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Wordsowers Christian Writers Conference

Words of wisdom for after the conference from Anne Rauth.

The Wordsower’s 2019 conference is over.  Are you sad?  Glad?  In between?  Dear writing friends, trust me there is still more to do! 

Thank you:  Take the time to use your writing skills and say thank you to the conference organizers, who spent countless hours on many details for you to have a great time.  You’ll find their addresses in this newsletter.  Many countless hours of preparation have gone into this conference.  If it blessed you, then bless them! 

Follow up:  Perhaps you had meetings with individuals (agents, editors).  Make sure that you have developed a system to follow up with them about things you talked about, or some clarification you’d like to receive.  And, if they have given you some deadline for materials they are needing, make sure you have that date identified. 

Blog:  If you have a blog, please consider writing about the conference and inserting the link from this year’s event.  It’s a great reminder to you about the wonderful time you had and also an encouragement to other why may be on the fence about attending an event. 

Social Media:  If you have pictures or great comments from the conference, please post on social media!  Use the hashtag #Wordsowers2019

Receipts:  The conference fee and related expenses might be a deduction for you.  Make sure to save all your receipts and mileage information.  And consult your tax advisor for further information! 

Save:  Consider setting up a system to save a tiny amount every month so that the next time the conference rolls around, you’ll already have the money saved, and perhaps even have some extra to spend at the bookstore!

Write:  You may have many new opportunities, or not as many as you would like.  In either case, continue writing. Remember, you were called to create! 

Anne Rauth

Anne Rauth grew up in a small town in Northwest Missouri, with a high school graduating class of only 44. After high school, Anne received her MBA from the University of Kansas and immediately went to work at Hallmark Cards in their Advertising and Hallmark Hall of Fame division.

She belongs to the Heart of America Christian Writer’s Network and has led sessions at their annual conference. This year, Anne taught the workshops Don’t Monkey around with Mailchimp and Email Marketing.

Connect with Anne on her website and find out more about what she does.

Our next introduction is Anne Rauth. She will be leading the workshop Jesus Would be on Linked In at the 2017 Wordsowers Christian Writers Conference.

An award winning author, Anne received her MBA from the University of Kansas and started her professional career at Hallmark Cards in the Advertising and Hallmark Hall of Fame Division.  Currently she works at Mercy and Truth Medical Missions, a safety net clinic in the Kansas county with the lowest healthcare rankings in the state.

PS  Don’t try to link with Anne before the conference.  Come to her workshop to find out why.

 What would you like conference attendees to know about you? Maybe something that would help them feel comfortable approaching you. Anne Rauth grew up in a small town in Northwest Missouri and can make a post, or any other inanimate object, talk to her.  So, if you want to engage in lively “small talk banter”, find her.  As the mom of three boys, and wife of almost 25 years to Scott, there’s no shortage of devotional topics to write about; just shortage of time to jot them down.  If you must have a conversation starter, ask her about the time she found her oldest son asleep in their claw foot bath tub, and blamed Abbie the Labbie, their family dog.

What do you see as the greatest take away from your workshop? Who will get the most out of your workshop? Anne’s workshop is “Jesus would be on Linked In”.  If you’ve always wanted to “link up” on this social media platform, which has the largest business audience in the world this workshop is for you.  You’ll gain  a better understanding of Linked In, learn how to get an “All Star Profile” and hear insights about Linked In that Anne has learned along the way.

Anne believes the biggest takeaway from using Linked In is the power of relationship building and how much knowledge you can gain about someone before you meet them.

If you could share only one piece of information/tip/encouragement with a writer, what would it be? Anne encourages writers with her “one word” of the year (it’s hyphenated) to:   PRESS-ON.  This word was taken from Philippians 3:14:  “I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”  PRESS-ON with your writing while PRESSING IN to Jesus.