by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted I opened the manuscript and began to read. Nice description, story seemed interesting but two chapters in, I still knew nothing about the protagonist. What happened? The writer had laid some good building blocks, but what happened to the protagonist. The best way I can explain…

By Tammy Karasek @tickledpinktam Writing conferences are in full swing already this year and the last few weeks we saw at least two conferences spoken about throughout social media. With classes of all the writerly kind, encouraging keynotes, the agent/publisher/editor appointments to give us homework, we need to remember to…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin It’s no secret in the publishing community but an important truth: editors and literary agents are reading their submissions and looking for people who have been published (have experience) so they can publish them again. This age old practice seems unfair to new writers who have…

by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan Home, home in this gig Where the writers and publishers play Where seldom is heard An encouraging word And the skies are so cloudy all day Thanks, Linda Rondeau for letting me borrow/tweak the lyric. Yes, I've experienced discouragement in my writing journey. Maybe it was…

*Update: Faculty proposals for the 2026 BRMC WC are closed. Applications for the 2027 conference will open in June of 2026. BRMCWC dates for faculty: May 24th - May 29th Assemble Your Faculty Proposal Here’s what you’ll be asked for on the form: Class title: please limit your class title…

by A.C. Williams @ACW_Author  Other than writing a marketable story, attending writing conferences is the most important strategy for establishing your career as an author. In an ideal world, we could say that publishing isn’t about who you know, but we don’t live in an ideal world. Publishing IS about…