by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan Go back twenty years 2002. It was my first writers conference. On January 1, 2002, I had started writing a novel. New century—new career. I was a published playwright but got God’s call to write novels. I worked alone until I found an online Christian critique…

by Lynn H. Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn I recently wrote the acknowledgments section for my new release. It’s a process fraught with emotion for me because I’m terrified I’ll forget someone who provided crucial assistance and it will be a faux pax from which I can never recover. I typically take it very…

By A.C. Williams by @acw_author In July last year, I was attending the annual Realm Makers Writing Conference. It was the conference’s tenth year, so everyone went all out. We were at a large facility in New Jersey too. What we didn’t expect was to find that most of the…

By Cherrilynn Bisbano @bisbanowrites Happy New Year! Did you set goals and resolutions? I want to finish three books, obtain five speaking engagements, and attend three conferences. My stomach flips when I ponder the possibilities. I’ve prayed about my plans. I desire to accomplish all God has for me. I…

by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea “You must be at least this tall to ride this rollercoaster.” When I was a kid, I simply could…not…wait until I was finally, finally, tall enough to ride a rollercoaster. I’m a short chick, so by the time I reached that minimum height requirement, I was a…

By Holland Webb @WebbHollandLyle At the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference 2022, Karen Porter told us to keep our writing reader-focused. The audience of Christian writers shouted back "Amen." If we'd only had funeral fans and a sawdust floor, you'd have thought we having a revival. (We kinda were.)…