[Editor’s note: The very busy Karina passes this one on. Job Opportunity for a DC-area pro-life writer. Take a look.] Dear Friends, I am looking for a right hand man/woman who will work closely with me in Washington DC to help run C-FAM (Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute), one […]
2nd Saturday Writing Help Open Combox
It’s that time again! How’s your writing coming? Give us a report on your latest project. Do you need some advice on what to do next? Problem-solving help? The sentence that just won’t end? Or just won’t start? Can’t keep its and it’s straight? Post away in the combox, then […]
Finding Writing Time, Homeschool Mom Edition
This is week three of homeschooling for our new school year, and I’m writing more than ever. Yes, you read that correctly. Vacation = Less Writing. Homeschooling = More Writing. It isn’t a magic trick. I realized that if I was going to meet my writing goals, I was going […]
Just Words, by Kathryn Cunningham
[Editor’s Note: Kathryn Cunningham is a new member of the CWG — you may have met her in the combox. She sent in this guest post to fill our 5th Monday. Enjoy!] As writers we can get preoccupied with drafts, proposals, being published or not. It is an easy road […]
Picture It! by John McNichol
[Editor’s Note: This is John McNichol’s first column for our Catholic Fiction Saturdays. John blogs at Young Chesterton Chronicles, and is the author of The Tripods Attack and The Emperor of North America, both now available in e-book format at Amazon. He is currently working on the third installment in […]
Writing Help Open Combox
The time has come! Leave your questions in the comments box below. Help out your fellow writers by leaving answers and suggestions. Enjoy! Remember you can follow-up with more Q&A every Sunday night at our Live Chat.
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 […]
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 […]
Beginning Editing: Snip, Snip, Snip
Time for another round of beginning editing skills. Recall our basic premise: The first draft gets the story out of my head and onto paper. The revisions get my story off the paper and into the reader’s head. In previous columns we’ve explored ways to write clearly and accurately. Today, […]
Who is that, and what is she doing in my living room?
I was sick this weekend, but not that sick, which meant I was forced to lounge in the hammock and read books. (I know!) And there’s nothing like reading a book to make me stumble across editing complaints. –> Remember here, I am a fellow beginning writer. I’m not looking […]