By Julie Lavender @JLavenderWrites For the last week or more, one of the bulbs in my kitchen flickers when I first turn it on every morning. It burns bright for a minute or two, then goes dark for another couple of minutes. It then comes back on for three minutes,…

The Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference is offering mentoring and paid critiques. Mentoring Rules and Guidelines The Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference is pleased to offer first-time or returning conferees optional one-on-one mentoring. Direct link to Critique page Direct link to Mentoring page These planned sessions help writers…

The 2025 Selah Awards finalists were announced by a live Facebook telecast on Friday March 7, 2025, by the contest director Eva Marie Everson. The Selah Awards is an industry-wide award contest for published Christian authors within 32 categories. The awards, which began in 2012, were designed to support the…

By Tammy Karasek @tickledpinktam The title of this post may have you convinced this writer has lost her mind. While there may be some truth to that – hear her out. And by her, I mean me. On the two-hour drive home from a recent large conference, I had plenty…

by A.C. Williams @ACW_Author Conference season is upon us! How exciting! How wondrous! How exhausting! Don’t get me wrong; I love writing conferences. I love learning. I love congregating with my people. I love being surrounded by the energy of other creative people who are pursuing the dream of sharing…

On Wednesday, May 29, 2024, Eva Marie Everson, on behalf of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference Director and Co-Director, Edie Melson and Edwina Perkins, presented The 2024 Selah Awards on the final evening of the conference. The gala event was held in the Spillman Auditorium at the Ridgecrest…