Category: Conference Preparation

  • 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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  • 10 Reasons to Attend the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference

    by DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Now is the time to make plans to attend the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference May 24-28 and the post conference with Jane Friedman on May 29. We are thrilled at the lineup of experienced faculty who are well-known within the publishing industry as polished…

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  • What’s Her Story

    Can you see it in her piercing hazel eyes? The ones fixed on something in front of her while her fingers skim the edge of the rearview mirror? What’s her story? Is she a poignant memoir? Is she an action packed romantic suspense novel? Is she an inspiring non-fiction read?…

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