WTP26 Faculty

Teaching Faculty (Also Available for Appointments)

  • Picture of Gabriel Aviles

    Gabriel Aviles

    Continuing Class: Public Speaking 101 for Authors
    Spanish Publishing
    VP of Marketing
    HarperCollins Christian Publishing
    HarperCollins Focus
  • Shelley Bacote

    Shelley Bacote

    Class: What You’ve Always Wanted (and Needed) to Know About Book Publicity Campaigns
    Publicist, Tyndale House Publishers
    Freelance Writer
  • Dan Balow

    Dan Balow

    Classes: Writing With Eternal Perspective and
    Writing Non-fiction for Men
    Author, Agent, Speaker

  • Twila Belk

    Classes: Newsletters, Newsletters and Say It With Humor
    Author, Speaker, Teacher

  • David Bennett

    Classes:
    Writing to Get Published and Inspired Writing That Inspires and Making Words Sing: Wordcraft
    Managing Editor of Lifeway’s HomeLife and Open Windows magazines

  • Jenny Cote

    Classes:
    Marketing to Schools and Developing a Book From Beginning to End and How to Write and Research Historical Fiction
    Speaker, Producer, Award-winning Author, Epic Order of the Seven Series
  • Joyce Dinkins

    Joyce Dinkins

    Class:
    Writing for a More Diverse Audience
    Joyce Dinkins Publishing LLC
    Publishing In Color Director
    Editor, Author, Speaker
  • Cris Garrido

    Cris Garrido

    Class:
    Why/What/How of Getting Your Book Translated
    VP and Publisher HarperCollins Christian Publishing
    HarperCollins Focus

  • Athena Dean Holtz

    Classes:
    The Power of Companion Products and
    The Book Launch that Lasts
    Author, Founder/Owner Redemption Press

  • Bob Hostetler

    Classes:
    The Mighty Magical Book Proposal Workshop with Bob and Larry     and
    What We Can Learn From Shakespeare
    Author, Agent, International Speaker
  • Matt Jones

    Matt Jones

    Continuing Class:
    How to Win Online Marketing
    Writer
    Owner, Jones House Creative
  • Steve Laube

    STEVE LAUBE

    Classes:
    The Maze of Contracts and Negotiations and Do I Need an Agent
    The Steve Laube Agency (President & Founder)
    Christian Writers Institute (Owner Emeritus)

  • Larry Leech II

    Classes: The Mighty Magical Book Proposal Workshop with Larry and Bob and Use Your Words
    Writer, Acquisitions Editor, Author Coach

  • ANDY LE PEAU

    Class:
    Upside Down Rules for Writing
    Author, Editor
  • DiAnn Mills

    Diann Mills

    Continuing Class:
    The Craft and Art of Writing Fiction
    and
    The Next Chapter: Writing as an Encore Career
    Best-selling Author
    Christy Award Winner
    Conference Advisor
    Writing Coach
    Founding Board ACFW
  • Susan Neal

    Susan Neal

    Extended Add-on Workshop:
    How to Sell 1,000 Books a Month
    (Offered Pre-Conference and as a 2-Part Class during the conference)
    Certified AWSA Writer Coach
    CEO of Christian Indie Publishing Association
    Blue Lake Christian Writers Conference Director

  • Katara Patton

    Classes:
    Writing for Our Daily Bread
    Executive Editor,
    Voices Collection by Our Daily Bread Ministries

  • Rachel Pfeiffer

    Classes:
    Pitching to Focus on the Family Clubhouse Magazines
    Editor, Focus on the Family
  • Picture of Deborah Raney

    Deborah Raney

    Continuing Class:
    Trad and Hybrid and Indie, Oh my! and (2-Part Class) Writing Women’s Fiction
    Speaker, Leader, Teacher
    Award-winning Author

  • Ken Raney

    Classes:
    Creating an Indie Publishing Empire and eBook Cover Creation and
    Design for Writers
    Award-winning Bible Study Author
  • Stephanie Rousselle

    Stephanie Rousselle

    Class:
    How to Be an Irresistible Podcast Guest
    Speaker, Author, Bible Teacher
    Podcast Host
  • Tim Shoemaker

    Tim Shoemaker

    Classes:
    Creating Characters Your Readers Will Love and Meet Me in the Middle, and Descriptions, Show-Don’t Tell, and Deep Point of View
    Author, Speaker, Writing Coach
  • Lauren Snowden

    Lauren Snowden

    Continuing Class:
    Screenwriting 101
    Professor of Film Studies
    Writer, Speaker
    Hallmark Film:
    Redemption in Cherry Springs

  • Linda Taylor

    Class:
    Microsoft Word for Writers
    Director of Professional Writing Major Taylor University
  • Pic of Carol Tetzlaff

    Carol Tetzlaff

    Classes:
    Lead Magnet: Create it. Place it. Share it. and The Book Launch that Lasts
    Author, Speaker
    Associate Publisher, Redemption Press
  • Janyre Tromp

    Janyre Tromp

    Classes:
    Make It Worse: Using Character, Subplot, and Pressure to Power Your Story and When Tension Slips: Fixing Common Suspense Pitfalls
    Author, Editor

  • Lee Weeks

    Classes:
    Interviewing Sources for an Article and Ghostwriting Basics
    Managing Editor, Decision Magazine Author, Editor, Journalist

  • Jean Wilund

    2-Part Class:
    Transformative Bible Study

    Award-winning Bible Study Author

Advisory Faculty (Appointments Only)

  • Lin Johnson

    Lin Johnson

    Appointments
    Writer, Editor, Administrator of The Christian Writers Market Guide, Writer Coach,
    Former Write to Publish Director

  • Lori roeleveld

    Prayer Corner, Appointments
    Author, Writing Coach,
    Disturber of Hobbits
  • Amy Voss

    Amy Voss

    Appointments
    Tyndale
    Acquisitions Editor

  • Gregg Bridgeman

    Gregg Bridgeman

    Appointments
    Speaker, Teacher,
    Olivia Kimbrell Press
    Editor-in-Chief

  • Hallee Bridgeman

    Appointments
    Speaker, Teacher,
    USA Today Bestselling Author


More to come . . .