@KatyKauffman28 Cindy laughed with the other writers around the table. At least I’m not the only one, she thought. Many of them were also newbies—anxious newbies—at the Blue Ridge conference. She looked at her phone to check the time and noticed that she hadn’t heard her alarm above the roar…

We have an App for That and IT’S LIVE! The featured picture for this post is the homepage of the app. Today I’m going to give you a tour of the Blue Ridge Conference app to help you get familiar with all it can to do make your conference experience…

@Tamela_Murray Some of you reading this may be preparing for the Blue Ridge conference and, in the process, thinking about what meetings to schedule. Here are a few tips I hope will help when thinking about meeting with agents at the conference. Which Agents Should I Choose? Here is the…

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…

By Edie Melson, @EdieMelson This is a post that I wrote several years ago. I get requests for it every year, so I'm sharing it again this year. This was a system I used for years while I was attending conferences as an attendee. It's not the only way to…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjZeEhXqiVg&t=39s[/embed] Video Produced and Directed by Gary Chavalier. Although this video is presented tongue-in-cheek, every example is based on absolute fact. The Blue Ridge Conference is fast approaching, and writers are polishing their manuscripts and proposals One of the conference highlights is the ability for the…