Anne Faye

I greatly enjoyed reading the special January 2010 90th anniversary issue of Writer's Digest today. I don't envy the people who had to cull through 90 years of magazines to find the best quotes on writing, but they came up with some good ones. Here is just a sampling: Sometimes the words do flow. Sometimes they don't. Write them either way . - Mary E. Demuth (This is actually from a new article in the issue, but I think that this advice ranks right up there!) Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don't forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the truth . - Paula Danziger There isn't time to talk about someday writing that short story or poem or novel. Slow down now, touch what is around you, and out of care and compassion for each moment and detail, put pen to paper and begin to write . - Natalie Goldberg Don't quit. It's very easy to quit during the first 10 years. Nobody ...

Many thanks to Karina Fabian for interviewing me for her book tour site. Read the interview here: http://virtualbooktourdenet.blogspot.com/2009/12/through-open-window-by-anne-faye.html

Emily's Hope by Ellen Gable Pakenham, Ontario: Full Quiver Publishing "Emily's Hope" is an interesting novel, connecting the lives of a great-grandmother living at the turn of the century and a great-granddaughter growing up in the 1970s. Gable contrasts the sexual choices that they make and their openness toward life. Katherine is an unhappily married woman who seeks out sexual partners, has several back-alley abortions, and is an early adopter of birth control. She also tries to help other women who seek out this information, even though she risks prosecution from the police. Emily, growing up in the modern era, starts out thinking premarital sex and birth control are fine, until her boyfriend and future husband is adamantly against them. He convinces her of the error of her ways. They choose Natural Family Planning and struggle with ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage, but go on to have five beautiful children. This book isn't for everyone. The main purpose ...

Every writer wants to be a great storyteller - to engage their audience and leave them wanting more. Mitch Albom is truly one of the masters of this art. On the "Writer's Digest" website, there is an interview with him where he explains this very important art: Mitch Albom on the art of Storytelling

The Catholic Writers Guild presents its annual Catholic Writers Conference Online, Feb 26-March 5. This year's focus: practical tools for success! In addition to the usual excellent chats and workshops, they will have even more pitch sessions with Catholic and secular publications, plus limited-invitation crit sessions where you can work with an editor or successful author on your writing. Registration runs until Feb 15 at www.catholicwritersconference.com .

Many thanks to Ellen Gable Hrkach for her kind review of Through the Open Window - view it here: http://ellengable.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/through-the-open-window-book-review/

I am so thankful to Lisa Hendey for posting this wonderful review of Through the Open Window : http://new.catholicmom.com/2009/11/10/catholic-book-spotlight-through-the-open-window-by-anne-faye/ It made my day!