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Recap of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference 2016 Awards
[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…
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Full Conference Day 3
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…
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Full Conference Day 2!
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…
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First Full Conference Day!
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…
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10 Things to Do with Pre-Conference Jitters
by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales It's down to the last 48 hours until the writers conference, and your stomach can't decide if it's hungry or will reject the food you feed it. You toss and turn all night. Your brain won't shut down. You've got a bad case of the…
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Final Preparations
by Bethany Jett, @BetJett Ladies and Gentlemen, we’re entering the last few days before the conference and excitement is mounting and the final preparations countdown has begun: one more trip to Walmart, gotta get the oil changed in the car...new suitcases airing out in the dining room. Has anyone else overtaken…
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