00:00:54 Cole Claybourn: Oh, Bob is wearing a Reds shirt. I have to leave now. (Go Cardinals) 00:01:56 Cole Claybourn: I can hear both 00:02:16 Brandy Brow: LOL 00:07:22 Rhonda Dragomir: Hello, everyone! 00:07:37 Brandy Brow: Hello 00:08:01 Lea Ann: HELLO everyone!!!! 00:08:46 Robyn Monroe: Hi Rhonda and Lea Ann 00:08:59 Rhonda Dragomir: Hi, Robyn! 00:09:12 Cynthia Stroop: Thank you Gregg for your service. 00:09:42 Rhonda Dragomir: Bob, you're a star, no matter the medium. 00:09:59 Cynthia Stroop: Bob, we'd never have known. 00:10:48 Stacy T. Simmons: Thank y'all for a wonderful two days of learning and fellowship. 00:11:10 Rhonda Dragomir: Stacy, so glad you enjoyed it! 00:11:24 Stacy T. Simmons: Thank you, Rhonda!! 00:11:24 Crystal Caudill: Yes, this has been AMAZING 00:11:37 jeanwise: love Pete Rose 00:11:47 Rhonda Dragomir: That's Cincinnati chili! 00:11:47 Melissa Stroh: This conference has been phenomenal! I've loved it!!! 00:11:51 jeanwise: Cinci is the best place for chili 00:12:03 Rhonda Dragomir: Glad you had a great time, Melissa! 00:12:05 Robyn Monroe: Rhonda, where are you located? 00:12:09 jeanwise: Go Reds! 00:12:18 Rhonda Dragomir: I'm in Wilmore, Kentucky, just south of Lexington. 00:12:24 Robyn Monroe: Can everyone say where they’re from again? 00:12:32 Robyn Monroe: Nice, Rhonda 00:12:39 Stacy T. Simmons: Dallas, Texas 00:12:40 Melissa Stroh: Newcastle, Wyoming, over here! 00:12:41 Sally Shupe: I'm from southwest Virginia! 00:12:45 Lea Ann: Bob, I have been so impressed with your keynotes. I really want to share with my 17 year old nephew. He has been saying since 6th grade that he wants to be a writer. I think it would be helpful him to start getting exposed to the writing conferences now...Thank you! 00:12:47 Hannah R. Conway: Clarksville, TN near Nashville 00:13:01 Rhonda Dragomir: What city, Sally? 00:13:02 Cynthia Stroop: Hi, Cynthia Stroop from Gallatin, TN 00:13:06 Brandy Brow: SO glad you did. 00:13:07 Michelle Nebel: Here from Owensboro, KY! 00:13:10 Robyn Monroe: You have done a great job with tech!!!!! 00:13:17 Sally Shupe: @rhonda, Newport VA, right outside of Blacksburg VA 00:13:19 Rhonda Dragomir: I love Gallatin! So beautiful. 00:13:21 Ann Boyles: Dallas area in Texas 00:13:23 Heather Hoffman: Lincoln, Nebraska 00:13:44 Adria: I was thinking early today. I am so impressed with you all and how well you have done this online KY Christian Writers Conference. 00:13:47 Cynthia Stroop: My first conference - so impressed! 00:13:49 Rhonda Dragomir: Love Newport! 00:13:52 Regina Walker: Jones, Oklahoma here! 00:13:57 Barbara Britton: Fantastic conference. Thank you for blessing us with the community and sharing. 00:13:59 Laurel Blount: This has been a fabulous and enriching conference--amazing job!!!! 00:14:06 Gerri Bauer: Very impressed with the conference. 00:14:12 Sally Shupe: You know Newport?? Awesome! We're near Mountain Lake where Dirty Dancing was filmed. 00:14:15 Lea Ann: Rhonda Dragomir, I really need to connect with you later 00:14:16 Regina Walker: Cynthia - me too. Can't believe I've missed out on such awesomeness all these years. 00:14:31 Rhonda Dragomir: It's been a stretch to put this on online, but the Bridgemans did an amazing job putting together all the technology. 00:15:04 Adria: I am from Kentucky. Born in Lexington and my family lives in Bowling Green. Right now I am in VA. 00:15:15 Cole Claybourn: I live in Bowling Green, KY 00:15:19 Crystal Caudill: For whoever wants to put their social connections in a google document, the link is on the KY Conference Group, or you can follow this link. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SwOch3LeLNgWB6VbAZ4a0q_Mp7AhOeuj-JfkWDN1ako/edit?usp=sharing 00:16:05 Robyn Monroe: :-D 00:16:50 Melissa Stroh: So true! Each conference always fills me with more info. Lifetime of learning. Right, Rhonda? 00:16:56 Robyn Monroe: Yep 00:17:39 Robyn Monroe: wow 00:18:08 Melissa Stroh: Yes! 00:18:55 Gina Holder: @Crystal. You should add genre to that google sheet. 00:19:00 Robyn Monroe: hahaha 00:19:10 Gina Holder: I'm in Pueblo, Colorado. 00:20:40 Cole Claybourn: Woah. This is what my book is about. 00:21:59 Karen C: My first writing conference. It's been a great experience. Thanks so much for putting all this together. It must have been a huge effort to get it online. Newcastle, Ontario 00:22:23 Crystal Caudill: Good idea! 00:22:24 Gina Holder: Does anyone else feel like he is speaking just to you? 00:22:32 Melissa Stroh: Yes 00:22:41 Rhonda Dragomir: "A professional writer is an amateur who didn't give up." 00:22:47 Adria: Gina, Oh Yes. I feel like he is speaking right to me. 00:22:47 Rhonda Dragomir: Pithy. 00:23:12 Tracy: We want certainty. 00:23:30 Tracy: But God says, "Trust me." 00:23:57 Rhonda Dragomir: The Hebrew Children also didn't know the outcome for certain. 00:25:45 Rhonda Dragomir: "Go unless you get a no." That's strong. 00:28:01 Adria: Yes, We may need to regroup and not give up. 00:28:40 Rhonda Dragomir: Adria, yes! Regroup, not resign. 00:29:36 Debbie: God doesn't owe anyone anything. God is the first one who hears my songs, my stories and everything. He is the only one I trust. 00:29:57 Rhonda Dragomir: Amen, Debbie. 00:30:21 Rhonda Dragomir: We are geared to want "a sure thing." 00:30:31 Cole Claybourn: It’s like he’s reading my book proposal. 00:31:22 Rhonda Dragomir: We need to have faith in God, not in a particular outcome. 00:32:08 Rhonda Dragomir: Uncertainty is good for my faith. 00:32:40 Adria: Such a rich message. Thank you Bob! 00:32:44 Robyn Monroe: Lamentations??? ‘-D 00:32:54 Melissa Stroh: 24 vol. exposition of Lamentations...*Snicker!* 00:34:33 Rhonda Dragomir: Offering a manuscript to an agent/editor is a misnomer - we should believe we are offering it to God, and He will direct the agent/editor on the path that He planned for us. 00:34:55 Regina Walker: Rad Shack and Benny! 00:34:56 RondaWells: excellent point Rhonda (with an H) lol 00:34:59 Joyce McCullough: Bob, like my smart phone, must have some kind of tracking device of my thoughts. 00:35:07 kathy: I would love to hear Bob every Sunday. Great message. 00:35:09 Sally Shupe: I like that Rhonda! 00:35:12 Rhonda Dragomir: Thank you, Ronda with no "h." 00:37:13 Rhonda Dragomir: In my spirit, I hear God whispering, "Surrender..." 00:37:17 Crystal Caudill: Amen, Rhonda 00:38:24 Rhonda Dragomir: Goosebumps. Again. 00:38:25 RondaWells: I have a great story about that very thing — will email you 00:38:43 Gina Holder: Wow! 00:39:09 kathy: From Kathy to I am in tears, yes, very emotional message. 00:40:39 Robyn Monroe: Thank you for praying! 00:40:59 Lori Scott: Amazing message. Thank you, Bob. Just what we need to hear right now. 00:41:02 Gerri Bauer: Amen 00:41:02 Regina Walker: Amen 00:41:04 Susan Brooks: Thank you so much! 00:41:05 Kristy: Amen 00:41:09 Joyce McCullough: Amen! 00:41:09 Regina Walker: Thank you so much Bob!! 00:41:10 Adria: Wow! I am crying! 00:41:11 Hannah R. Conway: WOW…Amen! Thank you! 00:41:12 Robyn Monroe: Teary-eyed 00:41:15 Melissa Stroh: Amen! 00:41:15 Barbara Britton: Amen. What a blessing. 00:41:18 Robyn Monroe: Thank you! 00:41:19 Gina Holder: Amen! Thank you! 00:41:20 Heidi Keiser: Thank you! 00:41:21 Regina Walker: You are a blessing. 00:41:22 Stacy T. Simmons: Amen 00:41:22 Cynthia Stroop: God bless you, Bob. And thank you! 00:41:26 Gene Rowley: WONDERFUL! 00:41:28 RondaWells: wonderful Bob!!! 00:41:31 Tabitha Bouldin: Love this! Needed it so much 00:41:35 Julie Cox: Beautiful and powerful. 00:41:43 Robyn Monroe: Masterful orator with a deeply touching message. Thank you. 00:41:54 Marcy: Thank You, Lord, for KCWC 2020!! Thank you Bob and team!!! 00:42:01 Debbie: thank-you 00:42:01 RondaWells: thank you Hallee and KY Christian Writers 00:42:05 Tracy: Sweet encouragement. Thank you, Bob! Wonderful conference!