We want to extend our sincere congratulations to everyone who entered these contests. You are all winners because you were willing to put your writing out there! [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="@BRMCWC #writing #pubtip"]And The Winners Are...A complete List of the 2017 BRMCWC Contest Winners[/tweet_box] Selah Awards Genre: Bible Studies Winner:…

Welcome to our final Friday Faculty Five post before the 2017 conference. We hope you've enjoyed getting to know some things about our faculty members and feel confident about meeting them this weekend! Our final faculty five post features our fearless leaders, DiAnn Mills and Edie Melson, as well as…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson The publishing industry is like any other—fraught with unwritten rules and etiquette norms.  Add to that the wild wild west of social media and the new writer can commit faux pas that spell career disaster. [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="@EdieMelson on @BRMCWC #writing #pubtip"]Publishing Etiquette Tips -…

by Bethany Jett, @BetJett The conference starts in five days, which in the Jett household, we call "four sleeps and a wake-up." My desk is overflowing with papers and my office carpet looks like Office Depot threw up on it. The laundry is in piles as I decide what needs…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson Today’s post has a lot of information that’s been covered in various placed. I thought it would be helpful to put it all in one place. I’ve gone through the questions I’ve seen in email, on Facebook and online and am trying to hit the high…

Welcome to Friday Faculty Five! This week, we hear from nonfiction author Linda Gilden, author and freelance editor Andrea Merrell, and Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference founder Yvonne Lehman. [tweet_box design="default" float="none"]We're 1 week from conference! This week we'll hear from BRMCWC founder, a nonfiction author, & a freelance…