by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted A few years back, I had a writer friend fuss at me. “Pick your lane and stay in it. You write everything, but are you proficient?” I thought this was a wr

by Lynn Blackburn @LYNNHBLACKBURN My family vacations every summer at a small lake house in the mountains of North Carolina. It’s now one of our favorite places in the world but as I recall, my

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin David Smith loved language and ignited an excitement in his English teaching at Peru High School in Peru, Indiana during the late 1960s. Of modest height with reced

by Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, Ed.D. @khutch0767 As Christian writers, we often encounter moments of self-doubt and insecurity. There have been times when I’ve questioned whether my voice tr

by DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills The Blue Ridge Conference is fast approaching, and writers are polishing their manuscripts and proposals One of the conference highlights is the ability for the writer to

by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan The back cover copy is usually what sells a book, along with a killer first line. While deciding how I wanted to write this, I surfed the web to gather a little fodde