by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan I’m in edit mode, so all things edit are on my mind. Sometimes, I want to tear my hair out over telling versus showing. I’ve worked hard to show and not tell … and yet little things slip in unnoticed. Take the work “look.” It’s a…

by Lynn H. Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn I’m on a deadline y’all, so this is going to be brief. This deadline is for, Lord willing, my fifth published novel. I’ve been churning out words for weeks, months, okay a couple of years now, and I’ve made a few, let’s call them “observations,” regarding…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin Rejection is a reality of the writing life that no one likes. As a writer, my pitches are rejected or answered with silence. Like other writers, I also get ghosted. Besides having written many books and articles for publication, I’m working at my third publishing house…

by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales While scrolling social media recently, I came across a very short statement. Don’t let your struggles become your identity. It stopped my scroll. Have you ever done that? Have you ever given your struggle so much power that you claimed it as part of who…

by Julie Zine Coleman @JulieZColeman That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death... Philippians 3:10 NASB My husband has many wonderful qualities. But the night I began to fall in love with him, something bigger captured…

[tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="#writingcontest #BRMCWC #writing"]Selah Award Finalists for 2024 from @EversonAuthor[/tweet_box] In the category of ANTHOLOGIES, the finalists are: A Thrill in the Air: A Mosaic Christmas Anthology V Deb Elkink, General Editor The Mosaic Collection Dancing in the Rain: Stories to Shelter the Soul Deb Elkink, General Editor…