The CatholicAuthor Show
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The CatholicAuthor ShowJun 10, 2022
Writing a YA fantasy novel - the Sands of Nall (Announcement!)- with Jacqueline Lucca
Jacqueline Lucca is an author and adventurer with a passion for words and stories. We're lucky to have her announce for the first time ever her upcoming novel, 'The Sands of Nall.' With a Bachelor's degree from St Thomas University in English Language and Literature, by day she creates courses to help writers build critical thought, develop writing skills, and have fun! By night she works on creating stories and novels.
WEBSITES: Adventures in Excellence | Personal Website
About The CatholicAuthor Show The show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction!
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHOR The creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic Author Helping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
Self-Publishing Young Children's Picture Books as a Homeschool Mom with Madeleine Carroll
ABOUT MADELEINE CARROLL
Madeleine is a Catholic, homeschooling mother, catechist and author in the United Kingdom. WEBSITE
About The CatholicAuthor Show
The show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction!
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHOR
The creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic Author
Helping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
Creating 'On The Night Train' for Radio from scratch with Kiley Hatch | The Merry Beggars
A student in Hillsdale college, Kiley Hatch pitched a story to the Merry Beggars, and they snatched up her creative talent. An idea bloomed into a massive project with 40 characters, 21 episodes, and a rousing race across America produced as an audio drama for radio. Kiley shares her experiences diving into the deep end, being paired with an incredible team, and how she grew as a writer and creator.
Editor's note: this interview was glitchy, but we've done our best to edit it for clarity. The final version here is the best we can do - but we think you'll agree that Kiley has such a winning personality that the time flies by!
ABOUT KILEY HATCH: Kiley Hatch, script writer for The Merry Beggars and author of their original series On the Night Train.
About The CatholicAuthor Show
The show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction!
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHOR
The creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic Author
Helping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
Want a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing? Online Workshops for Students | James Matthew Wilson
The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at the University of St. Thomas offers an advanced apprenticeship in poetry and fiction, taught by a host of distinguished writers and scholars. The MFA in Creative Writing integrates intense and invigorating workshops in writing with a series of comprehensive seminars in the Catholic literary and intellectual tradition. Courses are online and flexible (with an optional residency), and tailored to the needs of students and their writings.
Students in the program gain experience, confidence, and mastery as writers with the goal of completing excellent work worthy of publication. They do so in an intellectual setting that will deepen their understanding of art and beauty and give them a broad grasp of the western literary tradition especially as it has been shaped by the great Catholic authors of past and present.
ABOUT JAMES WILSON
James Matthew Wilson is the Cullen Foundation Chair of English Literature and the Director of the MFA program in Creative Writing at the University of Saint Thomas Houston. The author of eleven books, including his most recent collection of poems, "The Strangeness of the Good" (Angelico, 2020), Wilson is the recipient of numerous awards for his writings on art and culture, including the Hiett Prize and the Parnassus Prize. Wilson serves also as the poet-in-residence of the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship, the editor of Colosseum Books, and the poetry editor of Modern Age magazine. WEBSITE
About The CatholicAuthor Show The show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction!
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHOR The creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic Author Helping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
How to write fiction for radio (or audio shows) | A Merry Beggars Workshop | Peter Atkinson
NEWS FLASH: The Merry Beggars are looking to work with, employ, collaborate, and pay writers across the USA. They have an ongoing content need for content! They need between 30-60 minutes of scripts every single week. Plus, they pay writers!
This short, intense workshop starts with the medium of audio and how it works. Then we go through different styles of audio drama that affect how you're writing and what type of show it is. We go quickly into why writers should seriously consider audio. Then we'll screenshare several real-life scripts created from stories. By the end, fiction writers will understand the excitement of radio drama, how it's different to writing short stories. And if you're up for it, you can create and submit your ideas to the Merry Beggars!
ABOUT PETER ATKINSON Peter went to Columbia University for their graduate program in acting, starred off Broadway, founded a media company, sold it to Relevant Radio, and now heads up Relevant Radio's entertainment division.
WEBSITES: https://themerrybeggars.com https://thatnewrevival.com
LEGENDFICTION https://legendfiction.com
About The CatholicAuthor Show The show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction!
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHOR The creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic Author Helping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
Making characters grow and change with Screenwriting | Natalia Roberts | JPCatholic Student
Meet Natalia Roberts, a Junior Screenwriting student at John Paul the Great Catholic University. With Dominic, she explores how screenwriting really pushes you to think about characters, and follow a process to get a project done. Learn how writing for film is different to writing fiction. But, as Natalie points out, the way a screenwriter thinks can help short stories and novels get stronger faster – by focusing better on creating great characters!
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About The CatholicAuthor Show The show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction!
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHOR The creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic Author Helping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
Starting a family storytime reformation - 'Beakle and the Star Stone' with Anthony D'Ambrosio
Anthony is a marketing specialist who loves Robin Hood, and sharing his work with a community. With a group of friends, he created and published an enchanting, 100-page fantasy story for children, to create a new kind of storytime - stories written for the whole family.
ABOUT ANTHONY D'AMBROSIO
Anthony D’Ambrosio is a storyteller and marketing specialist who has spent the last five years studying how communities and movements come together around shared purpose. Through his company Sherwood Fellows, he has participated in relaunching the brands of over a hundred organizations. His team also built Catholic Creatives, the definitive community for Catholic entrepreneurs, artists, designers, and filmmakers. His interests span from philosophy to the mythology and rituals of tribal peoples. He ran an underground fight club in his seminary, and among his favorite things are simmering a pot of homemade Italian red sauce, keeping houseplants alive, and writing poetry. Sherwood Fellows | Catholic Creatives
BEAKLE & THE STAR STONE
In this playful retelling of the Parable of the Treasure in the Field, the Zumbob birds from Falafel Island have only one (fairly boring) rule: be the early bird that gets the most worms. But when a curious young bird named Beakle discovers a priceless treasure on the Chief’s field, he hides it and embarks on an adventure in order to buy the royal field. Along the way, he must learn a lesson about what true treasure really is. Get this book
About The CatholicAuthor Show The show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction!
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHOR The creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic Author Helping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
Combining the Oregon Trail with the Book of Tobit? Self-publishing with Kelsey Gietl
Starting in high school, Kelsey has been writing historical fiction, and just self-published her latest novel. It is set along a wagon train in the USA, and draws inspiration from the book of Tobit. She shares a fascinating approach to writing series - and keeping things fresh with her characters.
ABOUT KELSEY GIETL: Kelsey Gietl, a St. Louis, Missouri native, theatre enthusiast, and author of five historical fiction novels. | WEBSITE
BOOK: FOR A NOBLE PURPOSE
When a seventh husband meets the same fate, Sarah Walcott's parents determine to send her to an asylum, where she can no longer be a burden to them or a danger to society. In desperation, Sarah joins the Larksong wagon train on their way to the West and soon learns that her saviors also harbor extraordinary gifts…ones that may finally bring her the answers she needs. Get this Book
About The CatholicAuthor Show The show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction!
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHOR The creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic Author
Helping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
Characters, flaws, and talking dragons in a Christian fantasy novel with Stefanie Lozinski
Stefanie writes about dragons, epic fantasy, and her Christian faith. She's working on a series of novels to explore ancient meaning in religion, through creative, imaginative worlds. She's an avid writer, and believes that the key to being a good author is to write daily, write faster, and keep finishing things, and you'll be a totally different writer in no time.
ABOUT Stefanie Lozinksi: Stefanie lives in Ontario, Canada, with her husband, two young children, two cats, and a whole lot of books. When she isn’t homeschooling her little ones, you’ll find her on a long walk, drinking coffee, praying a Rosary, or working on her next book. | WEBSITE & BOOKS
About The CatholicAuthor Show The show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction!
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHOR The creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic Author Helping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
How a first-time author self-published myth, magic, and history - with Susan Laspe
Plenty of authors leave their manuscript buried in folders, but Susan decided to chop her 90,000 word manuscript into two parts, and publish it as a series. Susan's journey is fun and whimsical as she mix and matches elements for her stories, and finds her own writing path. Getting that first novel done and dusted gave her a boost of confidence to keep going, keep writing, and always keep learning.
ABOUT SUSAN LASPE: A visit to England inspired a story that would fuse Roman mythology, magic, and a medieval hero. Susan's years of inventing stories, writing 'silly poetry', and and reading challenges came to her rescue. Today, she thrives in sewing and knitting projects, drawing or watching movies. But more likely than not, she's multitasking while browsing GoodReads for her next great read. She lives with her husband, plants, and computer in St. Louis, Missouri. | WEBSITE | BOOKS
About The CatholicAuthor Show The show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction!
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHOR The creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic Author Helping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
Free-writing a YA novel about the Rosary & mystical experiences, with Stephanie Engelman
Stephanie used to be Methodist and Atheist, before converting to Catholicism. Strangely, free rosaries kept showing up in her life. One day, she decided to free-write a novel, and used NaNoWriMo to get it underway. Rewriting is usually a slog, but this novel was a easy to write! Her publisher leapt at it. Stephanie's story is proof that not all novels are treks through Mordor, but can be a breeze - perhaps! (Plus, learn about her upcoming graphic novel!)
ABOUT STEPHANIE: Stephanie Engelman is a wife, mother, podcaster, and the author of A Single Bead, a Catholic young adult novel about the power of the Rosary. Rewriting is usually a slog, but this novel was a easy to write! Her publisher leapt at it. Stephanie's story is proof that not all novels are treks through Mordor, but can be a breeze - perhaps! (Plus, learn about her upcoming graphic novel!) Website | Book
About The CatholicAuthor Show The show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction!
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHOR The creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic Author Helping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
How a nun writes a time-travelling novels through the life of Jesus, with Sr Grace Dateno, FSP
Sr Grace Dateno loves Lord of the Rings, and being a media missionary nun! Inspired by 'The Magic Treehouse', she powered through her own series of children's novels to explore the time and life of Christ. She joins us to talk about writing for children, her upcoming series, and her experience and bugbears around editing! Plus, why she loves traditional publishing. BOOKS | Website | Instagram
About The CatholicAuthor Show The show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction!
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHOR The creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic Author Helping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
How a mom writes full time, designs covers, and runs a publishing imprint, with Roseanna M. White
Roseanna M. White is a best-selling, Christy-Award winning writer with dozens of books in print--and also a homeschooling mom, cover designer, and she and her husband run the WhiteFire Publishing Group. Website
NOVEL: SHADOWED LOYALTY
Shadowed Loyalty, set amid the glitz and scandal of the Roaring Twenties, examines what love really means and how we draw lines between family and our own convictions, especially when following one could mean losing the other. Get the Book
About The CatholicAuthor Show The show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction!
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHOR The creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic Author Helping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
How an architect creates supernatural fiction for modern teens, with Verity Lucia
A young mom with several children, Verity draws on her experience as an architect to craft a unique series of stories on spiritual warfare. Her main character discovers a pair of 'magical' aviators that reveal the presence of demons and angels everywhere. Verity is passionate about simple, authentic Catholic living and witness, especially for the disconnected and downhearted modern teen. She knows her content isn't for everyone, and that's fine. Because what matters is that her readers resonate, and want to enlist alongside her!
About Verity: Verity Lucia is a former catechist for teens, a wife, and a mom of four. She is an architectural designer by trade but began writing to speak into the hearts of her children about the challenges of living in a broken world. What started as a way to talk with her daughter about the difficulties of being a teen has become a book series that she hopes will enhance how we teach the Catholic Faith to our youth. Website
About The CatholicAuthor Show The show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction!
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHOR The creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic Author Helping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
Creating a fantasy magic system out of music! Chatting 'Brio' with with Chris Cross
Chris Cross loves music - so it made sense to create a fantasy world where magic is based in music! Her teen fantasy novel, 'Brio', is an adventure in her own thoughts about the world - as a self-described 'Rapunzel' and 'Bilbo'!
About Chris Cross: Chris Cross (Christina Eberle) is a writer for FOCUS, Reform Wellness, and several other Catholic organizations and the author of the recently released teen fantasy novel, "Brio." Website
About The CatholicAuthor Show The show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction!
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHOR The creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic Author Helping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
Writing dystopian Christian fiction with an invisible hero with Allison Ramirez
Allison shares a sneak preview of her upcoming dystopian novel, and the challenges of writing an invisible hero! In fact, the character is dead. Together, with a friend, they tackle the difficulty of a kingdom divided along religious lines, and discover a lost third way.
About Allison Ramirez: "I am an enthusiastic Catholic author, editor, teacher, content creator, and animal lover.... Besides writing and storytelling, I thought that I would become a Veterinarian one day. However, growing in my Catholic faith in middle and high school, I eventually decided to pursue academics in English with the hopes of working in Catholic publishing. I am currently pursuing my Master's degree in Theology, (emphasis on Church History), from Holy Apostles (2024). I currently serve as the Faith Formation Director at St. Barbara Church; I am also a freelance editor for several Christian Publishers and an online elementary English teacher part-time. I am a Washington State native, and reside in a cute townhouse with my husband, Nathan, and our eight pets." Website
About The CatholicAuthor Show The show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction!
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHOR The creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic Author Helping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
Motherhood, modern cities, & writing domestic noir with Maya Sinha
Maya Sinha grew up in New Mexico and was a staff writer for the Santa Fe Reporter before moving to California for law school. As a lawyer with school-aged kids, she wrote a regular humor column for the local newspaper. In 2019, she became a columnist for The Saturday Evening Post. Her work has appeared in 'The Lamp Magazine', 'Dappled Things,' 'Book & Film Globe,' and many other publications. 'The City Mother' is her first novel. She lives in Northern California with her family. Website
ABOUT 'THE CITY MOTHER': As her marriage falters and friends disappear, Cara seeks guidance from books, films, therapy, even the saints, when she’s not scrubbing the diaper pail. Meanwhile, someone is crying out for help that only she can give. Cara must confront big questions about reality and illusion, health and illness, good and evil—and just how far she is willing to go to protect those she loves. Learn more
About The CatholicAuthor Show The show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction!
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHOR The creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic Author Helping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
Combat veterans, exorcists, & serious storytelling with Douglas Ernst
Douglas Ernst is the creator and writer or the Soulfinder series at Iconic Comics. He's a former Army guy who believes success comes through hard work, honesty, optimism, and perseverance. He believes seeing yourself as a victim creates a self-fulfilling prophecy. He's a USC Trojan with an MA in Political Science from American University and the creator of the Soulfinder series. Website | Patreon | YouTube | Twitter
ABOUT SOULFINDER: Retter is a combat veteran reluctant to accept his calling as a parish priest. But the evil he encounters in his investigation — a sinister cult and the demons it worships — may convince him otherwise. There are many tales to tell about this band of brothers and their clashes with evil. 'Soulfinder: Demon's Match' gives readers, by the last page, a taste of the vast and unexplored spiritual battlefield that these men face. See the Series
About The CatholicAuthor Show The show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction!
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHOR The creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic Author Helping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
Ghost towns, shipwrecks space debris, & children's stories with Elizabeth Fust
Elizabeth Fust started writing children's stories early on, and entering into contests. Today, she's loves NaNoWriMo, working with a startup to repurpose space debris, and and learning about shipwrecks, ghost towns, saints, and mountain biking in her state. She chats about her experience with illustrators, why she loves self publishing, and shares tips on how to craft stories that young children love. Get the Book
ABOUT Elizabeth Fust Elizabeth Fust, self-published picture book author and freelance writer by night and writer for a startup aerospace company by day.
BOOK: The Hungry Kitten's Tale
It only takes five loaves of bread, two fish, one cat, and a kind stranger to make a miracle. In 'The Hungry Kitten’s Tale,' follow along with Kit, a hungry kitten looking for some yummy supper, as he goes on an adventure and finds a chance to make friends and be generous. Based on the miracle of the loaves and the fishes by the Sea of Galilee, this story allows children and adults alike to go deeper into Bible history and scripture. Enjoy scripture as it comes to life, imagine historical Bethsaida by the Sea of Galilee, and pay special attention to the cats, fisherman, and visitors in this seaside village – including a mysterious visitor named Jesus. Get the Book
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The show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction! (Used to be Silhouettes of the Truth, now renamed to the CatholicAuthor Show)
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHOR
The creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic Author
Helping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
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. 'In Pieces' is an historical romance novel set during the Revolutionary War, where two traumatized friends form a friendship to endure the slanders, rigors, and relationship of love and the high seas. Get the Book
ABOUT RHONDA: Rhonda Ortiz is a Lay Dominican, novelist, nonfiction writer, and founding editor of Chrism Press. Her debut novel, 'In Pieces', was the winner of the Crown Award and competitive Genesis Award. A native Oregonian, she attended St. John’s College in historic Annapolis, Maryland and now lives in Michigan with her husband and children. Her articles on spirituality, family life, and arts and culture have been published by a variety of popular media outlets. She was a contributor to 'The Catholic Mom’s Prayer Companion: A Book of Daily Reflections', edited by bestselling authors Lisa Hendey and Sarah Reinhard. Additionally, she spent four years serving as Art Director for the literary magazine 'Dappled Things'. Rhonda is also a founding editor of Chrism Press. Website
BOOK - 'In Pieces:' In the wake of tragedy, two longtime friends discover a new intimacy. But slander, confusion, absence, and a wealthy, conniving bully stand between them. And with French spies on the loose, they not only have to rescue their reputations—they have to protect their lives. Get the Book
ABOUT The CatholicAuthor ShowThe show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction! (Used to be Silhouettes of the Truth, now renamed to the CatholicAuthor Show)
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHORThe creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic AuthorHelping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
How Lord of the Rings & the Odyssey inspired historical novels, with Scott Gates
Scott read Lord of the Rings while hiking the Appalachian Trail. That grounded him in the details and immediacy of feeling what the Fellowship felt. His fascination with Civil War-era life, and how we all work through our own Odyssey of experiences, impelled him to write 'Hard Road South.'
ABOUT SCOTT: Scott is the author of 'Hard Road South', historical fiction published by Blue Ink Press. His second novel, "Gone, the Redeemer," will be released in June. Scott grew up in Montgomery, Alabama, and currently lives in North Carolina with his wife and three kids. He converted to Catholicism in 2009 and is learning more about the faith every day. Website & Books | Instagram | Facebook
ABOUT The CatholicAuthor ShowThe show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction! (Used to be Silhouettes of the Truth, now renamed to the CatholicAuthor Show)
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHORThe creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic AuthorHelping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
Vampires, Werewolves, & Gothic Novels with Eleanor Bourg Nicholson
Eleanor and Dominic talk about being a homeschool mom and lay Dominican, and writing gothic vampire novels from a Catholic standpoint.
ABOUT ELEANOR BOURG NICHOLSON
In addition to scholarly pursuits, Eleanor Bourg Nicholson occasionally strays into fiction, including her epistolary novella, The Letters of Magdalen Montague, and her Gothic novels, A Bloody Habit and Brother Wolf. A former assistant executive editor for Dappled Things, she is assistant editor for the Saint Austin Review (StAR), as well as the editor of several Ignatius Critical Editions of the classics and has collaborated with other editors to provide footnotes for numerous other works.
Her work has appeared many places including the National Catholic Register, The Imaginative Conservative, Crisis Magazine, Touchstone, First Things, The Catholic Thing, and, of course, The St. Austin Review and Dappled Things. She is the resident Victorian literature instructor at Homeschool Connections, Eleanor, with her husband, homeschools their five children. By night, she reads the Victorians, writes Gothic novels, and cares for small children.
Fun fact: She has an extremely low tolerance for scary books and movies. She's still petrified of "The Speckled Band", and won't sleep in a room where the bed is under a vent.
ABOUT The CatholicAuthor ShowThe show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction! (Used to be Silhouettes of the Truth, now renamed to the CatholicAuthor Show)
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHORThe creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic AuthorHelping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
Magic, Mistakes, and Short Story fun with Citalin Ossio
Citlalin and Dominic talk about having fun with magic and character journeys in short stories!
ABOUT CITLALIN
Catholic. Writer. Artist. Hungry Panda Instagram
ABOUT The CatholicAuthor ShowThe show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction! (Used to be Silhouettes of the Truth, now renamed to the CatholicAuthor Show)
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHORThe creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic AuthorHelping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
Parody, Cliche, and Fairy Tale Novels with Katy Campbell
Katy and Dominic talk about fairy tales, powerful women in the ancient world, scheduling with deadlines, and self publishing.
ABOUT KATY
Katy Campbell is a Catholic humorist and lover of fairy tales. She prefers the gory originals to the squeaky clean Disney retellings but will gladly consume both. She graduated from John Paul the Great Catholic University in 2012 with a B.S. in Communications Media and recently left her real job to pursue a career as a starving author. She's published three books and numerous short stories, which you can find on her website. See her website
THE BOOK
The Canadian Nights is a collection of comedy fairy tales set in a universe almost identical to our own—almost. For example, it’s true that you get a lovely view of Mt. Rainier if you are flying south from SeaTac on a clear day. However, the bit about the dragons circling the top of the mountain is entirely fictional. I will not apologize for such fabrications. I truly believe they make life more interesting. See the Book
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Pedro Gabriel & The Chronicles of Dumah
Pedro Gabriel is a Portuguese oncology doctor, with a penchant for Shakespeare, Milton, Chesterton, Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. As a published writer of fantasy novels, he seeks to better understand the relationship of God and Man by focusing on the frailty of the human condition, be it physical or spiritual. Since his younger years, Pedro has been fascinated by ancient myths and legends, and dreamed of creating his own full mythology one day. “The Chronicles of Dumah” is the fulfillment of this dream.
Pedro chats about his new novel Ironcraft: The Chronicles of Dumah, a fantasy fiction epic. Taking its name from the Hebrew word for “silence”, Dumah is a brand new cosmos with fascinating locations, imagination-inducing creatures, and incredible heroes. Follow the history of this universe from its creation to its end, and allow yourself to be touched by the lifestories of its characters.
BOOK LAUNCH | Meet Pedro | Visit Website
ABOUT The CatholicAuthor Show
The show about Catholic fiction for ordinary, modern authors! We talk creed, craft, and co-creation, rooted in grit, grace, gods, and dragons. Let’s inspire your faith and your fiction! (Used to be Silhouettes of the Truth, now renamed to the CatholicAuthor Show)
ABOUT CATHOLICAUTHOR
The creative community for the modern Catholic author. We’re helping Catholic authors grow, connect, and keep writing. Join the mailing list | About CatholicAuthor | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
FREE COURSE: How to be a Catholic Author
Helping authors write exciting novels, connect faith with fiction, and be a better Catholic! Start this Course
Welcome to the Catholic Author Show
We’re highlighting adult authors of all ages and genres, and your novels!
But it’s not just another fiction podcast.
We’ll talk about their stories. We’ll learn their origins. And we’ll chat about their writing styles. But we’ll also chat about our common mission: CatholicAuthors in the modern world.
This show was launched as 'Silhouettes of the Truth' in 2021, and in 2022 has been rebranded to the CatholicAuthor Show.