By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills While writing my latest novel, a shocking realization punched me hard in the stomach. My manuscript was littered with worn out and overused words. Originality had been replaced with a nasty disease called redundancy. Creativity slumped into a corner and buried her head. My disease had…

[tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject=" by @PennyLHunt on @BRMCWC #milfam"]Four Flames of Honor, A Tribute to Military Wives[/tweet_box] by Penny Hunt @PennyLHunt Four Flames of Honor A Tribute to Military Wives by Penny L. Hunt   I Am The Flame of Faithfulness And I pass to you the flame of steadfast…

[tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="@EvaMarieEverson on @BRMCWC #writing"]Complete list of the Blue Ridge Mtns. Christian Writers Conf awards[/tweet_box] Selah Awards NONFICTION GENERAL Finalist, Nonfiction General, Jill Lynn Buteyn & Kara Tippets—JUST SHOW UP (David  C. Cook) Amanda Ludeke & Bill Jenson, agents,  Ingrid Beck & John Blasé, Editors — Finalist, Nonfiction…

What a beautiful day filled with incredible worship, (long meal lines!), workshops, keynote presenters, and the Grand Poobah of Genre Nights. Costume-clad writers filed across the stage representing Young Adult, Historicals from several eras, Bible studies, Children's, Ghostwriting, Romance, and almost every other Christian Bookseller Association genre. Perhaps the crown…

by Bethany Jett, @BetJett Ladies and Gentlemen, we’re entering the last few days before the conference and excitement is mounting and the final preparations countdown has begun: one more trip to Walmart, gotta get the oil changed in the car...new suitcases airing out in the dining room. Has anyone else overtaken…

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 #BRMCWC"]The Dos & Don’ts…