by Josie Siler  @josie_siler For many of us, the recent Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference was a mountaintop experience. It was for me. I was one of the Zoomies, the group of conferees who attended virtually and connected during the breaks over Zoom. We had such a blast getting…

By Heather Kreke @HKreke A few weeks ago when I was planning to write this post, I thought I’d write about how my experience at The Blue Ridge Conference was. I knew the event would be amazing, and it was —spiritually, craft wise, and making new friends while encouraging their…

by @RamonaRichards So . . . it’s Thanksgiving . . . with all those expectations of joy and family and love. And many folks will experience just that—a time of celebration and hope. But not everyone. So . . . our 2020 delayed conference ended last week on a high…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills ’Tis the season of the turkey. If you enjoy eating the Thanksgiving bird, then you love the season. If you’re the turkey, well not so much. You’ve probably spent the past year hatching ways to disguise yourself. For the turkey, I commend his ingenuity. For the turkey-writer,…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin At every writer’s conference or group of writers, there is buzz around the word “platform.” Editors and literary agents are searching for authors with a platform or a personal connection to their readers. What’s that about? Many authors believe their task is to write an excellent…

By Aaron Gansky @ADGansky I noticed something interesting when I worked as an editor for The Citron Review, the literary journal I founded in 2009. Here’s a quick glimpse of notes I often made to the other editors: Story 1: Sure! But it needs a new title. Story 2: Yes, but it…