By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills While writing my latest novel, a shocking realization punched me hard in the stomach. My manuscript was littered with worn out and overused words. Originality had been replaced with a nasty disease called redundancy. Creativity slumped into a corner and buried her head. My disease had…

[tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject=" by @PennyLHunt on @BRMCWC #milfam"]Four Flames of Honor, A Tribute to Military Wives[/tweet_box] by Penny Hunt @PennyLHunt Four Flames of Honor A Tribute to Military Wives by Penny L. Hunt   I Am The Flame of Faithfulness And I pass to you the flame of steadfast…

[tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="@EvaMarieEverson on @BRMCWC #writing"]Complete list of the Blue Ridge Mtns. Christian Writers Conf awards[/tweet_box] Selah Awards NONFICTION GENERAL Finalist, Nonfiction General, Jill Lynn Buteyn & Kara Tippets—JUST SHOW UP (David  C. Cook) Amanda Ludeke & Bill Jenson, agents,  Ingrid Beck & John Blasé, Editors — Finalist, Nonfiction…

Today is the final day of the conference, but yesterday we celebrated the full conference day 3, complete with keynote speaker and former Miss South Carolina Jane Jenkins Herlong, who had us laughing so hard, ya'll.  Last night was also the Awards Banquet, where we celebrated Alton Gansky's dedication to the…

What a beautiful day filled with incredible worship, (long meal lines!), workshops, keynote presenters, and the Grand Poobah of Genre Nights. Costume-clad writers filed across the stage representing Young Adult, Historicals from several eras, Bible studies, Children's, Ghostwriting, Romance, and almost every other Christian Bookseller Association genre. Perhaps the crown…

What an incredibly jam-packed and Spirit-filled start to the conference! Steven James kicked off Sunday evening by delighting...and scaring...the audience a few times with his skilled story-telling abilities. Today, conferees enjoyed their first full day of classes, keynotes, and we were thoroughly blessed to honor agent Les Stobbe for over sixty years of…