By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills “What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Nonverbal communication includes the conscious or subconscious display of facial, hand, and body movements that reveal positive or negative feelings. Communications experts say up to 90% of communication is relayed…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson I’m still coming down off the high of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, and while not all of you were there with me, I think there’s some info here you can use. We all need to know how to prioritize our time after an…

by Blythe Daniel @BlytheDaniel There’s the old familiar saying, “Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?” In a similar fashion, many people wonder, “Which comes first, the proposal or the writing?” I’d like to be able to tell you a consistent answer, but the truth is that for some…

By Alycia Morales @AlyciaMorales For the past two months, we’ve discussed spring cleaning our physical offices and our virtual offices. This month, let’s talk about how we can clean up our writing. Are you writing what you love? The first thing we need to do is to determine if we’re…

By Darlene L. Turner @darlenelturner A perfect bait increases a fisherman chances of catching a fish. They take their time and ease that wiggly worm onto the hook before lowering their line into the water. It’s just as important for a writer to do the same with a novel. Forget the…

Excited for the BRMCWC Award Ceremony but can't be there in person? As we did last year, we're excited to announce an alternative - the BRMCWC Awards LIVE Conversation. An engaging social chat room built to support the LIVE Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference Awards. [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="#BRMCWC…