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Five (Free!) Ways to Support an Author You Love
After hitting an author millstone, Maria Riley felt inspired to share ways that people can support authors without spending a cent.
Faith Based Schooling
One day I shared with my university professor father the name of a religious text I was using in my homeschool, and my dad snorted in disgust. “Use books with real material, for God’s sake!” The I-couldn’t-shoot-through-it-with-a-laser-gun irony was not lost on me. After all, every choice I made in my homeschooling […]
So Loved the World
Christmas—the birth of God as human being. What a concept! For my kids’ generation, I have to translate it in terms of an alien coming to Earth, revealing Himself as the seed of human origin. We are more likely to believe in aliens than angels these days. But, be that […]
Opportunities
Every now and again, an opportunity strolls up and shakes my hand. Over the years, my response has changed from over-exuberant my-life will-now-be-so-much-better fantasy to a take-it-as-it-comes-live-in-the-moment reality, saving me a great deal of disappointment and offering me a whole new take on life. Recently, I connected with two podcasters, Dick and Jay, who […]
CWG Book Blast! “Marketing God: Inspired Strategies for Building the Kingdom,” by Donna A. Heckler
This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring Donna A. Heckler’s book, “Marketing God: Inspired Strategies for Building the Kingdom.” It has received a Nihil Obstat, an Imprimatur, and is an Award-Winning Finalist in the Religion: General category of the 2019 International Book Awards. “Marketing God” is a crash course […]
Living in the Moments of CWCLive 2018
If ever there is a place to live in each present moment, it’s the Catholic Writers Conference Live. My adventure this year began with the delightful drive from the airport through rural Pennsylvania with Volunteer Coordinator Barb Szyszkiewicz, Ellen Hrkach, and Allison Gingras to the conference center hotel and ended […]
A retreat to remember
The camaraderie with other writers at the Catholic Writers Retreat was exciting and the speakers encouraging. The space and time to write was a breath of peace in my over busy life. We had plenty of time slots designated for writing and a critique group of ten writers in various […]
CWG Social Media Committees rule!!
by Nancy Ward, Coordinator of Committees We have lots of activity and fun is going on in the social media committees, under Karina’s leadership, including big changes on our Facebook page. The work of these dedicated committee members keeps CWG interesting to us and exciting for those working together to […]
Committees: October possibility and promise
“October had tremendous possibility. The summer’s oppressive heat was a distant memory, and the golden leaves promised a world full of beautiful adventures. They made me believe in miracles.” ― Sarah Guillory, Reclaimed And so October has possibility for all of us in the Catholic Writers Guild. Possibility […]