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…

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…

We're excited to introduce you to our faculty and classes for the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference 2017.   The listings are in alphabetical order, and this information  is also now up on the Faculty and Classes tab at the top of the page. [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="#writing #pubtip…

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…

by Alycia W. Morales     @AlyciaMorales As conference season approaches, preparations loom around the corner. Now is not the time to procrastinate. Now is the time to prepare for those fifteen-minute appointments, pitches, cramming all that class material into your brain, and networking with other writers, agents, and editors. [tweet_box design="default"…

by Bethany Jett, @BetJett When we’re writing a novel or nonfiction book, article, or blog post, we have one audience in mind: Our own. Yet the rules change when it comes to certain social media platforms…ahem, Twitter and Facebook. With those platforms, we need to consider what our audience’s audience…