by A.C. Williams @ACW_Author What is the right way to tell a story? If you put ten writing experts in a room and ask them that question, you’ll get thirteen different answers. Writing, and by extension storytelling, is an art, so much of what determines an excellent story can’t be…

by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales If you’ve been a writer for any length of time, you are fully aware there is a lot of writing advice out there. We share a lot of it here at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers blog. So, I thought it would be fun…

by DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills The Blue Ridge Conference is fast approaching, and writers are polishing their manuscripts and proposals One of the conference highlights is the ability for the writer to schedule two face-to-face appointments with an agent, editor, or professional writer. We want that event to be a positive…

By Penny Reeve There are days when being a writer is amazing! We write wonderful words. Lots of them. We make connections with an agent or publisher. They request our manuscript. Our beta readers love our writing. Our blog followers double. We attend conferences and come away with new friends,…

By Cherrilynn Bisbano @bisbanowrites As a child I would hear my babysitter say, “It’s always better to give than receive.” In my head I’d say, yeah but it’s not your chocolate bar your giving away. Even as an adult, no one touches my chocolate without my permission. All kidding aside, …

by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea Buffet strategies. I have them. Mostly they fail, but I have them. Stratagem one: load up the plate on the first go-round so I don’t have to go back. But guess what. I always have to go back. It’s a buffet. The beauty of the buffet is…