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Discovering Flannery O’Connor, by Anne Faye
Flannery O’Connor was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1925 and died at the age of thirty-nine after suffering from lupus for fourteen years. In between, she wrote two novels, thirty-one short stories,...
View ArticleRed Pen 10-Point Clipboard Checklist
How to Edit Your Draft (Expanded from CWG blog guidelines.) Print this form out for each chapter or blog post and attach it to a clipboard. The first few items are usually done on the computer, but I...
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Books, and Toned Middles
Last month, I talked about beginnings and how important they are to drawing the reader in to your book. It seems appropriate to continue on to story middles today. Middles ought to be pretty simple....
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The End: Sweet Words for an Author, Sweet Experience for a Reader
The end. Two of the most satisfying words a writer can tap onto a keyboard. We’ve all dreamed of typing those six letters, and many of us have been fortunate enough to have achieved that particular...
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What – Why – How I Write #MyWritingProcess
Is your writing your hobby or your passion? Soul-searching time comes when you are confronted with four questions about your writing. Here’s my response to Sarah Reinhard’s challenge to these four...
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Cheerleading! Mutually Beneficial Author Support
There are a lot of us out there. Authors. With great books to share. Too often, though, we feel alone in our endeavors, trying to get readers to notice us in the roiling sea of other great books. This...
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An Invitation to the Blog
The Guild Blog Team Since Guild members actively assist each other, the Catholic Writers Guild officers agreed that the CWG Blog would benefit from increased participation and that a larger team...
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8 High Tech, Low Tech Healthy Writer Tips
Here’s a few tips for writers spending way too many hours at the computer: 1. I got an interval timer and set it to goose me every 40 minutes, at which point I MUST get up and move, shake, stretch, and...
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Catholic Writers Conference, July 29-August 1, 2014
EWTN Bookmark interviews at the CWG Booth Headed for Catholic Writers Conference next week? Are you excited? You should be! Take a look at this photo to get a sense of the energy and opportunities that...
View ArticleGuild Committee Activities Report for August, 2014
The Guild Blog infrastructure has expanded to meet an influx of submissions. Members that had not previously posted, have now shared their work. Others wait in the queue for a posting in the near...
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Why a Critique Group?
Part 1 of How to Form and Facilitate a Critique Group I presented the non-fiction critique workshop at the Catholic Writers Guild Live Conference on August 1. I drew from my experience as facilitator...
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What’s our Mission?
Part 2 of How to Form and Facilitate a Critique Group As I wrote in my post yesterday, I presented the non-fiction critique workshop at the Catholic Writers Guild Live Conference last week. I drew from...
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For The Good of the Group – Books
What World Is This as reviewed by Kassie Ritman May 2014 for Catholic Writer’s Guild **** (4 stars) When What World Is This was initially released I purchased it as an ebook the first day. I...
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Welcome to My World
I’ve just finished my annual, in-home, writing retreat, and highly recommend the experience to all writers! While writing does happen, much else occurs that is very important to my creative process....
View ArticleDon’t Let Your Genre Pin You Down
The other week I sat down to write a quick bit of catechesis on a tricky Gospel reading. I think of myself as a non-fiction writer, and explaining Bible verses is exactly the kind of non-fiction I...
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10 Steps to Indie Publishing
These are the best of times for authors—and possibly the worst of times! The changes in the publishing industry over the past five years are nearly as significant as the advent of the internet. In...
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Say That Again, Please
Writers should be speakers, and vice versa. Speakers (at least, those without speech writers) should first develop their ideas in clear, concise, written prose, before foisting them upon captive...
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Gleanings from The Grace of Yes by Lisa Hendey
Lisa and Nancy at CWGLive 2014 Before the plane took off Monday morning from DFW Airport, my nose was buried in an advanced copy of The Grace of Yes: Eight Virtues for Generous Living. As we landed in...
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It’s a Year for Writers!
Happy New Year Catholic writers! Here’s a few months of writing prompts for you bloggers. It’s amazing how many months-of-something have been declared by everyone from our bishops to self-promoting...
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January Member Round-Up
These posts from the December work of your fellow Guild Members need readers! Kassie Ritman not only writes family history, but makes a compelling case that you should, too! Maybe the young moms around...
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