@LindsBrac My eight-year-old daughter just learned to ride a bike. For Amelia, this event was more than a childhood milestone.It was significant—a sign of health and wellness and perseverance (and a testament to my learning to ask for help). Amelia is not a typical kid. She has this nagging, un-officially-diagnosed…

@EdieMelson I’m a member of several writing groups, and I’m always amazed at the different reactions people have to similar situations. For instance, one writer might leave a critique session in tears, questioning whether or not the call to write was real. Another writer might have just as challenging a…

by Eva Marie Everson @EvaMarieEverson Even though I could not be there to hand out the much-deserved awards, I thank Edie Mahoney Melson and DiAnn Mills for the EXCELLENT job they did in my place. Congrats to all! Congrats to EVERYONE who entered! Thanks to you, we raised nearly $8,000…

@RamonaRichards It’s the last day of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference! Feeling relieved? Overwhelmed? Overjoyed? [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="- @RamonaRichards on @BRMCWC #writing #writerslife"]You survived a writers conference, now what?[/tweet_box] I’ve written earlier in this blog about the best ways to “come down” after a conference and make…

Linda Gilden @LindaGilden Here we are just weeks away from the conference. You have already thought about how you are going to get there and maybe even have plane reservations. You have been polishing your book proposals and articles and continue to do so. You have made a list of…

@BisbanoWrites I guess I’m not going to the conference, I said to myself. I was convinced you wanted me to go, Lord. I began to close my laptop—BING. In 2015 I asked God to allow me to go to the Blue Ridge Christian Writers Conference. It would be my first…