Do you enjoy creating digital art, or pencil sketches, or painting? We have a fairy tale cover art challenge for you!
Artists: Enter the Fairy Tale Cover Art Contest!
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Dominic de Souza
Announcing the Journal Website: a brand new upgrade for CatholicAuthor!
We needed an easy way for contest members to send in their stories, work on their revisions, and see all the other entries.
Romance, High Seas, & the Revolutionary War – ‘In Pieces’ with Rhonda Ortiz
Rhonda’s childhood love of Laura Ingalls Wilder, and marathoning of the ‘Horatio Hornblower’ series tapped into a great reverence for the Story of Eden.
My top 4 tips for dealing with writer’s block and fiction
Everyone gets writers block. It doesn’t mean you’re a failure, or the story sucks, or it’s time to drop it all and go be a mechanic.
March Writing Challenge: Teens & Young Adult Short Story – any genre!
Every month in CatholicAuthor, we host a writing challenge. A short story on a theme to prompt you to try new writing styles. Most importantly, a way to keep writing!
How Lord of the Rings & the Odyssey inspired historical novels, with Scott Gates
Scott Gates’ fascination with Civil War-era life, and how we all work through our own Odyssey of experiences, impelled him to write ‘Hard Road South.’
Questions & Responses! from the ‘How to be a Catholic Author’ Workshop
Good questions came in about being Catholic, about writing, and my own writing journey. As promised, here are the responses!
‘How to Be a Catholic Author’ interview on the Catholic Homeschool Podcast
Hi friends, I'm so pleased to join Paola Ciskanik, founder of Catholic Homeschool Online, on her podcast to talk about this whole CatholicAuthor adventure. Check out her original post here. Do you or one of your teens feel a passion for writing but don’t know where to...
Vampires, Werewolves, & Gothic Novels with Eleanor Bourg Nicholson
By night, Eleanor reads the Victorians, writes Gothic novels, and cares for small children.
What’s the difference between fantasy, fairy tales, & myths? Dominic de Souza & Katy Campbell
With our fairy tale contest going on, we’re talking about how fairy tales, fantasy, and myths are different.
Citlalin Ossio on Magic, Mistakes, and Short Story fun
Citlalin and Dominic talk about having fun with magic and character journeys in short stories!
Katy Campbell on Parody, Cliche, and Fairy Tale Novels
Katy and Dominic talk about fairy tales, powerful women in the ancient world, scheduling with deadlines, and self publishing.
CatholicAuthor Short Story Contest: Fairy Tales | Winners Announced!
February is our first contest month, where all members are invited to send in a short story on a fairy tale theme. High school teens and adults welcome!
Announcing: The CatholicAuthor Creative Writing Program for High School Teens
A creative writing course that counts as school, helps teens get better jobs, and become better writers!
Announcing: Pennon, the Quarterly Journal for the modern Catholic author
We're really excited about this one. Starting this 2022, we plan to produce a journal every quarter! (the image above is a very rough, first draft!) Introducing: Pennon, the quarterly journal for modern Catholic authors You will be able to purchase these journals, and...