by DiAnn Mills     @diannmills Today launches the Blue Ridge Writer Connections’ second Teachable Video Course: Characterization - The Key to Great Novel Writing. This is part of the BRMCWC leadership team’s commitment to enhance writer skills throughout the year. [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="@BRMCWC @DiAnnMills #writerstip #writing"]Characterization - The Key to…

by Edie Melson     @EdieMelson There are a lot of things about being a writer that are hard. And there are a lot of ways we make it even harder on ourselves. So today, I’d like to remind you—and me—of ways to be a little bit kinder on ourselves. [tweet_box design="default"…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills It’s a little hard to concentrate on writing when Christmas songs are rolling through our heads. We’re humming and singing along to our favorites and finding it impossible to write . . . or can we change the words in those songs to fit our writerly…

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 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 DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Some writers are terrified at the prospect of finding an agent. We think literary representation is the one factor that will get us published when the key is writing an outstanding book. But let’s say we’ve already written a fabulous project, what is the agent/author relationship?…