May is Mary’s month, and I can’t help but reflect in this space about how it’s Mary’s fault that I write. Yes, I blame her. Writing was a dream of mine years ago, when I was a wee girl living in the country and filling notebooks with terrible tales, but […]
Editing for Accurate Order: 1, 2, 3
This week I want to attack a sneaky problem that sometimes slips into manuscripts: Describing events out of order. Remember our editing goal is to get the right picture into our reader’s head – and that includes helping the reader to see what is happening when. Usually accurate order isn’t […]
Abstract: A New Paradigm in Interaction of Small Quadruped Mammalian Life Versus Artificial Intelligence.
Posted by Walt A large number of writers work for cats. In a chat at the end of the recent Catholic Writers’ Conference Online 2011, someone mentioned cats and a flood of war stories inundated the chat room. Everyone, it seemed, had one or fifteen to tell about their fur-covered […]
CWG Prayer Chain Post: May 1, 2011
The CWG Prayer Chain Post is a weekly post for members to include their special intentions by adding a comment. In Acts 2, driven by the Resurrection of the Lord, the Apostles began the formation of a community which established the foundation of the church. The sermon today from our […]
Seat in the seat
We writers have a strange approach/avoidance thing going on with writing, like teenagers with their parents. I find that most young writers want to have written, but few like to write. They’ll find anything else to do, even unpleasant chores, rather than write – do dishes, vacuum the house, take […]
The CWG Booth at the CMN Trade Show
As Karina has already stated previously, Fridays are reserved for CWG board members. I’m the CWG Vice President, but I am also the editor of the Catholic Book News and the CWG booth organizer for the Catholic Marketing Network Trade Show, which will be held in conjunction with the Catholic […]
Volunteer Drive: Seal of Approval
CWG MEMBERS ONLY: This is the first of a series of activities the Guild does, and that it needs volunteers to help with. The CWG wants to be a force for promoting quality Catholic works–and quality works by Catholics. Won’t you give of your time and talent for this worthy […]
"Enjoy em while they’re little"
When my oldest was a rambunctious toddler, I always groaned inwardly when a well-meaning matron would advise me, “Enjoy her while she’s little!” Easy for HER to say, I’d fume, she’s probably forgotten the intricacies of enjoyment. Now, a few years and a couple of kids later, I have a […]
Busting Writer’s Block
Last week, I talked about writer’s block being a lie that keeps writers from their dreams because it hides the real reason writers don’t produce: 1. Intimidation2. Sloth3. Perfectionism4. Guilt5. Rather talk about being a writer than write Regardless of the reason, hiding behind writer’s block will stop you from […]
God’s Pencils
“I am nothing. He is everything. I do nothing on my own. He does it. That is what I am: God’s pencil… However imperfect instruments we may be, He writes beautifully.” ~Mother Teresa Ever since I can remember, thinking was what I did most. Thinking, daydreaming, people watching, quiet contemplation, […]