The Contest is open! New Categories Added In addition to last year’s date changes, we also added new categories. We will continue with those category additions this year. In doing a little research, we discovered that professional writers who write short-form were being slighted. There isn’t a national contest associated…

by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea I’ve probably mentioned before that I don’t usually cook for the people I love. Because I love them. And while there’s much that could be said here about being hospitable, there are also a couple of sentences I could add about being “hospital-able”—which, I’m telling you, could…

by Vincent Davis @vbdavisII How can we possibly hope to value a book that we've written? Blood, sweat, and tears were poured into that manuscript. It became our baby. So, now that our baby manuscript has grown up to be a big-boy book, and it’s ready to go out into…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson For writers today, an online presence can mean the difference between success and failure. But if we’re not doing it right, we may be our own worst enemy.  [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject=" #Writing #socialmedia #BRMCWC"]10 Ways to Destroy Your Social Media Presence - @EdieMelson on @BRMCWC[/tweet_box] You…

By Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted I honestly never thought I’d need to address this subject, but as I grow older and experience the ups and downs of aging, like bad knees and high blood pressure, it becomes increasingly vital that we stop and take note. It seems the writer in us…

by Sandy Kirby Quandt @SandyKQuandt What do we do when our writing runs aground?  We truly believe God has called us to travel this writing journey alongside him, but then he steps back, and allows difficulties to test what seems to contradict everything we felt God promised. We feel like…