by Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, Ed.D. @khutch0767 He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection (Psalm 91:4 NLT). When I faced a life-threatening illness, I spent a month in a secluded ICU room for neurological traumas. I was the…

A Hands-on Experience for Novelists The Mountainside Novelist Retreat will be bigger and better than ever this year! We hope you can join us from October 8, 2023—October 11, 2023 at the Ridgecrest Conference Center. Call 1-800-588-7222 to Register Today! [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="from @BRMCWC"]Don't Miss the Mountainside Novelist Retreat…

by Lynn H. Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn I love being able to talk to new writers and give them some encouragement. I love sharing from my own experience—the things that worked and the things that didn’t. But here’s the scary part. I still have no idea what I’m doing. There are a lot…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin For many years, I’ve known about the Catch-22 of publishing. The Merrian-Webster dictionary defines Catch-22 as “a problematic situation for which the only solution is denied by a circumstance inherent in the problem or by a rule.” Several years ago in Spokane, I taught a workshop…

by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 You might say yes. How many of us have cried when we’ve been frustrated with the writing process? Or when we’ve been in the editing stage and just wanted to finish? But have you ever cried when you wrote something because you realize full force just…

By A.C. Williams by @acw_author What have you got left to learn about writing? Depending on how you answer that question, this article may infuriate you. Fair warning. One of the most extraordinary (and not in a good way) aspects of working as an editor and book coach is how…