Category: Writer’s Life

  • Find Time to Write—12 Tips to Make Writing a Priority

    by Edie Melson @EdieMelson I think one of the biggest obstacles writers face is finding the time to write. It's a common myth to think that time just magically appears. Truthfully, we never FIND time to write, we have to carve out time to write. That’s what separates the wanna-be…

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  • Tips to Help Writers Battle Creative Fatigue

    by Edie Melson @EdieMelson We all have times when the well of creativity runs dry. Maybe it’s from too many writing deadlines, a family crisis or holiday madness. Whatever it is, it can leave us sitting in a desert thirsting for ideas. I’ve learned that these dry times often come…

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  • Why Hasn’t that Happened for Me?

    By A.E. Pope @AEPopeWriter If you are being completely honest with yourself, you have probably experienced a moment where the success of another writer has caused you to feel this way. At least, I know I have. I would see the success of someone else and be eaten up inside…

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  • What Do You Say to the Voices in Your Head?

    By Deborah Clack @deborah_clack [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="#brmcwc #amwriting @deborah_clack"]What Do You Say to the Voices in Your Head?[/tweet_box] The black dress. The uncomfortable heels. The freshened make-up. And the hope that this was the night Lance Vernon Clack would propose to me. Twelve years ago, almost to the day,…

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  • One Writer’s Annual Reading Plan

    by Bob Hostetler @BobHoss At the recent (and wonderful!) Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, I had occasion several times to mention the fact that I compile and generally follow an annual reading plan every year. As a writer, of course, I afford reading a high priority in my life.…

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  • Accept The Call

    By DiAnn Mills @diannmills Today begins our first Faith Friday post. For the next nine weeks, we'll be exploring our relationship with God as writers for Him by using the acronym A-D-V-E-N-T-U-R-E [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="@DiAnnMills #BRMCWC #faith"]Accept The Call[/tweet_box] Today, we want to dwell on the letter A: Accept…

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