Category: Writer’s Life

  • Make Money While Writing Your Manuscript

    by Alycia W. Morales      @AlyciaMorales As Christian writers, our main goal is to share God's love with those who read our words. Of course, it's nice to get paid to share those words, and writing is as much a job as teaching, building, or counseling. Contracts can be elusive, and…

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  • Writer's Fiscal Year, BlueRidgeConference.com Create Your Own Writer’s Fiscal Year

    We’re one month in to 2017…how are your New Year’s resolutions holding up? They say it takes twenty-one days to start or break a habit, so we should have some analytics. Did we go to the gym three times per week? Have we stopped drinking soda? Are we meeting our writing…

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  • Prom How Writing is Like Prom

    by Alycia W. Morales     @AlyciaMorales If you've ever been to a prom, you know that getting to the dance is a process. It's not as simple as getting dressed and showing up. No, it's much more complex than that. So is writing. [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="@AlyciaMorales explains. #BRMCWC #amwriting"]How is…

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  • Publishing Trends 2017, BlueRidgeConference A Collection of Publishing Trends for 2017

    by Bethany Jett, @BetJett There’s been a lot of chatter about trends in publishing, some of which is a little scary and perhaps controversial. For instance, a lot of my friends who write Christian fiction are concerned about sales and where the genre is headed as we see a decline…

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  • Tips to Turn Off Your Internal Editor

    by Edie Melson @EdieMelson I’ve spoken with a lot of writers who have trouble disconnecting their INTERNAL EDITOR when they're working on an early draft of a manuscript. This overly helpful person lives inside most of us and comes in handy when we’re putting the finishing touches on our manuscript.…

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  • Goodreads Reading Challenges Goodreads Reading Challenges

    by Bethany Jett, @BetJett If we want to write well, we need to read. A lot. But since reading is often viewed as a hobby or indulgence, it can seem like we’re wasting our time when we open our Kindle app or a paperback. To give myself a break, this…

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