by DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Two huge perks for all conferees and faculty at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference is Genre Night and the Awards Ceremony. I want to give you an idea o

By James Hannibal @jamesrhannibal Have you ever painted a room? I try to avoid it, but with the many moves of military life I haven’t been too successful. With tape applied and tarps laid out, Ci

by Lynn Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn  I first heard about the idea of an “artist date” when I read Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. If you’re a creative, you should take a look at The Art

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin I could see the resolution in the eyes of this author across the table from me when she said, “I’m going to self-publish.” We were meeting at a conference (pr

By Aaron Gansky @ADGansky We’ve all made mistakes, and in the same way, our characters will, too. How we handle these mistakes, however, will dramatically impact our readers.  It’s important t

by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 Are outlines really our friends? Although I loved making outlines in my seminary class because they provided structure for the speeches I prepared, things changed.