Sarah Reinhard on The Catholics Next Door Sarah Reinhard will be interviewed on The Catholics Next Door with Greg and Jennifer Willits this Friday, February, 2012. Listen for Sarah at 2:20 EST discussing her newest book. The Catholics Next Door are on Sirius Radio channel 129, The Catholic Channel, Monday through […]
CWG NEWS
GABLE TRIPLES THE TOP TEN LIST Ellen Gable Hrkach, Vice President of the Catholic Writers Guild, reached a milestone last week: all three of her novels were in the top ten of their category on Amazon Kindle. At one point, all three books were in the top five! (As of […]
Researching Medieval France
Acclaimed historical novelist Catherine Delors once interviewed me about the research for my novel The Night’s Dark Shade and the joys of self-publishing. Here is the interview, which may be of interest to other writers: Elena, your third novel, The Night’s Dark Shade takes place during the Albigensian Crusade, in […]
CWG NEWS
New Children’s Lenten and Easter Reflections Ash Wednesday is just around the corner, and Amazon is promoting Sarah Reinhard’s new book, Welcome Risen Jesus: Lent and Easter Reflections for Families (Ligouri, 2012). Like Reinhard’s other reflection booklet for Advent, Welcome Risen Jesus uses the Think, Pray, Act model to encourage family reflection […]
CWG NEWS
SHORT STORIES ABOUND 2011 was a fruitful year for CWG member Walt Staples. Five of his short stories were published at various fiction sites and “his stuff,” as Staples calls his writing, appeared in Splashdown Books’ anthology Aquasynthesis (2011). You can also find Staples and his most recent works at […]
Publishing My First Historical Novel
Nothing is impossible. In 1995 I wrote a novel about Marie-Antoinette and called it Trianon. I had been fascinated by Marie-Antoinette since the age of nine. By the time I was a grad student I had visited Versailles twice, but it was not until I saw a picture of Petit […]
Controversial Historical Characters
How do we write about controversial Catholic historical characters? I think that the key to dealing with controversial characters and situations in Catholic historical fiction is to be faithful to the facts. The more research you do, the more information you will have, and the clearer your picture of the […]
The Personal Approach to Marketing Your Self-Published Book
Because self-published authors don’t have a publishing company to help them promote their work, it’s important to take the initiative in marketing. Connecting with your fans on a personal level is a great way to market. This can be done through attending conferences as well as interacting with them through […]
Why I Never Get Any Writing Done
I am a slow writer, a failing demonstrated by the factoid that I started this post in Mycenaean, had to switch to Celt-Iberian, then Saxon, and finally Elizabethan English (I figure I’ll touch this up as I post the final version). You have no idea what a hassle it is […]
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 […]