Did you go to Catholic Writers Conference Live? Or perhaps you’ve been lucky enough to attend another writers’ conference in the past few months. You’ve come home with a mind spinning with possibilities. Suddenly you have options, and choices to make. You’ve pitched a book (or two, or three), and […]
Round-up With A Twist
Ok, Guild Bloggers, here’s the last Member Blog Round Up! (See why, see The Twist, and see the Next Thing, below.) Michael Seagriff shares a truly beautiful idea for ministry kids can take up with ease. (This story has it’s own twist…please do check it out!) Monica McConkey teaches how to make […]
Online Catholic Markets
Here’s the scoop on writing for some of the well-known, Church-loving online Catholic sites. I’m hoping these editors get some great submissions after this post, and notice that the CATHOLIC WRITERS GUILD sent them!! I’m leaving in the names of the non-responders, not to embarrass them (ok, not too much!) […]
Self-Publishing and the Personal Approach
Because self-published authors don’t have a publishing company to help them promote their books, it’s important to take the initiative in marketing. Even authors who have publishers must often do their own marketing. Connecting with your fans on a personal level is a great way to market your book. This […]
Unique Marketing Opportunity – The CWG Booth
Every year at the Catholic Marketing Network Trade Show, the Catholic Writers Guild organizes a booth which displays members’ books. Wholesalers, bookstore owners and other attendees can see, page through and even read excerpts of displayed books. This is a well-attended event so it presents a unique opportunity for CWG […]
Wool by Hugh Howey
Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey My rating: 4 of 5 stars I finished this book on the same day that the Wall Street Journal had a piece about author Hugh Howey’s “Underground Hit.” See that’s a joke because he’s making a fortune self-publishing it as an e-book and the story […]
Balance in Fiction Writing
Balance. A few days ago, Ellen Gable Hrkach posted a great blog on common errors to avoid in writing fiction. One item she mentioned got me to thinking, namely too much dialogue. What’s ‘too much’? A lot of times that depends on the genre you’re writing. Clearly, screenplays and graphic […]
What Do Writers Want?
I love Dorothy Sayers’ book, Are Women Human? With a wit like a sword, she makes the point that there is no such thing as ‘women,’ but only the actual woman you encounter. ‘Women’ is a facile lumping of a whole bunch of individual and various human beings into a […]
Investing in Failure
Here’s a concept that helps keep me going through discouragement: Invest in Failure. Josh Waitzkin, in The Art of Learning, uses the phrase to describe his attitude toward mastering new skills. The image of him, beaten and exhausted, going back in for round after round of brutal martial arts practice […]
Polling Guild Bloggers
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