By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills “What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Nonverbal communication includes the conscious or subconscious display of facial, hand, and body movements that reveal positive or negative feelings. Communications experts say up to 90% of communication is relayed…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Disappointments have a way of wiggling into our confidence, especially when our writing friends are at a conference, and we are at home. How does a writer survive? The following tips will help you overcome your sadness while providing tools to improve your craft. Change your…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills A writing myth is a popular belief that is wrong. Since my first publications in 1997, I’ve encountered my share of myths. It’s time to dispel ten of them. A writer must be born with the gift of writing. Some are born with talent in their…

by DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills The music industry has its Grammys. The movie industry has its Oscars. Broadway has its Tonys. And Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference has two awards for writers who work within our industry. And so it is, that every year, writers and writing professional who attend BRMCWC…

by DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills 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 writer to schedule two face-to-face appointments with an agent, editor, or professional writer. We want that event to be a positive…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills In school, we dreaded receiving an F on our papers. For writers, the letter F may subconsciously trigger a fear of failure. This post takes the dreaded letter F to a new level by confronting those writing fears with biblically based principles and arming ourselves with…