by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales The kids have recently gone back to school and are settling into their school routines. Fall is just around the corner, and pumpkin spice everything has hit the shelves. But now is not the time to shelve our writing projects. Instead, here are 10 back-to-school…

On Wednesdays this past month, we've been sharing some memes of Edie's and my favorite quotes about writing. We've also been promising that we would share memes of your favorite writing quotes to wrap up the month. Several of you commented with yours, so thank you! Without further ado, here…

by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales We recently posted a sneak peek at the 2019 Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference faculty list. It's a great one, so make sure you check it out by clicking on this sentence to follow the link. There is so much to do at a…

by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales Around nine years ago, I had a midlife crisis. It wasn't big. It wasn't drawn out. I didn't go into a deep depression and want to hide in my bed. It was more like a blip on the radar of my life. I'd been serving…

by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales Writing a manuscript is an exhilarating journey, but just because we've typed The End doesn't mean we're finished with our manuscript. Not. Even. Close. What comes next is rewriting. This is where we try to make our writing better. We fix our soggy middles. Deepen…

by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales Some days I find myself sitting in front of the computer, head hurting, staring at a blank screen. Although the desire to write is there, the words aren't. Maybe it's the headache. Maybe it's the 50 other things rolling around in my brain, crowding out…