Congratulations to…
CWG Vice President Ellen Gable Hrkach on her new book, Come My Beloved: Inspiring Stories of Catholic Courtship, released on Monday, June 13th. Read dating stories that include: CWG members Sarah Reinhard and her husband Robert, Ellen Hrkach and her husband James, and Regina Doman and her husband Andrew Schmiedicke.
For more information, visit the book’s website: www.comemybeloved.com. It’s also available on Amazon in print and on Kindle.
More to come on this inspiriting, romantic book! And remember, it’s wedding season. What a great gift for a new couple!
CWG Sunday Chat with Guest Dave Armstrong
.jpg)
Catholic Apologist and author, Dave Armstrong, will be online in person at Sunday Chat on June 19th from 9-11 p.m. EST. Membership is not required to attend the chat room and meet this wonderful guest. Click on this link or go to http://tinyurl.com/cwgchat.
Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including Catholic Answers Live (twice), Faith and Family Live, Kresta in the Afternoon, Son Rise Morning Show, and The Catholics Next Door. A Catholic apologist, author of 24 books and more than 2,500 papers, Dave has been actively proclaiming and defending Christianity for almost 30 years. Formerly a Protestant campus missionary, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.
Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to chat with him in person!
Catholic Writers Conference in Valley Forge, PA
Writers are you looking for a place to meet with others editors, publishers, fellow writers, and bookstore owners to share your writing and your faith? Don’t miss the third annual Catholic Writers’ Conference LIVE, which will be held August 3-5, 2011, at the Scanticon Hotel Valley Forge in King of Prussia, PA. It is a spectacular, enriching event for those even remotely interested in writing.
This year’s conference will focus on selling and marketing one’s writing.
Highlights include:
* Over 30 sessions taught by professionals in writing, marketing, blogging and publishing.
* Pitch Sessions where writers may meet privately with representatives from four publishers.
* One-on-one coaching sessions. For $35 an author can have a 30 minute private consultation with a specialist who will review their manuscript and guide them toward publication.
* Book signings and many networking opportunities.
The conference is co-sponsored by the Catholic Writers’ Guild and the Catholic Marketing Network (CMN), and is held in conjunction with CMN’s renowned annual retailer trade show. Registration costs $90 for CWG members, $100 for non-members and $42 for students. Priests and religious are invited free of charge (but must register – contact the email address below). Discounted hotel accommodations are accessible to all registered conference attendees.
To register, or for more information, please visit www.catholicwritersconference.com, or email annlewis [at] joesystems.com.
The CWG is a professional group of writers, artists, editors, illustrators, and allies whose mission is to build a vibrant Catholic literary culture. The organization is loyal to the teaching authority of the Roman Catholic Church.
