Camy's friends

Author websites:

Rick Acker: I met Rick and his wife at Mount Hermon writers conference where we all got lost in Santa Cruz :). They live in the San Francisco Bay Area. He's a way cool Deputy Attorney General and a fantastic thriller writer, too.

Shelley Adina: Shelley is a friend from ACFW, and I discovered she lives in the Bay Area also. Her teen books have been nominated for several awards, and are good, clean fun.

Karen Ball: Karen is a fabulous speaker, writer, and editor. Her keynote talks at the 2005 ACFW conference were some of the funniest, most memorable, and most poignant I've ever heard. She was still at Zondervan when she and Sue Brower took my book to committee. I will always be so grateful to her for believing in me and in my story.

Kristin Billerbeck: Wonderful author, great person, and one of the funniest writers I know. I heard about her Ashley Stockingdale books before I "met" her through ACFW, where she participates in the email loop and gives awesome advice for writers. She's from the San Francisco Bay Area and was the first American author to publish a Christian Chick-lit novel.

Robin Caroll: Robin's a close friend and she and I think frighteningly alike in many ways. Her suspense is action-packed.


Laura Christianson: I met Laura at the 2006 Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference in Ellie Kay's Media Mania class. She's a professional blogger for Adoption.com, doing the Christian Adoption blog. She also has a personal blog called Exploring Adoption, and she just got a contract for a non-fiction book, The Adoption Decision: 15 Things You Want to Know Before Adopting. She gave a blogging workshop and afterward, we ended up talking about blogging and marketing for almost two hours.

Colleen Coble: This amazing woman does more in a day than I could do in a year. Her latest suspense series is set in my home state of Hawaii. She's won the ACFW Mentor of the Year award twice and still manages to chug out books for multiple publishers. She's incredibly nice and a great writer.

Brandilyn Collins: I was lucky enough to meet this spunky, Godly woman at the 2004 Mount Hermon conference. She has an awesome story about her healing on her website. Also her writing book Getting Into Character is one of the most unique ways to create three-dimensional characters.

Margaret Daley: I met Margaret on the Steeple Hill discussion boards, and finally got to meet her in person at the 2004 ACFW conference in Denver. She's a wonderfully encouraging, energetic woman. Her Love Inspired titles are warm and tender, and her romantic suspense titles are always exciting.

Meredith Efken: A fabulous writer who's as much of a night owl as I am, so we make great roommates for conferences. ;) Meredith was my unofficial mentor for my first Mount Hermon conference. Her SAHM books are the funniest I've read in a long time.


Marilynn Griffith: This amazing, wonderful woman of God is a terrific writer, has a four-book series coming out from Revell, and a three-book series from Steeple Hill. I met her through the Steeple Hill discussion boards, plus she also belongs to ACFW. Her blog is refreshing and inspiring. She also started a website called FaithChick.com, where I'm a columnist.

Sharon Hinck: A dear friend I met at 2004 Mount Hermon conference, Sharon took me under her wing and selflessly mentored me the first year I started writing. She has been my supporter, a stern whip-cracker, and an awesome critique partner. She writes both Mom-lit and fantasy.

Marilyn C. Hilton: Marilyn and I kept each other company in the Denver airport after the 2004 ACFW conference. We both live in San Jose and are part of a San Jose writers group.

Randall Ingermanson: Randy is a real-life theoretical physicist, as well as a darn funny guy. He's reknowned for his Snowflake plotting method and his Advanced Fiction Writing ezine. Aside from this, he writes award-winning science fiction, historical fiction, and thrillers.

Ronie Kendig: I met Ronie briefly at the 2005 ACFW conference in Nashville, but only got to talk one-on-one with her when we were waiting for our planes at the airport, and we immediately clicked. She's a sweet, lovely woman of God, and her debut novel comes out in Spring 2010!

Wendy Lawton: I first met Wendy through Marilyn Hilton (above) when I already had agent #1, and I loved her to pieces. When I terminated with agent #1, she was the only agent I turned to because I knew she'd be a phenomenal match. She's a lovely woman of God who walks the talk. She's an agent with Janet Kobobel Grant's Books & Such Literary Agency, and she's also an award-winning doll maker and young adult fiction author.

Kathi Lipp: Kathi's a phenomenal speaker for women's groups and a fantastically funny woman herself. She lives in the Bay Area and has become a good friend through our local writer's group. In addition to speaking, she writes uplifting, encouraging nonfiction marriage books.

Gayle Roper: Gayle has blessed me in more ways than I can say. She ran the 2005 ACFW conference Fiction Mentoring Clinic, which is where I met her, and she's given me priceless advice about my writing, the writing business, and a writer's career. Gayle is known for her award-winning novels and her gift for teaching.

MaryLu Tyndall: She's got a lovely sarcastic sense of humor and is a fun member of our San Jose writers group. We knew her when! before she signed with Barbour for her Inspirational pirate romances, The Legacy of the King's Pirates series.

Cheryl Wyatt: Affectionately called "Squirl," she's a bouncy bundle of energy and has a true heart for the orphans of India. Her military contemporary romances are warmly emotional.


Writer websites:

Danica Favorite: I first met Danica on the Steeple Hill discussion boards, but in the years since, she has become a good friend and critique partner. She's not afraid to tell me the truth and we are alike in many ways. Pamela James: I first knew her as "Pammer" from the Steeple Hill discussion board, and we roomed together for the 2004 ACFW conference in Denver. With her spunk and spiritual maturity, she's like a sister to me.

Dineen A. Miller: Dineen writes Christian romantic suspense with a twist of the paranormal. Real life struggles become the stage for fiction and inspiration. She's a wonderful friend who is also in our San Jose writers group.

Other:

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For readers--here are some authors and writers you might enjoy reading.

At Home With Christian Fiction: A great place for lovers of Christian fiction.