Happy New Year to all new and long-time members of the Catholic Writers Guild! For the past month, I’ve been busy sending out invoices to members who are not on auto-renew through PayPal. Many of these emails are coming back as undeliverable. To ensure that we have your most up-to-date […]
From the President’s Desk – Merry Christmas!
“And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring […]
From the President’s Desk – Terrorism Comes Close
It’s a beautiful autumn day as I write this. Here in Canada, we are still in shock that terrorism has come so close. It played out like a suspense novel. A young reservist, Corporal Nathan Cirillo, was shot and killed by a Muslim extremist. Most of downtown Ottawa was in […]
From the President’s Desk – Courage and the Catholic Writer
As I write this, it is a gloomy, cold and wet day. It feels more like the end of November than September. The Farmers’ Almanac and recent weather forecasts have predicted that Canada and much of the Northern and Midwestern states will be experiencing another brutally cold and snowy winter. […]
2014 Catholic Writers Conference Live – Wednesday Highlights
On Wednesday, July 30th, the conference began with Mass and then our CWG members meeting. We had a few technical difficulties. James, our official photographer, was helping with those technical issues so we didn’t get any photos of that talk/meeting. Special thanks to James Hrkach for the photography.
Highlights from the 2014 Catholic Writers Conference Live (Tuesday)
In the coming days, I will be posting a few highlights from the 2014 Catholic Writers Conference Live and Catholic Marketing Network Trade Show. It was a whirlwind of activities, presentations, daily Mass, Confession, Adoration and even an opportunity to venerate a first class relic from St. John Paul II. […]
From the President’s Desk: NFP Week and Catholic Writers Conference Live
In case you didn’t know, we are coming to the end of NFP Awareness Week. Before I became President of the Guild…even before I started my writing career, I taught Natural Family Planning (NFP). This year, my husband and I will mark our 30th year teaching NFP. My passion for […]
Catholic Arts and Letters Award Finalists Announced!
It is with great excitement that the Catholic Writers Guild announces our finalists for the 2014 Catholic Arts and Letters Award for Fiction! We want to thank all of you who entered the contest. Our judges had many terrific things to say about all the entries this year. The quality […]
From the President’s Desk – Inspiration and CWCL
Where do you get your inspiration for writing? Do ideas come to you at strange times or can you be inspired by reading a book, watching a movie or looking at art work and photographs? For me, it is all of the above. Ideas often pop into my head at […]