By DiAnn Mills, @DiAnnMills It may be nearing 90° where you live, but school has been in session for a couple of months and the theme is fall for our northern hemisphere. Social media is transitioning from juicy strawberries and plump blueberries to apples and pumpkins. Even if we don’t…

@DiAnnMills Dissecting character motivation ushers in the potential of improving your novel to bestselling status. Writers sift through a character’s behavior to find the inner quality that drives the character into action. This core, the deep physiological problem plaguing our character, must be resolved before the character can change and…

@DiAnnMills Writers are often asked to volunteer, give of their time and talents, bend, stretch, and fed guilt-lines to convince them to edit, speak, teach, write, mentor for free, and the list goes on. This is probably you. Please don’t misinterpret my thoughts here: a willingness to serve is a…

We’re super excited to share a sneak peek at what we have planned for BRMCWC 2020! First, we want to announce the speaker for our post conference (Friday, May 29, 2020). Those who register for BRMCWC 2020 can also register for this one day add-on with industry icon, JANE FRIEDMAN.…

@diannmills C.S. Lewis did not write behind closed doors and hide his manuscripts from the rest of the world. Rather he and other renowned Christian friends formed the Inklings, a group destined to encourage each other in spiritual and writing disciplines. They read their work aloud and met for almost…

@DiAnnMills Genesis 1:26 tells us we are made in the image of God. And He is the great Creator. For us to grasp what this means to writers, let’s explore three critical points of the concept. This will help define the joy and purpose of our extraordinary gift. Let’s begin…