by Edie Melson @EdieMelson But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control… Galatians 5:22-23 For me, this verse is tough. Some of the things listed are easy. Some…well…not so much. In my travels this fall, I’ve had the opportunity to hear about other the…

by Bethany Jett, @BetJett I'd planned on posting Part 2 in the series of 11 Ways to Create a Sense of Place. However, on my drive home from a meeting tonight, all the similarities between writers and politicians flooded through my mind. It's amazing what goes through my brain when there…

by Alycia W. Morales    @AlyciaMorales Memes (pronounced meem, not me me) are not only fun to share, they're fun to create. So what should one do with a meme? What types of memes should we make? What exactly are they useful for? [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="via @AlyciaMorales #BRMCWC "]25 Ideas…

by Bethany Jett, @BetJett I host a weekly online show called Writers Chat and yesterday's topic was how to create setting in our stories. The tips were so great I had to share with our Blue Ridge community. Creating great scenes is not only for fiction writers. Whether you're writing…

by Bethany Jett, @BetJett I'm obsessed with reading lately. It comes in spurts and dry spells, but this last week especially, I've inhaled one after another. As Stephen King says, to be a good writer, you have to do two things: read a lot and write a lot. Ergo, reading…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson I remember the first time I ventured onto twitter. It’s an intimidating site, full of unfamiliar terms and strange rules. Beyond that, the more people I followed, the more confusing the newsfeed became. To my untrained eye, all those 140 character bursts were just disjointed and…