By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin Rejection is a reality of the writing life that no one likes. As a writer, my pitches are rejected or answered with silence. Like other writers, I also get ghosted. Besides having written many books and articles for publication, I’m working at my third publishing house…

by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales While scrolling social media recently, I came across a very short statement. Don’t let your struggles become your identity. It stopped my scroll. Have you ever done that? Have you ever given your struggle so much power that you claimed it as part of who…

By Cherrilynn Bisbano @bisbanowrites  I never thought I would or could write for a magazine until I was asked to submit an article to a trade magazine. “What could I contribute?” I said. “Think about it and get back to me.” The editor said. I remembered an instructor at Blue…

[tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="#writingcontest #BRMCWC #writing"]Selah Award Finalists for 2024 from @EversonAuthor[/tweet_box] In the category of ANTHOLOGIES, the finalists are: A Thrill in the Air: A Mosaic Christmas Anthology V Deb Elkink, General Editor The Mosaic Collection Dancing in the Rain: Stories to Shelter the Soul Deb Elkink, General Editor…

by Maggie Wallem Rowe Tell me you haven’t experienced it, too. You attend that writers conference or watch a publishing awards ceremony online, and those unwanted thoughts arrive faster than flies on an apple pie: I’ll never be as good a writer as she is.  Look at all those titles…

by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea Sometimes I like to use words I don’t altogether understand. It’s so I can sound smarter. And perspicacious, sagacious, and astutaquacious. Yes, I did make up that last one—hoping it would make me sound even astutaquaciouser. I admit, it does get embarrassing when I mispronounce a word…