@EdieMelson The other day I was talking to a friend of mine and this person confided that she was afraid she didn’t have what it takes to be a writer. “I’m just not good enough to get a book published, and I don’t know if I ever will be.” “Welcome to…

Charlotte, NC – NASCAR officials confirmed today that Team EdieMills will begin driving car #BRMCWC in next week’s race. The team, made of authors Edie Melson and Diane Mills, is the first to replace car numbers with hashtags. Steve Phelps, President of NASCAR says, “This dynamic female duo is set…

@ADGansky 4. Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action. –Kurt Vonnegut I love the simplicity Vonnegut uses when asserting his rules, but sometimes I wonder if we need a little extra, especially for beginning writers. At first, this rule just makes perfect sense, but if…

As the cool air settles in and we prepare our thanksgiving for all that God has provided in our lives, including salvation, other things become less important than family gatherings and celebrations. Fall fades quickly into winter, and we turn to a season of rest and reflection. [tweet_box design="default" float="none"…

By Debra DuPree Williams @DDuPreeWilliams [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject=" #writing #purpose"]Writers Called . . . to What Purpose? @DDuPreeWilliams on @BRMCWC[/tweet_box] I’m thankful to have had a long weekend to recover from the hustle and bustle of a writing conference. The Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference (BRMCWC) is held…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson We all want what we write to matter—to touch hearts, change lives, challenge the status quo.  To that end we search high and low for the words that connect us to our readers. But what if the gems we’re searching for aren’t hidden in distant places,…