by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales As we count down the final days until we gather at the Ridgecrest Conference Center for the 2020 BRMCWC, many have had questions about what to expect and how things will work. Not only are there many of you who are new to the conference, there…

by DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Two huge perks for all conferees and faculty at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference is Genre Night and the Awards Ceremony. I want to give you an idea of how exciting this is for you! Genre Night Tuesday night after the keynote is genre…

by Mallory Zynda  @malloryjophoto Hello! I’m Mallory - the conference photographer! I wanted to talk a little bit about what the process will look like and help walk through some questions you may have. Should I get headshots? What’s the point? First of all, I think anyone who associates themselves with…

By Eva Marie Everson @EvaMarieEverson BRMCWC Contests Director The pandemic we know as Covid-19 or coronavirus or "that monster" has changed our lives in so many ways, one would be hard-pressed to list them all. For those of us who enjoy Christian Writers Conference Spring Season, we have, for the…

by Alycia Morales @AlyciaMorales In 2010, I attended my first Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference. It was my first writers conference. I was a total newbie who had always dreamed of being a writer but had never pursued it as a career. Sure, I’d been writing since I was…

by Ramona Richards  @RamonaRichards Here’s a question I hear a lot, usually from new conference goers—or in some case new writers: “If I don’t have anything to pitch, is an appointment with an editor or agent a waste of time?” Like so many answers in publishing, this one can be…