by Rhonda Rhea     @RhondaRhea Thrills. Different people find them in different ways, from different places, according to different personalities and various likes, dislikes and individual pain tolerances. Personally, I get a real charge from an all-day trip to the mall. I get a real “charge.” Get it? … Never mind.…

by Alycia W. Morales     @AlyciaMorales The first year I attended the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference was 2010. I'd been crying out to God asking what He wanted me to do, as I'd spent so much time serving my husband, our four children, and the church that I felt…

by DiAnn Mills     @diannmills Remember the children’s story Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina about the peddler who wore so many hats? This delightful story reminds me of writers and all the hats we wear. Maybe you haven’t considered a writer’s varied roles, so let me remind you. [tweet_box design="default"…

by Alycia W. Morales     @AlyciaMorales We've just returned from BRMCWC 2018. Our minds and hearts are full. If we're honest, we're both energized and drained. We can't wait to work on that writing project, but we walked so many miles up and down the campus that we don't want to…

by Edie Melson     @EdieMelson There are a lot of things about being a writer that are hard. And there are a lot of ways we make it even harder on ourselves. So today, I’d like to remind you—and me—of ways to be a little bit kinder on ourselves. [tweet_box design="default"…

by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea I was watching the cat wildly chase a laser dot the other day and I thought, Wow, if that red dot was a Butterfinger that could totally be me. Those wild moments are the times I think Sammy could be the poster animal for the cat…