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…

By Alycia Morales @AlyciaMorales Do you remember when God called you to write? I do. We’d recently moved the second time in a series of six moves. My husband’s construction career had us traveling between national projects. We’d arrived in Aiken, South Carolina. My grandfather had just passed. Between the…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson It's been about a week and a half since the 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 staff. It…

by Julie Zine Coleman @JulieZColeman But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good…But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills…But now God has arranged the parts, each one of them in the…

by Cherrilynn Bisbano @bisbanowrites Preparation is vital for spiritual, emotional, and professional success. Every day must begin with talking to our Abba. He alone is the source of life, wisdom, power, and guidance. [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="#Writing #Writinglife #BRMCWC"]Pray, Plan, and Read for Writing Success by @bisbanowrites on @BRMCWC[/tweet_box] He…