Edie Melson
Find your voice, live your story… is the foundation of Edie Melson’s message, no matter if she’s addressing parents, military families, readers of fiction or writers. As an author, blogger, and speaker she’s encouraged and challenged audiences across the country and around the world. She’s penned numerous books, including While My Child is Away, a book of prayers for when we’re apart.
As a leading professional within the publishing industry, she travels to numerous conferences as a popular keynote, writing instructor and mentor. Her top-ranked blog for writers, The Write Conversation, reaches thousands each month, and she’s the Director of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference.
In addition, as a respected expert in social media, Edie has the proven expertise to teach others how to plug in without sacrificing valuable writing time. Her bestselling eBook on this subject, has recently been updated, expanded and re-released as Connections: Social Media & Networking Techniques for Writers.
She’s the Director of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, the Social Media Director for Southern Writers Magazine, and the Social Media Mentor for My Book Therapy. She’s a member of the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, regular columnist for Guideposts.org, Just18Summers.com and PuttingOnTheNew.com. She and her husband, Kirk, have been married 35 years and raised three sons. They live in the Upstate of South Carolina. Connect with her on Twitter and Facebook.
Mike Anderson
Michael is a freelance contributing writer for various publications. He has written dozens of feature articles and cover stories for Bookstore Journal, Aspiring Retail, Marketplace, Retailers + Resources, Birding Business, Garden Center and Senior Living magazines. His credits include numerous book, music, and video reviews for Christian magazines.
Mike is a contributing author to seven published books. He is the Co-Founder of the Christian Authors Guild and is an active member of Word Weavers International in the Lake County, Florida chapter.
In his 30 years in Christian retailing, Mike served in positions with Standard Publishing, the Parable Group, and as an operator of award-winning Christian Bookstores in the Atlanta area.
Angela W. McRae
Angela is a full-time freelance writer and editor who has worked with numerous New York Times and USA bestselling authors. She is the former editor of the award-winning Newnan-Coweta Magazine and Lifestyle editor for the Newnan Times Herald.
As a freelance writer, she has sold articles to publications including West Georgia Magazine, Newnan-Coweta Magazine(before she became its editor), Victoria magazine, eBay Magazine, and Christian Singlemagazine. Locally, she continues to write a monthly cooking column for the Coweta Shopper.
She is the author of three books, including two self-published books on teatime, Dainty Diningand A Year of Teatime Tales, as well as her most recent book, the cozy mystery Emeralds and Envy (Red Adept Publishing, 2019).
Holly Moulder
Holly Moulder is a former elementary school teacher who left the classroom in order to write historical fiction for middle grade students. Her fascination with history has helped her create four award-winning novels: Eyes of the Calusa, A Cord of Three Strands, Crystal City Lights, and A Time To Be Brave. When not at home writing, Holly travels to elementary schools across the U.S. where she talks to students and teachers about her books and the writing process. She has two adult daughters and one granddaughter, Macie. Holly and her husband Don, live in Sharpsburg, Georgia.
Edwina Cowgill
The desire of Edwina Cowgill’s heart is to “Share the Heart of God with the Hearts of Women.” She does this through her speaking and her writing. Her blog, which can be found at www.musingsofedwina.com, contains over 600 posts that she has written, including her popular Advent series, The Gifts of Advent.
Edwina has written articles in the Houston Examiner, the Sara-Ministry.com, Live Out Loud, the Midsouth Diocese of the International Communion of the Charismatic Episcopal Church and other church newsletters.
She has published four short stories through her membership in Christian Writers United: Kate’s Story: A Story of Redemption and Love, Count it All Joy, The Front Porch and Christmas Gifts. In 2017, Edwina’s memoir was published under a pen name.
Edwina is the owner of Monarch Writing Services, a full-service editing company. She is married to her soul mate, Dave and she is the mother of two adult children and “Nana” to two wonderful grandchildren.
Tim Riordan
Growing passionate relationships with Jesus Christ has been the motivating goal of Dr. Tim Riordan whether he’s teaching a small group, preaching weekly before his congregation in Newnan, Georgia, or writing books.
When Tim Riordan was eighteen-years-old, he made a list of 100 things he wanted to do in his life. One thing on that list was to write ten books. He passed his goal in 2018 with his eleventh book, Wisdom Speaks: Life Lessons from Proverbs. Tim is a bestselling author in both fiction and non-fiction, and his book Songs from the Heart: Meeting with God in the Psalms was chosen as book of the year by the Christian Small Publishers Association in Bible study and theology in 2016. Tim received a bachelor of music education degree from the University of Georgia and a masters and doctorate from seminaries in Ft. Worth, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana. He serves as the lead pastor at SonRise Baptist Church in Newnan, Georgia. He and his wife, Sandra, have six children and two grandchildren and live in Newnan, Georgia.