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September 24-25, 2021

Calling all creatives!! If you love to write, read, blog, listen to podcasts or create content, the Hill Country Writer’s Conference is here to get you to the next level.

Meet authors, editors, podcasters and content creators. Learn how to take your ideas, platforms and stories to the next level, no matter which level you’re at. Attend breakout sessions about building your audience, publishing your own novel, or the steps to traditional publishing.

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SPEAKERS

Robin Jones Gunn

Robin Jones Gunn

Keynote Speaker

Robin Jones Gunn is the bestselling, award-winning author of over 100 books with sales topping six million copies sold worldwide.

Her timeless Christy Miller series for teens continues to endear her stories to moms and daughters, especially now that the characters appear in the Haven Makers series.

Robin’s Father Christmas novels and one of her Glenbrooke novels were adapted by Hallmark and became record-breaking Christmas movies.

Many of her Glenbrooke and Sisterchicks® novels appeared on bestseller lists and several became Christy Award finalists with one title becoming a winner in 2007.

Robin’s popular nonfiction works include her memoir, Victim of Grace, Preparing Your Daughter for Womanhood, Praying for Your Future Husband, co-authored with Tricia Goyer and Spoken For, co-authored with Alyssa Joy Bethke.

Her passion for speaking and teaching has taken her around the world where she’s keynoted in Africa, Brazil, Europe, England and Australia as well as Canada and throughout the US.

Robin and her husband recently moved from Hawaii to California. They have two grown and married children.

Patty H. Scott

Patty H. Scott

Featured Speaker

Patty H Scott loves writing happily-ever-after stories with kisses that make you melt. Her characters feel like long lost friends. Patty’s stories will usually make you cry a little and laugh a lot.

Patty’s non-fiction book and devotional, Slow Down, Mama, help moms navigate motherhood, grow in their faith, and find joy in life.

If you can’t find Patty, she’s probably hiding with a book, off dancing hip-hop at a local park, or setting off on a spontaneous road trip.

Patty has a Facebook community for readers called Patty Scott’s Sweet Readers where women gather to share life and books with one another. Her books can be found on Amazon.

You can connect with Patty at her website https://pattyhscott.com.

Jennie Bennet

Jennie Bennet

Jennie Bennett has been publishing books for five years. She’s helped numerous clients learn the process of self publishing as well as headed projects to publish multiple author’s books. She currently works for Crazy Maple, the storytelling app company behind Spotlight and Chapters romance. She currently lives in Houston Texas with her four kids and two dogs.

 

 

 

Tenisha Graham

Tenisha Graham

Tenisha Graham, CECP is a visionary and driven to help others become the best version of themselves. Tenisha owned and operated dance studios for over 18 years. She was also an educator in Texas for three years and also served for the last year and a half as the Chief Visionary Officer At The InsideOut Institute. Tenisha is gifted in helping others see their full potential as a leader. Tenisha is on faculty at Reclaim Fine Arts Academy. She is also a Certified Emotion Code Practitioner and Success Mentor focusing on creative individuals. Tenisha is driven by assisting women with healing their trauma and launching them into their full potential . Tenisha specializes in helping aspiring creatives, actors, dancers and women to live their full creative life without settlement, regardless of the trauma they have  went through! In addition, Tenisha teaches women to day trade and build wealth and financial independence!

 

Jason Jamar

Jason Jamar

Jason Jamar is a long time resident of Marble Falls, TX. He’s best known for his exciting trek from San Diego, CA to Calais, ME and his kayak trip back to Texas. Jason currently works at Squeaky Wheel Marketing where he builds websites and manages Google SEO for multiple businesses. He is working on his book about his journey across the US and is launching a podcast in the fall about his adventures. Jason also heads up all marketing for Pisteuo Publications and his wife’s books.

 

Julien Jamar

Julien Jamar

Julien was born in 1980 and spent the first few years of her life traveling through America with her family. She was raised in Dallas, TX. Her father, a prolific novelist and poet, taught her to write as a very small child. She writes dark, thrilling, fantastic tales of mortal battles and daring exploits. She is also launching a podcast/website this fall, “How to Start a Homeschool”. She lives with her husband and five children in Marble Falls, TX.

https://www.julienjamar.com

Courtnaye Richard

Courtnaye Richard

Courtnaye Richard is the founder of Inside Out Media Group, LLC – a faith-based PR, Marketing & Mentorship Agency. In her 15 years of experience, she has worked with platforms such as PBS, CBN, & TCT Networks, as well as local television and print publications. Courtnaye is also the founder of Inside Out with Courtnaye, a ministry that helps women grow in their walk with Christ from the heart and equips them to fulfill their God-given purpose. Courtnaye is also an author and contributing writer for ibelieve.com, Women’s Ministry Tools, YouVersion, and is a speaker of a host of women’s conferences. Her blog, Inside Out with Courtnaye reaches thousands of women across the globe and was listed as the Top 50 Christian Women Bloggers Every Woman Must Follow. She’s passionate about helping women make a greater impact in their personal lives, homes, church, community, and purpose. To find out more information or to book Courtnaye for your next speaking engagement, please visit www.courtnayerichard.com.

Anna Stallcup

Anna Stallcup

Anna is the chief domestic engineer for Stallcup & Co. (i.e. a homemaker with children running out her ears). She produces and co-hosts the Church Nerds podcast together with her husband, Bubba. Above all, she is a conversationalist, which is the main thing she brings to the table. She lives in Marble Falls with her husband and 4 children, and enjoys sewing a fine seam in her rare moment of free time.

Bubba Stallcup

Bubba Stallcup

Bubba is a co-founder of Love Thy Nerd, a non-profit ministry that aims to be the love of Jesus to Nerds and Nerd Culture. He has been the LTN’s audio and visual content manager since 2018 and leads the Love Thy Nerd Podcast Network with 7 shows and counting.

Outside of his current position, Bubba has hosted, produced and edited over 400 episodes of various podcasts in both audio and video formats utilizing platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, YouTube and Twitch.

Susan Weagant

Susan Weagant

D.L. Young

D.L. Young

D.L. Young is a Pushcart Prize nominee and winner of the Independent Press Award. He’s fluent in Spanish, speaks passable Portuguese (the Brazilian flavor), and he religiously follows English football squad Manchester United.
 

A lifelong science fiction fan, his intense, fast-paced novels echo his many influences from books and movies, including William Gibson’s Sprawl trilogy, the Mad Max films, Akira, Blade Runner, and the works of Harlan Ellison, J.G. Ballard, and Paolo Bacigalupi.

His Dark Republic series is a near-future dystopian trilogy set in the aftermath of a failed Texas secession. His most recent series is a 5-book cyberpunk saga involving a war between artificial intelligences.

D.L. is currently working on a space opera trilogy (release date late 2021 / early 2022).

SCHEDULE

Friday Schedule

6:00 – 6:50p Registration
7:00 – 7:30p Kickoff – Loft
7:30 – 8:15p Robin Jones Gunn – Loft
8:20 – 9:00p Meet Authors. Book Signing – Great Hall

Saturday Schedule

7:30 – 8:00a Breakfast – Loft coffee area
8:10 – 8:20a Welcome!
8:30 – 9:30a Breakout Sessions and Q & A

    • Courtnaye Richard – “Finding Time”
    • D.L. Young – “What I wish I’d Known as a New Author” (Mistakes to Avoid and
      Best Practices)
    • Susan Weagant – “Writing for Children”
    • Jennie Bennet – “Amazon Publishing: Everything from uploading to creating ads”
    • Tenisha Graham – “Expressive and inspirational journaling”

9:45 – 10:45a Breakout Sessions and Q & A

    • Patty H. Scott – “Character Development, their’s not yours”
    • Julien Jamar – “How to Create Your World”
    • Bubba Stallcup – “How to Edit a Podcast”
    • D.L. Young – “Novel Writing Secret Sauce: The 3 Act Structure Outline”
    • Robin Jones Gunn – “How My Book Became a Movie.”

11:00 – 12:00p Panels

    • Podcasting for Fun and Profit – Bubba, Anna, Tenisha
    • Telling the Truth for Fun and Profit – Courtnaye, Susan, Ross,

12:00 – 1:30p Lunch
1:00 – 1:30p Wonderful Life Preview
1:30 – 2:30p Patty H. Scott – Loft

2:45 – 3:45p Panel

    • Telling Lies for Fun and Profit – Julien Jamar, Jennie Bennet, Robin Jones Gunn, Patty H. Scott, D.L. Young

4:00 – 4:30p Closing
4:45 – 5:15p Meet Authors/Book Signing – Great Hall
6:00 – 8:00p Writer/Speaker meal – Pavilion