“There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 Lots to share this beautiful warm day in August! Catholic Writers Conference Live First, if you attended the Catholic Writers Live Conference last month, it was great to meet you! It was […]
Monday’s Writing Tips – Building a Farmer’s Stand
This is the last blog about potatoes. I promise. It is just too good a metaphor to give up easily. So now you have your edited manuscript. You have sent it out to all the agents you thought would be interested and nobody seemed to want it. As a […]
From the President’s Desk – Failure Leads to Success
“Has it ever occurred to you that a life without failure is a dead life? Because you learn by failing. If you don’t try things, you’ll never learn anything. You’ll never accomplish anything.” Catherine Doherty, Foundress of Madonna House Thomas Edison tried and failed on hundreds of attempts to create […]
Writer’s Opportunity
If you are lucky enough to live in the area take advantage of this amazing opportunity. …..mmmmmmmm Thomas Merton, Maybe this is how he started out? There will be a Catholic Writers’ Retreat at the Malvern Retreat House in Malvern, Pennsylvania – September 29 to October 3, 2014. This […]
Giving Thanks
Last month, I attended CWG’s Your Word is My Delight: A Catholic Writers’ Retreat in Dewitt, Michigan. As is so often the case, it took me a few days post-retreat to recognize the gifts poured out by the Holy Spirit through the event. Opportunities to pray abounded. Daily Rosary, daily […]
Community! Find it in Unexpected Places!
I took up a swimming challenge at our local YMCA in January, and I’ve had plenty of time while plowing through the H2O to contemplate. One of the things that came to me recently – and which I did not anticipate – was what swimming (or any solitary sport), writing, […]
Catholic Writers Retreat Set For Oct 5-9; Register by Sep 28
NOTE: We need more people to sign up by the 20th or we have to cancel, so if you know you want to go, please register before then! Catholic Writers to Enjoy Special Spiritual Retreat Lansing, MI: In collaboration with FAITH Catholic Publishing and Communications, The Catholic Writers Guild, will […]
Don’t forget about the retreat!
Pausing from our regularly scheduled posting to bring you a reminder! LANSING, Mich. – St. Francis Retreat Center, in collaboration with FAITH Catholic Publishing and Communications and The Catholic Writers Guild, will sponsor Your Word is My Delight, a Catholic writers’ retreat, Oct 5-9, 2011. Come and delight in God’s […]
Catholic Writers to Enjoy Special Spiritual Retreat
LANSING, Mich. – St. Francis Retreat Center, in collaboration with FAITH Catholic Publishing and Communications and The Catholic Writers Guild, will sponsor Your Word is My Delight, a Catholic writers’ retreat, Oct 5-9, 2011. Come and delight in God’s word and sacrament, and pray in a beautiful and serene retreat […]
What’s Up, CWG?
Happy Friday! I am so looking forward to the weekend, but there’s always so much to do–and it starts with telling all of you about the exciting stuff going on with CWG! We had our officer’s meeting last night–what a crazy thing that was! You’d think getting 5 people together […]