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Wendy Brown

Brown is a writer and speaker from Cleveland, TN. She has written for many Christian magazines including Moody Monthly, Discipleship Journal, Cornerstone, On Mission, Home Life, Parent Life, Mature Living, Women Alive, Women of Spirit, and Youth and CE Leadership.

Working with media technology and ministering to women in prostitution, Wendy spent three years in Ethiopia and has a heart for worldwide human trafficking issues. While in Ethiopia she married Andrew, a New Zealand carpenter, and they now have twin girls, Emma and Lydia, and a son, Patrick. In Cleveland, she writes fulltime, teaches regular Bible and ministry classes, and loves camping, hiking with family and friends, and freelance photography.

In Wendy's workshop on ethics, she will answer the questions: "What can I do? What can I not do?" As a Christian writer, ethical questions often arise. Is embellishment lying? Do illustrations have to be true stories? Can I rewrite a piece and market it as a new one? How fictitious does fiction have to be? This session will be a time of guided discussion on several of these inevitable but hard–to-answer questions.

Dara Lehner

A writer, photographer, and motivational speaker, Dara lives in Ohio. She writes about science, nature, math, and multicultural topics for children's and adult magazines. She also enjoys reviewing children's books. See her blog at http://ourwritemind.blogspot.com/.

Dara will lead a workshop on photography and writing. What is Photographer’s Market? What is stock photography and how do you sell it? Also, learn how to increase the amount you get paid for your writing by adding photos or sending them as an accompanying sidebar.

Betty Whitworth

Betty is a retired language arts teacher, member of the Breckinridge County Public Library Board, journalist/columnist for THE HERALD NEWS in Hardinsburg, KY, freelance writer, independent editor, Sunday school teacher, Bible teacher, workshop leader, and storyteller.
Betty will offer her Writing 101, How to Self-edit workshop. In addition, she is offering individual paid critiques. See main brochure or website for details, contact information, and deadline.

http://www.kychristianwriters.com/Conference2008.dsp

Also, visit Betty's website: www.angelfire.com/ky3/rainbow.

More KCWC History

A friend of mine has a country saying that applies here: "If you see a turtle on a fence-post, you know he didn't get there by himself."

We credit Kate Thomas with the founding of KCWC (formerly called Kentucky Christian Writers Seminar). Kate would be the first to say that she had lots of help from a number of people to start the conference and to keep it going.

Constance Darnell, currently an advisory board member, has helped to build the conference, having been the coordinator for two years. She is a freelance writer and author of Songs For Martha (Harmony House Publishers, 2007). Her work has appeared in Focus on the Family's Clubhouse and Clubhouse Jr. magazines as well as Kentucky Monthly and others. She works for her husband's chiropractic practice in Elizabethtown, KY, as well as providing help with his work as pastor for the Locust Grove Church.

Betty Whitworth is a retired language arts teacher, member of the Breckinridge County Public Library Board, journalist/columnist for THE HERALD NEWS in Hardinsburg, KY, free lance writer, independent editor, Sunday school teacher, Bible teacher, workshop leader, and storyteller. She is also a current advisory board member and former coorindator for KCWC.

The 2008 planning committee meets this coming Saturday, continuing the effort to make the 12th conference the best ever. Please pray for the committee as they plan for 2008, and subscribe to our blog for updates. Also, watch for 2008 details on our website www.kychristianwriters.com.

Emily Akin
2008 Publications Chair