Welcome to our faculty five post, where you'll learn five fun facts about the BRMCWC 2017 faculty. This week, we'll hear from authors Tosca Lee & Lynette Eason, as well as Paula Mowery, acquisitions editor from Prism Book Group, an imprint of Pelican Book Group. [tweet_box design="default" float="none"]One of our…

by Bethany Jett, @BetJett It’s time to dispel any fear, dread, or hesitation that arises when we talk about one sheets. The one sheet is a tool to help start the conversation between you and the editor or agent to whom you're pitching. It is not the end-all, be-all of…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills A writer’s brand is a red carpet of introduction to readers and the publishing industry. It’s an identity that shows genre and demonstrates what others can expect from writing projects, social media posts, and anything attributed to the writer’s name. Branding is not a marque in…

The 2017 Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference is coming up fast. And we're continuing our practice of allowing attendees to offer books for sale in our conference bookstore. This includes traditionally published books and self-published books. The fee for consignment books is 20% of the purchase price on each…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Plotting is unique to each writer’s personality and method of structuring a novel. Some writers are married to their outlines. Some are seat-of-the-pants writers, and some are organic—that’s a mix of both with the story ideas as the focus. Once we’ve established our type of plotting,…

Welcome to our faculty five post, where you will find out five fun facts about the 2017 BRMCWC faculty. This week, we’ll hear from authors Richard Mabry, Tom Morrisey, and Bob Hostetler. [tweet_box design="default" float="none"]Who is learning to play the ukulele? Who has been to Booger Hollow? Who is obsessed…