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2025 WRITERS CONFERENCE

MORE INFORMATION COMING LATE SPRING

Save the date! The annual West Coast Christian Writers will be returning fall 2025 in Southern California. Full conference details will be posted in the late spring, and registration will launch with a flash sale in the early summer. But in the meantime, here's a taste of what you can look forward to . . .

BARB ROOSE, 2025 KEYNOTE SPEAKER

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Author and literary agent Barb Roose is a Bible teacher who loves following God more than anything else in life. 

She’s the author of many books and Bible studies, including: Stronger Than Stress: Developing 10 Spiritual Practices to Win the Battle of OverwhelmFinding Jesus in the PsalmsSurrendered: Letting Go and Living Like JesusI’m Waiting, God: Finding Blessing in God’s DelaysJoshua: Winning the Worry Battle and Breakthrough: Finding Freedom in Christ.

 

Barb is part of the (In)Courage writing team and Girlfriends in God writing team. Barb’s writing has been featured in magazines and blogs such as Proverbs 31 First5 App, Simple Truth Magazine, iBelieve.com, Crosswalk.com, More to Life Magazine, Just Between Us Magazine, Cherished, and Women of Faith.

Before her transition to full-time speaking and writing in January 2016, Barb served on staff at CedarCreek Church in Perrysburg, OH for 14 years on the executive leadership and teaching teams. During her years on staff, Barb discovered her passion to serve overseas on missions trips and has made ten trips to central America since 2009.​

 

Prior to her years on church staff, Barb worked as a non-profit executive director and multiple award-winning pharmaceutical sales representative. She was inducted into the Medina City Schools Hall of Fame in April 2017.

 

Barb lives in NW Ohio and she is the proud mom to three adult children. Barb enjoys traveling, reading, walking, and whenever possible, she prefers to eat dessert first.

When you attend the WCCW conference, you receive an amazing value for the cost of admission. Some of our conference highlights include:

WORKSHOPS
WRITING CONTEST
CREW GROUPS
COACHING
& CRITIQUE
BOOKSTORE
AGENT & EDITOR APPOINTMENTS
WRITING LAB
COMMUNITY TABLES
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