by Edie Melson @EdieMelson So often we make things harder than they have to be. Sometimes we do it because we’re used to doing things a certain way, or because it’s the only way we know how. But things change quickly these days, and it’s always a good thing to…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills While contemplating my next writing project, I took a critical look at myself, and I didn’t like what the mirror revealed. I had flabby arms. Some of you call these bat wings or fly-zones. I refer to them as dangling participles, nothing I want on me…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson We all want what we write to matter—to touch hearts, change lives, challenge the status quo.  To that end we search high and low for the words that connect us to our readers. But what if the gems we’re searching for aren’t hidden in distant places,…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, Ephesians 3:20 Sometimes (more often than not) I get caught up in the process of life. I’m an analytical sort…

By Deborah Clack @deborah_clack [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="#brmcwc #amwriting @deborah_clack"]What Do You Say to the Voices in Your Head?[/tweet_box] The black dress. The uncomfortable heels. The freshened make-up. And the hope that this was the night Lance Vernon Clack would propose to me. Twelve years ago, almost to the day,…

by Bob Hostetler @BobHoss At the recent (and wonderful!) Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, I had occasion several times to mention the fact that I compile and generally follow an annual reading plan every year. As a writer, of course, I afford reading a high priority in my life.…