By Edie Melson @EdieMelson Today’s post has a lot of information that’s been covered in various placed. I thought it would be helpful to put it all in one place. I’ve gone through the questions I’ve seen in email, on Facebook and online and am trying to hit the high points…

By Edie Melson with Karen Porter We're back and better than ever! The second annual Storytelling Café is happening this year at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference—and you don’t want to miss it. Mark your calendar: Tuesday Night Jim Henry Auditorium (conference level of Mountain Laurel) Our very…

By Julie Lavender @JLavenderWrites For the last week or more, one of the bulbs in my kitchen flickers when I first turn it on every morning. It burns bright for a minute or two, then goes dark for another couple of minutes. It then comes back on for three minutes,…

The Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference is offering mentoring and paid critiques. Mentoring Rules and Guidelines The Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference is pleased to offer first-time or returning conferees optional one-on-one mentoring. Direct link to Critique page Direct link to Mentoring page These planned sessions help writers…

The 2025 Selah Awards finalists were announced by a live Facebook telecast on Friday March 7, 2025, by the contest director Eva Marie Everson. The Selah Awards is an industry-wide award contest for published Christian authors within 32 categories. The awards, which began in 2012, were designed to support the…

By Tammy Karasek @tickledpinktam The title of this post may have you convinced this writer has lost her mind. While there may be some truth to that – hear her out. And by her, I mean me. On the two-hour drive home from a recent large conference, I had plenty…