by @RamonaRichards Happy Christmas! Here’s hoping that none of you are reading this the day it posted (Christmas Day), or even the day before. I, for one, hope you are spending Christmas Day nestled in the heart of your family, surrounded by laughter and food, making memories to last a…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Attempting to write during the Christmas holidays adds another line in the dictionary’s definition for stress. We’re busier now than at any time during the year. Our planning and preparation is fun, and we feel like kids who’ve eaten way too much sugar or grown-up kids on…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin Few people talk about this truth of publishing: it is hard. I’ve been doing it for decades and it is still hard. There is a reason it is called work. Yet thousands of new books are published every day. These books join the millions of books…

By Aaron Gansky @ADGansky Endings can be a tricky business. It’s tough to do well. Here are a few things you want to keep in mind as you’re wrapping your book up. First Know where you’re going. Even if you don’t have an outline, have a plan in mind. It…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Do you hear the drum roll? It thrills the BRMCWC Leadership Team to announce our 2021 Faculty for our May 30 - June 3 conference. Our post-conference speaker on Friday, June 4th, will feature Robert Benson: “Writing to Discover the Movement of the Holy One in Your…

by Sandy Kirby Quandt @SandyKQuandt My husband has a private pilot’s license which gives him the authority to take an airplane up in the sky, fly it around, and land it safely. When he is behind the controls of a plane, he is the Pilot in Command (PIC). Sometimes he…