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Five Story Mistakes Even Good Writers Make – Part 1

by Steven James 2020 Keynote Speaker, Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference In fiction, story matters…

Spiritual Growth … It May Not

Can the key to spiritual growth be found in a checklist?

Dangle Your Modifiers In Someone Else’s Fairytale, Por Favor

by Carrie Talbott Once upon a time there was a faculty member—the fairest smarty pants…

First-Timers Contest Open

by Susan K. Stewart I pulled my suitcase from the carousel, turned, and looked for…

First-Timers Contest For MH Writers Conference

When I attended my first writers’ conference years ago, I didn’t realize how dramatically it…

Strategies for First Time Conference Goers

A writer as green as spring grasses arrived at the San Jose Airport, looked for…

You Want to Speak at Schools? Do Your Homework.

BLOGGER: TIM SHOEMAKER Tim will serve as a fiction mentor for a Morning Mentoring Clinic at…

Workarounds: Finding an Agent

BLOGGER: WENDY LAWTON Literary Agent and Vice President of Books & Such Literary Management Co-Teaching a…

Success! Are You Ready?

BLOGGER: TAMELA HANCOCK MURRAY A Literary Agent with The Steve Laube Agency, Tamela will teach…

Passive Vs. Active Verbs

BLOGGER: KATHY IDE Coordinator of the Mount Hermon Christian Writers’ Conference Critique Team Freelance Editor…

Can Bunnies Pray?

BLOGGER: CRYSTAL BOWMAN CAN BUNNIES PRAY? Children’s authors often use animals as the main…

Writing Your Proposal From Your Heart Goal

BLOGGER: MICK SILVA Mick Silva will serve as a fiction mentor in the Pre-Conference Next Level…

3 Ways to Impress a Judge

BLOGGER: ANGELA BREIDENBACH Angie will teach an Afternoon Workshop and serve on the Critique Team…

A Writer’s Sabbath in a 24/7 World

BLOGGER: SARAH SUNDIN Historical novelist Sarah Sundin will serve as a mentor for the Morning…

Allowing God to Lead You

BLOGGER: MARLA SCHULTZ Managing Editor, Molly Green Magazine Reviewing Pre-Conference Manuscript Submissions and Meeting with…

Writing for Middle Grade Boys

BLOGGER: TIM SHOEMAKER Serving as a fiction mentor for a Morning Mentoring Clinic at the Mount…

Writing and Selling Your Memoir: It’s All About Theme

BLOGGER: ALICE CRIDER Associate Editor, Nonfiction, David C. Cook Publishing Reviewing Pre-Conference Manuscript Submissions and…

A Courage Challenge

Many thanks to our 2016 Faculty for supplying two posts a week through the conference…

Magazine Writing: Starting Point or Destination?

Each Monday, we’re featuring one of the Major Morning Tracks lined up for March 2016. Choose…

Mount Hermon Writers–A Timely Distraction

The Major Morning Tracks at the Mount Hermon Christian Writers’ Conference experienced a makeover this…

Writing Bootcamp

The Major Morning Tracks at the Mount Hermon Christian Writers’ Conference experienced a makeover this…

10 Reasons You’ll Want to Visit the Critique Team

Kathy Ide, Critique Team Coordinator for the Mount Hermon Christian Writers’ Conference, shares some of…

Break In Writing Devotionals

Do you love spending time in God’s Word? As you move through your daily life,…

About That Conference Appointment

Steve Laube, a Literary Agent and President of Steve Laube Agency, is back on the…

Creating the Perfect Opening for a Novel

Blogger: Joseph Bentz Creating the Perfect Opening for a Novel If you come to Mount…