by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 Are outlines really our friends? Although I loved making outlines in my seminary class because they provided structure for the speeches I prepared, things changed. In recent years, I dreaded making outlines as I wrote books and blog posts. They seemed to confine the feeling I…

Let’s talk flash fiction with my friend, Kimberly Duffy. In addition to being a mom of four, Kimberly Duffy is an award-winning author of historical fiction, so she knows a thing or two about writing in a flash. - Lindsey P. Brackett By Kimberly Duffy Life is busy. There’s kids,…

by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales At the beginning of 2020, we had so many plans for the year. And then … many of those plans were cancelled or postponed. You are not alone if you have been bummed out for the past six months. Lonely. Missing your writer friends. Missing conferences.…

By Debra DuPree Williams @DDuPreeWilliams When Esther was called to the palace of King Ahasuerus, she couldn’t have imagined that one day she would be named Queen. Nor could she have envisioned orchestrating events that would lead to saving her people. Another Biblical example of God using ordinary people for…

Yes, 2020 is a crazy year.  Because the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference has been postponed from May to November, we must open the 2021 contest season BEFORE awarding the 2020 winners. [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="#writingcontest #writing #BRMCWC"]The 2021 Selah Awards Contest is OPEN - @EvaMarieEverson on @BRMCWC[/tweet_box] We…

by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea Kids have super weird yet extremely discriminating palates. I know this to be true. I raised five of them. I’m telling you, I remember toddlers completely snubbing dinner, then half an hour later eating a dirt clod and washing it down with bath water. It’s not like…