smith's keynotes described her journey from aspiring Christian writer to multi-published writer, potholes and all. More workshops and great networking made 2010 the best year ever.

Mark your calendars now for the fifteenth edition of KCWC, June 24-25, 2011. Keynote speaker will be Cecil Murphey, writer, pastor, speaker, missionary, and writing teacher extraordinaire. Learn more about Cec at his website. He also has a blog entitled Cecil Murphey's Writer to Writer, where he posts periodic mini-lessons on writing basics. Subscribe to Cec's blog and to this one to start your preparation for next year.

If you attended KCWC 2010 and have a testimony to share, send it to us for possible posting on this blog. E-mail your submission to akinemily@gmail.com.