by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea I read the other day that one of the best anti-theft systems for a car is—(Are you ready for this?)—a manual transmission. So many gears, so few who know how best to grind them. I remember well sitting in the driver’s seat of my brother’s car, looking…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Our writing careers are met with victories, successes, challenges, rejections, and lots of writing time in between. One way to stay encouraged and focused is to create a Writer’s Adventure List, those things that are personal, achievable, and unique to every writer. Writers are motivated to…

BRMCWC will once again be offering headshots this year. Mallory Jo Photo will be returning to the conference to take photos. [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="#BRMCWC #Writing #Writingconference"]BRMCWC Professional Headshot Opportunity on @BRMCWC[/tweet_box] If you would like to have a headshot take please follow this link for more information and to…

By Aaron Gansky @ADGansky The last class I taught at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writer's Conference was how to write explosive short fiction. It’s a topic near and dear to my heart. As an editor of The Citron Review, an online literary journal specializing in flash and micro fiction,…

By Larry Leech @LarryJLeechII Blink. Blink. Blink. Oh, that cursor. That stupid cursor. Mocking me. On a blank Word doc. Blank. Like my mind. On a day that I need to write. Being a full-time freelancer for the past 17 years, my motto has been, “If I don’t work, I…

By Edie Melson @EdieMelson Over the course of my career I have published through big publishers and through smaller, traditional presses. Of course there are differences between what support a big and small publisher provides. But—and we all need to wrap our brains around this one truth—our responsibility as the…