@LucindaSMcDowel Summertime and the season for….. writers conferences, book conventions and intense writing sojourns! I have discovered that each time I return to an annual event, it is helpful to use it as an intentional time of evaluation and focus. Some of us have just finished up a fabulous time…

This week we join together to talk business, learn, be inspired and so much more. I believe one of the most distinct things about the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference is that we celebrate the divinely inspired word of God. I’m not just talking about the Bible. Let me…

@ADGansky Start as close to the end as possible. –Kurt Vonnegut Some time ago, I had a student approach me to ask my opinion on something they were working on. The story opened inside a hospital with the birth of a child. I liked the idea immediately, and anticipated some…

by Tammy Karasek @TickledPinkTam We are days away from the 2019 Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference—yes days, folks! Are you as excited as I am? By now, you have gone through your checklist of things you need to pack. Hopefully, you have read all of the wonderful blog posts…

@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…

@BisbanoWrites The church is filled with many personality types with different levels of brokenness. We all process information differently, filtered by past experience, hurts, pains, and joys. As authors we desire our writing to point people to Christ. He is the ultimate healer and He will use our words to…