By Alycia Morales @AlyciaMorales Many of us have a way with words. After all, we’re writers and speakers, are we not? But do we pay attention to everything we say or write every time we open our mouth, stand in front of a microphone, pick up a pen, or sit…

by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales You have an idea for a book. Maybe you have several. You want to impact the world with your writing, change lives, and feel like you’ve accomplished something amazing. Am I right? So why is it that when you sit down to write, your mind…

By Alycia Morales @AlyciaMorales Everyone talks about the importance of a critique group and how wonderful it is for improving your writing and getting feedback. That is solid advice, but there’s something else I’d like you to consider: [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="#writing #writerslife"]10 Reasons You Need Friends Who Write -…

By Alycia Morales @AlyciaMorales Do you remember when God called you to write? I do. We’d recently moved the second time in a series of six moves. My husband’s construction career had us traveling between national projects. We’d arrived in Aiken, South Carolina. My grandfather had just passed. Between the…

By Alycia Morales @AlyciaMorales Begin with a blank page. Write out a few notes on said page. Notice it’s no longer blank. Request a creative download. Write a few more notes on the page. Ask a bunch of questions you have to come up with the answers for. Initiate research…

by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales If you’ve been a writer for any length of time, you are fully aware there is a lot of writing advice out there. We share a lot of it here at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers blog. So, I thought it would be fun…