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Blue Ridge 2020 Genre Night and Awards Ceremony
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 of how exciting this is for you! Genre Night Tuesday night after the keynote is genre…
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Conference Photography
by Mallory Zynda @malloryjophoto Hello! I’m Mallory - the conference photographer! I wanted to talk a little bit about what the process will look like and help walk through some questions you may have. Should I get headshots? What’s the point? First of all, I think anyone who associates themselves with…
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The Foundations Awards (Round II)
By Eva Marie Everson @EvaMarieEverson BRMCWC Contests Director The pandemic we know as Covid-19 or coronavirus or "that monster" has changed our lives in so many ways, one would be hard-pressed to list them all. For those of us who enjoy Christian Writers Conference Spring Season, we have, for the…
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6 Honest Tips for Newbie Writers
by Alycia Morales @AlyciaMorales In 2010, I attended my first Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference. It was my first writers conference. I was a total newbie who had always dreamed of being a writer but had never pursued it as a career. Sure, I’d been writing since I was…
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Is A Meeting With An Agent Or An Editor A Waste of Time?
by Ramona Richards @RamonaRichards Here’s a question I hear a lot, usually from new conference goers—or in some case new writers: “If I don’t have anything to pitch, is an appointment with an editor or agent a waste of time?” Like so many answers in publishing, this one can be…
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Your Conference P.L.A.N.
by Cherrilynn Bisbano @BisbanoWrites Conference season is upon us! I’m excited to attend Blue Ridge and hopefully a few others. Will you attend or does the lack finances keep you at home? The first year God called me to write I attended four conferences. My family doesn’t make a lot…
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