This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring Dan Gallagher’s book, “The Secrets of Successful Financial Planning: Inside Tips from an Expert (SSFP).” It is a CWG Seal of Approval recipient! From a retired (i.e., no-bias or client acquisition agenda) nationally recognized, thirty-year expert, this comprehensive, yet easy to understand, […]
CWG Book Blast: “Broken Brain, Fortified Faith,” by Virginia Pillars
This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring Guildie Virginia Pillars’ book, “Broken Brain, Fortified Faith: Lessons of Hope Through a Child’s Mental Illness.” It is a CWG Seal of Approval winner! Broken Brain, Fortified Faith is the story of one family’s journey through schizophrenia, navigating the uncharted waters of mental […]
A Bright New Year
by Nancy Ward, Coordinator of Committees We begin a bright New Year by celebrating our outstanding committee chairs and committee members who serve us so well! Here’s what’s going on: Blog: Kathryn Cunningham and Dennis McGeehan – Dennis reports that the CWG Blog is humming along smoothly. During the […]
Back to the books
September brings us back to the books and back to a more regular schedule of researching, writing, editing and publishing. This time of year takes me back to other fall transitions of getting back to my high school creative writing club, my after school job at the public library, my […]
CWG Committees are blooming like summer flowers
June is busting out all over with exciting opportunities to network and grow in our faith and writing skills. The committees are almost fully staffed. The main need is for publicity. We’re still looking for a Public Relations Chair to help our Blog and Facebook volunteers to promote our conferences, […]
From the President’s Desk – February 28, 2014
You don’t have to live in Canada to have experienced a brutal winter this year with record breaking amounts of snow and bitterly cold temperatures across the North, Midwest, South and East. Some experts say that it’s the result of the Polar Vortex. Whatever it is, I am sure of […]
The February, 2014 Report on the Activities and Needs of the CWG Committees
Happy Saint Valentine’s Day! A plea to all CWG committee chairpersons: Please update your recent activities; projections and needs, especially opportunities for volunteers to assist your committee to meet its short and long term goals. You can use the comment section of this Blog or contact Don Mulcare […]
From the President’s Desk – January 24
Happy New Year! At the last CWG Board Meeting, Board members decided to make a plea for more volunteers. Now that the Guild has over 500 members, the Board has come to realize that only about 20 members are doing 95 percent of the work of the Guild. All of […]
Straight Talk About the Seal of Approval
It started at our first booth at the Catholic Marketing Network. We were new as a guild and with CMN, and incredibly hopeful that bookstores would fall in love with the books we were offering (or in the case of Ellen Gable Hrkach, pushing. That woman can market!) Again and […]
Seal of Approval 3rd Quarter 2013 Notice
We will NOT be accepting Seal of Approval applications for 3rd Quarter 2013. In the last six months, we have lost two volunteers on the Seal of Approval Committee. In addition, we’ve been experiencing an increase in submissions. We’re working on restructuring the back end. We have put a few […]