By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills The Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference will be here before we know it. Networking, before during, and after the conference helps us establish personal and professional relationships during the power-packed 5 days and maintain them year-round. Take time to read all the information about the…

by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan I’m in edit mode, so all things edit are on my mind. Sometimes, I want to tear my hair out over telling versus showing. I’ve worked hard to show and not tell … and yet little things slip in unnoticed. Take the work “look.” It’s a…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin Rejection is a reality of the writing life that no one likes. As a writer, my pitches are rejected or answered with silence. Like other writers, I also get ghosted. Besides having written many books and articles for publication, I’m working at my third publishing house…

by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales While scrolling social media recently, I came across a very short statement. Don’t let your struggles become your identity. It stopped my scroll. Have you ever done that? Have you ever given your struggle so much power that you claimed it as part of who…

by DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Is a paid critique at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference useful for me? Perhaps you’ve asked yourself this question. You’re not alone. And the answer is yes! Writers on every level benefit from a paid critique. The following information will point writers in the…

by Julie Zine Coleman @JulieZColeman That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death... Philippians 3:10 NASB My husband has many wonderful qualities. But the night I began to fall in love with him, something bigger captured…