By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin As a life-long journalist, I follow the news and major world-wide events. While I care about these events, in general they do not touch my work in publishing--but recently they did and this article will tell these stories. For the last 13 years, I’ve worked at Morgan…

by Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, Ed.D. @khutch0767 When I first delved into the publishing industry, I battled doubts, discouragement, and fear. Honestly, I often thought about returning to my career as a school administrator. “You’re wasting your degrees,” I’d say to myself. “No one will ever take you seriously” is another phrase I’d…

by @LynetteEason You've written the book. Congratulations. Or maybe you’re in the process of writing it. Or maybe you just have a great idea swirling around in your head. Whatever the case, if you're heading to a writers' conference hoping to pitch to an agent or editor, you need to…

by Julie Zine Coleman @JulieZColeman This week, we woke to a strange sound on our roof: the pounding of intense rain. It’s been one of the driest summers we have ever experienced in Maryland, and a soaking rain has been rare. So we rejoiced at the much needed relief. Steve…

By Cherrilynn Bisbano @bisbanowrites What’s one of the highlights of your year? Mine is the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference. Also, BRMCWC is one of the events where my confidence tries to repack its bags and hightail it back down the mountain. In the past, the anxiety of imposter…

by A.C. Williams @ACW_Author  I didn’t go to school to learn how to write. Well, maybe I did. I went to school to learn to be a journalist, specifically for printed newspapers, if you can believe that. The degree I graduated college with doesn’t even exist at my alma mater…