The 2019 Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference is coming up fast. And we’re continuing our practice of allowing attendees to offer books for sale in our conference bookstore. This includes traditionally published books and self-published books. The fee for consigning books is 20% of the purchase price of each…

@CindyDevoted One of the most important things a writer must learn is to write an effective bio. From the simple one-line by-line to a full length professional bio, it is what specifically identifies us. Unfortunately, unlike the one-size-fits-all clothing we find in the store, you cannot expect one bio to…

@JennyLCote Last time I asked you to examine why you write. If you’ve settled that, then the answer to this question may come easier. But that doesn’t make it any less depressing of a scenario. Aren’t we passionate about writing so people will read, enjoy, be inspired, educated, transformed or simply…

@LucindaSMcDowel Katherine was a human computer. A black woman in the mid-century America NASA space program. Among other responsibilities, she calculated the trajectories for both the Mercury and Apollo missions. But no one knew about her work. Until the recent book and movie “Hidden Figures”revealed the true story of the…

@ADGansky In continuing my exploration of Kurt Vonnegut’s eight rules for writing fiction, this time we’ll dive into his third rule. Like the others, it’s both simple and profound. In case you missed the rest of the series here are the links: As Writers We Must Use Our Pages Wisely…

@LynnHBlackburn About five years ago, I joined Five Forks CrossFit. Me. The girl allergic to exercise now finds herself doing deadlifts, kettlebell swings and burpees. It caught me completely off guard, but I fell in love with it. The other thing that caught me off guard is how much similarity…