By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Every novelist reaches a plateau in which the perfect story idea isn’t coming together. The plot germ is there, but the theme, setting, characters, and storyline seem to spin out of control. By using the acronym, BRAINSTORM, you can bring the whirling to a halt and…

by Alycia W. Morales     @AlyciaMorales Some days I find myself sitting at the computer, staring at the blank screen. No matter how hard I try to make them, the words just won't flow. Maybe I'm overtired. Maybe I've got a multitude of worries on my mind. Who knows. One thing…

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…