If you’d like to pitch to me via Zoom at an online conference, or meet me in person, here’s my 2025 conference schedule for the year so far:

San Diego Writing Workshop (online)

February 7 – 8, 2025

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South Carolina Writing Workshop (in person)

March 1, 2025

Charleston, SC 

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Cascade Christian Writers Conference (online 

March 7 pitch appointments 

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Texas Writing Workshop (online)

March 7 – 8, 2025 

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Alabama Writing Workshop (in person)

March 14, 2025

Birmingham, Alabama

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Atlanta Writing Workshop (in person)

March 15, 2025

Atlanta, Georgia 

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Ohio Writing Workshop (online)

April 4 – 5, 2025 

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Pittsburg Writing Workshop (online)

May 9 – 10, 2025

Writing Day Workshop is running a First Pages Contest for 1) young adult fiction, 2) romance, women’s, historical, and 3) adult sci-fi & fantasy. FREE to enter. Ends on Feb. 4, 2025: 

I’m judging romance, women’s fiction, and historical. You can check out the page below: 

https://www.writingdayworkshops.com/blog/first-pages-contest-2-romance-historical-womens-fiction-judged-by-agent-brandy-vallance

As an author, how do you get your readers to feel? Is there some skill that has to be learned or does it happen naturally? Here, Robert T. Spiller & Brandy Vallance discuss some advanced writing techniques, as well as some stories that do this well.

15 Query Letter and Submission Mistakes To Avoid, taught by Brandy Vallance. Once you understand some basics about crafting a query and submitting your work, it’s time to review what NOT to do when contacting agents and editors. This class, taught by a literary agent, addresses common agent pet peeves, submission errors, things that come off as unprofessional, cliche wording in a query, and more. Learn what small mistakes may be torpedoing your submission, and what you can do to fix them. 

I received some wonderful news yesterday! My screenplay, THE LADY ILLUMINATORS, was named in the Final Draft Pro Screenwriting Competition! Here’s the link. 

Social Media Post: I’m thrilled that I’m a quarterfinalist in the @finaldraftinc Big Break Competition! My screenplay, THE LADY ILLUMINATORS is under the Sci-fi category. Wow, I’m so grateful! I wrote the book during some of the hardest times in my life then adapted it into a screenplay this year. What a long journey TLI has been on so far. I’m excited to see where the journey goes!

Fighting discouragement is hard if you’re a writer. You’re tempted to give up and sometimes your book can sit in a drawer for months or years. Here’s my take on some of my writing journey. I hope this helps!

I had a wonderful time talking about symbolic language with Evangeline Denmark and J. Case Tompkins! Give it a listen if you are so inclined:  https://www.anselmsociety.org/blog/brandy-vallance-interview

A CHRISTMAS BLESSING
God grant you the light of Christmas,
which is faith;
the warmth of Christmas,
which is purity;
the righteousness of Christmas,
which is justice;
the belief in Christmas,
which is truth;
the all of Christmas,
which is Christ.

~Wilda English