By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin As an editor, it is no exaggeration to say I’ve reviewed thousands of submissions during my years in publishing. As a writer, you have one opportunity to make a good first impression. While it may sound simplistic to say it, your impression is made in a…

by Lynn Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn  While some writers have been writing stories since they could hold a pencil, that wasn’t my experience. I was a reader first. For thirty-five years I fell into books, crawled into stories, and lived there as often as possible.  Then one day the stories in my head…

by Lindsey Brackett @LindsBrac In 2014, I attended my first BRMCWC—my first ever writer's conference. Before I got up the courage to tell other people I wanted to write, I never knew conferences existed. A local friend encouraged me to attend BRMCWC with her, and the unexpected connections I made…

by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales Every December, I ask God for a word to focus on in the new year. In 2020, I knew what that word would be in November. Write. Little did I know as I set up my business planner for 2021 that my life would come…

by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 Devotions are “story-heavy.” The danger is making them almost “story-only.” I have seen writers share takeaway—value that readers can take away and apply to their lives—in just 250 words. Not easy, right?  What if your word count range was 500-800 words? That seems to be the…

By Cherrilynn Bisbano @bisbanowrites "What are you doing? You could have killed me!" I said to my breathing buddy. I attended Combat Camera School in Denver Colorado for the RI Air National Guard; I took a scuba (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus), class. Three months was a long time to be…