The “Call”: We All Receive Them, But When Will You Answer? Nine years ago, I got a text from a friend I hadn’t seen in a few years: “I don’t know where to turn or what to do. I’m sick and getting evicted from my apartment as of the 31st. […]
Three Ways the CWG Can Help Your Writing Career in 2023
Jennifer Fitz shares how the Catholic Writers Guild’s conferences and projects for 2023 offer some invaluable opportunities for you to grow as a writer and deepen your professional network.
CWG Member News March 2022: Opportunities Galore!
We’ve been gearing up to revive some activities that have fallen by the wayside, asking you to prayerfully consider where you can pitch in. This month, we have some concrete opportunities. Please read on for details.
So Loved the World
Christmas—the birth of God as human being. What a concept! For my kids’ generation, I have to translate it in terms of an alien coming to Earth, revealing Himself as the seed of human origin. We are more likely to believe in aliens than angels these days. But, be that […]
Christmas–A Bad Time for Alcoholics and Addicts? Faith is the answer.
For some, the sights, signs and smells of the holidays bring joy and a warm feeling. But, while others are joyously diving into the season, some of us are dipping into conflict, guilt, and a sense of guilt. —Melody Beattie, The Language of Letting Go, Dec. 24. If I could […]
The Perfect Blindside, by Leslea Wahl
At sixteen, Jake Taylor is an Olympic medalist, a snowboarding prodigy, and a big fish transplanted to a small pond. He annoys Sophie Metcalf with his arrogance. She plans to expose him for the thoughtless egotist she thinks he is, but she discovers Jake’s considerate and haunted side. A warm […]
6 Dates to Disaster, by Cynthia T. Toney
Life can be horribly unfair, especially if you are a teen. Or so you may think. Sometimes parents can be right, but not all adult decisions seem just and reasonable. Unfortunately, adults usually have the last word. In her third book in the Bird Face series, 6 Dates to Disaster, […]
8 Notes to a Nobody, by Cynthia T. Toney
Ten years in the writing, 8 Notes to a Nobody is required reading for any family with adolescents. Cynthia T. Toney packs her pages with humor, realism, and insight. She also deserves an MS degree as a Master of the Simile for this stylistic labor of love. Wendy Robichaud is enjoying eighth […]
CWG Social Media Committees rule!!
by Nancy Ward, Coordinator of Committees We have lots of activity and fun is going on in the social media committees, under Karina’s leadership, including big changes on our Facebook page. The work of these dedicated committee members keeps CWG interesting to us and exciting for those working together to […]
Committees: October possibility and promise
“October had tremendous possibility. The summer’s oppressive heat was a distant memory, and the golden leaves promised a world full of beautiful adventures. They made me believe in miracles.” ― Sarah Guillory, Reclaimed And so October has possibility for all of us in the Catholic Writers Guild. Possibility […]