
The Heart Share Group presents
SEASIDE SCRIBES WRITERS CONFERENCE
Seaside Scribes Conference 2025
Host, Lynette Eason
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Her books have appeared on the USA TODAY, Publisher’s Weekly, CBA, ECPA, and Parable bestseller lists. She has won numerous awards including the Carol, the Selah, the Golden Scroll and more. Her novel, Her Stolen Past was made into a movie for the Lifetime Movie Network.
Lynette teaches at writing conferences all over the country and is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), Mystery Writers of America (MWA), International Thriller Writers (ITW), and Faith, Hope, and Love.
Deb and Ken Raney
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Deb’s Bio:
DEBORAH RANEY's first novel, A Vow to Cherish, inspired the World Wide Pictures film of the same title and launched Deb’s writing career. Thirty years, forty-plus books, and numerous awards later, she's still creating stories that touch hearts and lives. A three-time Christy Award finalist and winner of the RITA® Award, Carol Award, National Readers Choice Award, and HOLT Medallion, Deb is represented by Steve Laube of the Steve Laube Agency. She served on the executive board of the 2500-member American Christian Fiction Writers for eighteen years and teaches at writers conferences around the country.
Ken’s Bio:
Ken has done book covers for several writers, and has been working on middle-reader books, including one called Dino Hunters. Two orphaned, creationist teens go to live with an uncle who teaches biology and is a Darwinian. The culture clash results in Uncle Dave going on jaunts with his two charges to check out evidence of dinosaurs living within human memory, and Uncle Dave’s views start to change. A trilogy is planned.He also has been working on an allegorical fantasy called Forever Quest, which Deborah has done some writing for as well, although the project is on hold.
Another result of Ken’s attendance at the Gideon conferences is Clash Entertainment, a web portal aimed at providing entertainment and cultural information for adolescents and young adults.
Edie Melson
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An author, blogger, and speaker, she’s also penned numerous books, including While My Child is Away a book of prayers for when we’re apart.
She’s the Director of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference.
She’s the Director of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, the Social Media Director for Southern Writers Magazine, and the Social Media Mentor for My Book Therapy. She’s a member of the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, regular columnist for Guideposts.org, Just18Summers.com, and PuttingOnTheNew.com. She and her husband, Kirk, have been married 35 years and raised three sons. They live in the Upstate of South Caroline. Connect with her on Twitter and Facebook.
Darlene Turner
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I’m now living my dream of writing full-time. My debut book, Border Breach, released in April 2020 by Love Inspired Suspense–the inspirational division of Harlequin. I’m continuing to write books for LIS and loving every minute. I hope my readers will enjoy my stories and find that there’s suspense beyond borders.
Eva Marie Everson
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Eva Marie Everson is an ECPA bestselling and multiple award-winning author and speaker, including an ECPA Gold Medallion. She is a Christy finalist, and a Silver Medallion winner. She has won a Carol, several Maggie and Golden Scroll awards, and an Inspirational Retailers Choice Award. She is CEO of Word Weavers International, Inc., which serves over 1200 writers primarily as a national and international group of critique and educational chapters.
Eva Marie also serves as director of Florida Christian Writers Conference and has also been awarded the Yvonne Lehman Legacy Award and the AWSA Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Heart Share Group presents…
The 2nd Annual
SEASIDE SCRIBES WRITERS CONFERENCE
Is your head spinning from all of the writing information out there and you're not sure what your next step is?
Do you want to improve your craft?
Do you want to spend one on one time with an author who has been where you are?
If you answered yes to any of those questions, then...
Spend valuable time with best-selling, award-winning authors. The special thing about this conference is that SPACE IS LIMITED to the first 40 people who register.
This smaller, more intimate crowd will give you time to:
ask questions in a round-table type forum
learn (and avoid mistakes made) from authors who remember well what it was like to seek publication
learn how to deal with rejection
ask should I go Indie and self-publish?
gain valuable insight to how you can grow as a writer
have one on one private sessions with the staff
AND MUCH MORE!
January 14-17, 2026!
CONFERENCE HOTEL-NEW LOCATION:
HAMPTON INN AND SUITES,
BROADWAY AT THE BEACH
1140 Celebrity Circle, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577,
Phone: (843) 916-0600
BOOKING LINK HERE!
Transportation is NOT included.
Cost is $499, Early Bird until August 1, 2025.
Cost goes up to $529 after August 1, 2025.
Cost includes conference sessions which begin on Wednesday night,
lunches on Thursday and Friday, and breakfasts (continental breakfast served by hotel).
(more details on dinner options to come)
*Hotel stay (not included in price) includes breakfast each day.
Conference starts after dinner (on your own) Wednesday evening.
******THIS IS A SCENT FREE CONFERENCE******
Please, no perfumes or scented lotions. Some of our attendees and faculty are extremely sensitive and may become sick if exposed to the scents.
THANK YOU!
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (all times are EST)
WEDNESDAY
9:00 – 11:30 – Early Bird – LEARN SCRIVENER
11:30-1:00 – Lunch
1:00 – 3:30 – WRITING WITH AI – YES? Or NO?
What’s good and what’s definitely NOT.
4:00-6:00 Check-In (Dinner on your own)
6:30-8:30 Opening Welcome and
SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE WRITER – Edie Melson (15 min appts)
THURSDAY
Breakfast (served by hotel)
8:30 - 8:45 Devo and opening prayer
8:45-10:00 TRAD, HYBRID, INDIE, OH MY! - Deb Raney
(15 min appts)
10:15 -11:30 - BOOK COVERS – Ken Raney
(15 min appts)
11:30-12:30 LUNCH (included in the price of registration)
12:45-1:15 Q and A with faculty
1:30-2:45 WHAT CAN AN AGENT DO FOR YOU? – Lynette Eason (15 min appts)
3:00 – 4:15 – BREAKING INTO LOVE INSPIRED – Darlene Turner (15 min appts)
4:15 -5:00 - Break
5:00 – 6:30 DINNER
6:30 WRITING FELLOWSHIP – writing games and social time
FRIDAY
Breakfast (served by hotel)
8:30 – 8:45 Devo and Prayer
8:45 -10:00 STORY WORLD – Edie Melson
(15 min appts)
10:15 – 11:30 CHARACTER AND STORY ARC – Darlene Turner (15 min appts)
11:30 – 12:30 LUNCH (included in the price of registration)
12:45 – 1:15 Q and A with Faculty
1:30 – 2:45 – Understanding Deep POV Through the Five (or is it six?) Senses – Eva Marie Everson
(15 min appts)
3:00 – 4:15 SELF EDITING FOR WRITERS – Deb Raney
(15 min appts)
4:15 – 5:00 Break
5:00 – 6:30 DINNER
6:30pm WRITING FELLOWSHIP
SATURDAY
Breakfast (served by hotel)
8:30 – 8:45 Devo and Prayer
8:45 -10:00 QUESTIONS EVERY NOVELIST MUST ASK BEFORE WRITING EACH SCENE– Eva Marie Everson
10:00 – 10:30 goodbyes, hugs and love