by Katy Kauffman, @KatyKauffman28   Light traveled from all over the world to settle on Black Mountain, North Carolina. Hundreds of light bearers—Christian writers—gathered at Ridgecrest to learn about the craft of writing, pitch projects, and share ideas and fellowship. The intensity of the light glowed like the sun…

by Katy Kauffman, @KatyKauffman28   Going to BRMCWC feels like Christmastime to me. Yes, I won’t sleep much. Yes, my brain will be fuzzy by the end of the week. And yes, I will eat too many sweets from the cafeteria line. But the joy will be out the roof.…

by Katy Kauffman, @KatyKauffman28   Hearing my name stunned me. It was my second BRMCWC, and I was waiting to hear whether my article and my devotion did well in the unpublished writers contest (now called the Foundation Awards). Articles was the first category of the night. Honorable Mention was the…

By Katy Kauffman, @KatyKauffman28 Fifty-two flavors of ice cream sound exciting. Fifty-two weeks of blog posts sound daunting. But don’t panic. Relieve some of the pressure of blogging weekly by incorporating series into your blogging calendar. When we write a series on our blogs, we have a plan that relieves…

by Katy Kauffman,@KatyKauffman28    Soft hues of gold, orange, and pink painted the sky as the sun set on that frigid December evening. I clutched my coat collar closer as I left the office. That’s when I saw her. Shivering on the curb, she wore only a tattered hoodie and…

by Katy Kauffman, @KatyKauffman28   How do you know when you’ve written enough in your book or chapter, and it’s time to stop? Some may say … When the deadline comes. When it’s 1 am and you’re going cross-eyed. When you can’t think of anything else to say. When the…