by: Shannon Redmon @shannon_redmon As a published author, I love to talk to readers. They always have such great questions and often want to know how long it takes to write a book or how many words we write in a day. They seem surprised when I tell them I…

by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan I cut my writerly teeth on dialogue: As a script writer for stage plays, particularly sermon-starters. I didn’t add directions or interpretation. I left that up to the director. Of course at that time, I was the director, but that’s neither here nor there. In the…

By Cherrilynn Bisbano @bisbanowrites  I’ve been asked many times, “How did you get selected for a faculty position?” After three years of submitting more than five class ideas each time, I received an invitation to teach the class I knew the least about, Your Platform is Bigger Than you Think.…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson We're about two weeks away from the end of the 2023 Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference. It's always one of the high points of my year, but it's also an exhausting experience. And that exhaustion isn't limited just to those directing a conference or on…

By A.C. Williams by @acw_author  I love stories. Ever since I was a kid, I’d set up my armies of My Little Ponies and my brother’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and we would stage epic adventures that spanned time and space. I believe the Barbies were even involved at one…

by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea Have you ever been tagged—maybe trapped—in a group text? You’re begging your phone. Please, not one more notification. And your phone answers with: zzzzzt. Even worse, you go to bed early while the other 30 in your group have a night owl session. Get up the next…