2023 Conference Adjunct Faculty
2023 Conference Adjunct Faculty – HACWN Pro Members
The agents and editors who come to our conference each year have said that what brings them back is the high-quality writers they meet from our organization. Some of those quality writers and HACWN pro members are part of our adjunct conference faculty this year. We’re thrilled they’ll be sharing their skills with the conference conferees! (To see our list of agents and editors, click here. Please check back to see more adjunct faculty.)
Caroline S. Cooper
Author, Podcaster
Caroline S. Cooper is a writer and speaker whose personal mission is to offer encouragement for life in this complicated world. She has a master’s in Bible and Theology and is a Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) in the mental health field. This summer, Caroline re-released her first book, In This Corner: Battling Trauma and Mental Illness from Inside the Ring through Trilogy Christian Publishing. Caroline’s writing and speaking ministry, In God’s Corner Ministry, also includes a YouTube show and podcast called Mental Health and Faith: A Closer Look where she presents topics for mental health awareness and education. Caroline also interviews guests with a wide range of experience in mental health and/or faith such as mental health professionals, pastors, fellow writers, and peers. Caroline is a member of the Heart of America Christian Writers Network (HACWN) in Kansas City, Missouri, and was selected as their 2017 Writer of the Year. On a personal note, Caroline and her college sweetheart, Harry, have been married for 40 years this summer. They have four grown children and many grandchildren. Caroline and Harry live in Harrisonville, Missouri, with their two dogs and one cat. For more information about Caroline’s ministry, visit www.ingodscorner.org.
Anne Rauth
Author
Anne has been writing for only a few years for Christian publications, but is already being featured in Guidepost’s Angels on Earth and Chicken Soup for the Soul, as well as other publications. She is well-seasoned in the fields of marketing, promotion, and advertising. She has worked in the Advertising and Hallmark Hall of Fame divisions of Hallmark cards, as well as at other Fortune 500 companies, such as H&R Block managing national promotions and sponsorships. Anne has also recently opened an AirBnB that will be used for Quilting and Writers’ Retreats in the peaceful countryside around the Quilting capital of the world (https://airbnb.com/h/-quilt-retreat-oasis).
Anne is a firm believer in the power of Linked In and Facebook for authors to promote their work and make contacts. She will teach you how to get the most out of these networking tools.
Elaine McAllister
Author
Elaine McAllister is passionate about generational storytelling—a multi-faceted concept!
Elaine has ghostwritten memoirs for two friends, each with a uniquely diverse story. The idea of being a ghostwriter was unexpected until God clearly placed an opportunity before her. She’ll share some of those ghostwriting experiences—the good, the bad, and yes, even the ugly.
Actually, Elaine believes everyone has a story to tell (though not all will admit it).
Others may have an ancestor whose amazing story begs to be told. Are you the one to write it? Elaine hopes to spur us into action; to encourage us to write what she calls mini-memoirs. One event, one accomplishment, one adventure, one failure, or even one ancestor at a time.
Learn more at ElaineMcAllister.com
Kathy Nickerson
Author
Kathy Nickerson is an author, speaker, and eternal optimist whose favorite accessory is a microphone. She believes the hardest questions in life can be handled with faith, humor, and a few good friends.
Kathy is the author of several magazine articles, newspaper columns and short stories, along with six novels. She and her husband currently make their home in Nebraska. You can learn more or get in touch with Kathy through her website www.kathynick.com or connect with her on social media.
All of Kathy’s books are available on Amazon or from the back seat of her car. Feel free to ask if you see her around town.
Cheryl Paden
Author
Michael Freeman
Author
Michael Freeman is a special education teacher who uses his talents in writing and photography to encourage lives, write school curriculum, and create book covers for author
Lee Warren
Author, Speaker, Editor
Lee Warren is the author of 20 books and hundreds of articles for various publications. He also has fifteen years of experience in the Christian publishing industry as a contract editor for Barbour Publishing, Electric Moon Publishing, Bold Vision Books, The Christian Communicator manuscript critique service, and others.
You can find out more about Lee and his writing and editing services at www.leewarrenbooks.com.
Shawn Barr
Author
Shawn has been published by the Grace Evangelical Society and God’s Word for Today. He has also independently published through KDP.
He has been writing for about 15 years. As with all authors he has about a dozen projects in progress, with another book coming out in early 2024.
Shawn started out in the corporate world and has now been a pastor for over 25 years. He has pastored in three different churches. He helped found his current church, Grace Fellowship Church, in 2011.
He is a graduate of Iowa State University and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He and his wife make their home in Pleasant Hill, Iowa and are enjoying spoiling their six grandchildren.
Sally Jadlow
Author
Sally Jadlow is the author of nine books, some of which are self-published. All her books are available on Amazon.com in paperback and e-reader versions. She teaches creative writing classes for Kansas City Writers Group. When not writing, Sally serves as a chaplain to corporations in the metro area. She served many years on the HACWN advisory board, blessing and training writers!
Ardy Kolb
HACWN Newsletter Editor
Ardythe Kolb loves the Lord and enjoys helping others learn to live victoriously and grow close to Him. She is freelance writer, with articles, stories, and devotions in numerous publications. The Kansas City area is home to Ardythe and her husband, Jerry. In the midst of raising their family she and Jerry owned and operated a successful Christian bookstore in Shawnee, Kansas.
Ardythe serves on the Advisory Board of the Heart of America Christian Writers’ Network and produces the HACWN monthly newsletter. She volunteers as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) which gives a voice in court for abused or neglected children. She’s also active in church and neighborhood activities and likes travel, reading, and target practice.
Zeta Davidson
HACWN Membership Coordinator
Zeta Davidson, career family life educator, writes from her North Kansas City, Missouri. She divides her time among church activities facilitating young marrieds; four grandchildren; senior parents; and being active in Heart of America Christian Writers’ Network. Zeta specializes in writing personal experience stories and devotionals and has been part of many compilations and blogs by Guideposts, Bethany House, LifeWay and other publishers.
Zeta is also HACWN’s membership coordinator, helping those who want to be part of this thriving ministry.
Jeanette Littleton
HACWN co-director
Jeanette has been a full-time writer and editor since she was 21. She has been on the editorial teams for nine publications in her career including Moody magazine, various publications for the Church of the Nazarene, Youth for Christ, and more. She has written more than 5000 pieces for publication from articles to devotionals to skits to whatever else her clients request. She has written a few books and has edited several dozen books for Guideposts, Thomas Nelson, Tyndale, Bethany House, Moody, and more.
Jeanette is HACWN’s co-founder and co-director because, “Others have always helped me along the way, and I like to help others share the messages God has laid on their hearts.”
Pamela Sheddrick
HACWN Critique Group Leader
Pamela Sheddrick discovered her love for the written word as a child, writing her first story about a horse named Thunder, at the age of 8. This fledging attempt was the springboard to a life of endless reading and writing. Today, she continues to work as a freelance writer and is retired from a 28-year Information Technology career with the Department of Defense. A member of the Heart of America Christian Writers Network since 2007, she currently facilitates the HACWN Writers’ Critique Group meetings at the Mid-Continent Library South Branch in Independence, Missouri.
Her writing has been published in magazines, anthologies and devotionals including Focus on the Family Club House Junior, In Touch Magazine, Guidepost books and 101 Facets of Faith.
She and husband, Ron, reside in Independence where they are active in their church. They love travel and spending time with their two adult children, two grandchildren and great-grandson. Pamela has served as Women’s Ministry Director and Prayer Team Leader, taught Adult Bible Studies and formed a community Bible study. She also taught high school English at a private Christian school. She considers herself privileged to have enjoyed rural living much of her adulthood, riding and raising Morgan horses, beekeeping and relishing the solitude and beauty of nature.