CALA AWARD WINNERS Congratulations to Michelle Buckman and Regina Doman for winning the Catholic Arts and Letters Award (CALA), or Lily Awards, at last week’s CWG Live Conference. Buckman won for her adult fiction book, Rachel’s Contrition (Sophia Institute Press, 2010), and Doman for her Young Adult fiction novel, Alex O’Donnell […]
A Resource for New Media Users
Last week at the CWCL, I received quite a few questions regarding new media. They seemed to stem around these themes: What is it? Why should I use it? How does it work? I watched people take notes on what “backlinking” meant and how to “schedule a post.” We’re a […]
New Blog Feature – Open Combox 2nd Saturdays
Anne Faye and Elena Maria Vidal have kindly stepped forward to round out Catholic Fiction Saturdays — thank you! After some conferring in the dark recesses of Blog Central Command, we’ve decided that rather than fill in the last fiction opening, we’re going to experiment with a new all-genres blog […]
Quantity versus Quality in Blogging
At the blogging panel at the Catholic Writers Conference Live, a participant raised a great question: Is it better to focus on quantity of posts or quality of writing for blog posts? We could go around and around about this question. I can’t help but think of the question of […]
To Blog or to Guest Post
Among the things that came up during the blogging panel of the Catholic Writers Conference Live last week was the subject of guest posting. One of my favorite authors shared with me after the session that she’s really struggling with blogging. She has REAL writing commitments, paying gigs. Blogging is […]
SHARED INK
…sharing resources for Catholic writers Christian Writing Today is an online resource that shares information and inspiration for Christian writers. Several articles intrigued me within this site, so much so that I lost track of time and ended up drinking cold coffee. The editor, Donald L. Hughes, himself a writer, […]
CWG Prayer Chain Post: August 8, 2011
The CWG Prayer Chain Post is a weekly post for members to include their special intentions by adding a comment. Psalms 85:9-12 9 His saving help is near for those who fear Him, His glory will dwell in our land. 10 Faithful Love and Loyalty join together, Saving Justice […]
CWG Novelists, check in here.
Hey all, I usually keep blog business a shady and secretive affair, but I need some help today rounding up the CWG novelists. Here’s who I’ve got on my list so far: John Desjarlais, who has been holding down our Catholic Fiction Saturdays all by himself, and needs to take […]
Links from the Blogging Panel Workshop
One thing I love to do when I speak about blogging is to send a piece of paper around the room and collect everyone’s blog links and then SHARE THEM. This goes along with the generosity I believe we should all have with our online space (within reason). This list […]
E-Books: The Future of Self-Publishing Part II
Last month’s post focused on the advantages of making your books available on Amazon Kindle. This month, I’m going to talk about the practical considerations, like e-book conversion, pricing etc. Some Practical Considerations Create a Quality BookIf your book has not been edited and polished, it will probably not gain […]