By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin It’s no secret in the publishing community but an important truth: editors and literary agents are reading their submissions and looking for people who have been published (have experience) so they can publish them again. This age old practice seems unfair to new writers who have…

by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan Home, home in this gig Where the writers and publishers play Where seldom is heard An encouraging word And the skies are so cloudy all day Thanks, Linda Rondeau for letting me borrow/tweak the lyric. Yes, I've experienced discouragement in my writing journey. Maybe it was…

*Update: Faculty proposals for the 2026 BRMC WC are closed. Applications for the 2027 conference will open in June of 2026. BRMCWC dates for faculty: May 24th - May 29th Assemble Your Faculty Proposal Here’s what you’ll be asked for on the form: Class title: please limit your class title…

by A.C. Williams @ACW_Author  Other than writing a marketable story, attending writing conferences is the most important strategy for establishing your career as an author. In an ideal world, we could say that publishing isn’t about who you know, but we don’t live in an ideal world. Publishing IS about…

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 Edie Melson @EdieMelson It's been about a week and a half since the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference. It's always one of the high points of my year, but it's also an exhausting experience. And that exhaustion isn't limited just to those directing a conference or on staff. It…