Tagged: Becoming a Professional Writer

  • How to Choose Your Classes for a Writing Conference

    by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales Choosing classes can be nerve-racking! If this is your first time attending BRMCWC, you may feel a bit overwhelmed when you look at the class schedule. There's just so much to choose from. How does one decide which classes to take? What are all those…

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  • Blunders in the Business of Writing

    by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted Every writer makes mistakes. We’re human. There’s not one of us who is perfect. And errors are sorta okay if we learn from them. It’s when we refuse to make the effort to correct our blunders that sucks the life out of our writing. [tweet_box design="default"…

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  • Writers Must Use Their Words Well

    By Tammy Karasek @tickledpinktam All writers are given the opportunity to share a message for anyone who would come across the words they’ve tapped out on their keys. Whether the piece is a blog post, article or a book, the written words can be read by somebody, somewhere over and…

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  • Networking Before, During, and After the Conference

    By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills The Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference will be here before we know it. Networking, before during, and after the conference helps us establish personal and professional relationships during the power-packed 5 days and maintain them year-round. Take time to read all the information about the…

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  • Writers Look Here…

    by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan I’m in edit mode, so all things edit are on my mind. Sometimes, I want to tear my hair out over telling versus showing. I’ve worked hard to show and not tell … and yet little things slip in unnoticed. Take the work “look.” It’s a…

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  • 3 Ways to Brainstorm Ideas for Magazine Articles

    By Cherrilynn Bisbano @bisbanowrites  I never thought I would or could write for a magazine until I was asked to submit an article to a trade magazine. “What could I contribute?” I said. “Think about it and get back to me.” The editor said. I remembered an instructor at Blue…

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