“We did what you said, but the feedback has been mixed,” a delightful acquaintance well into her ninth decade wrote me recently. I could feel my blood start to boil. I had suggested she and her husband quit worrying about getting their memoirs into perfect
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Melanie Rigney is the author of Radical Saints: 21 Women for the 21st Century and other Catholic books. She is a contributor to Living Faith and other Catholic blogs. She lives in Arlington, Virginia. Melanie also owns Editor for You, a publishing consultancy that since 2003 has helped hundreds of writers, publishers, and agents.
Lent 2013, Day 13: When the Fog Lifted
It’d been foggy all day on the Delmarva (Delaware/Maryland/Virginia, to the uninitiated) peninsula. It was a minor nuisance while we were shopping at the Rehoboth Beach outlets,
Lent 2013, Day 12: Of Questions and Answers
“Is that Barbara Eden?” I asked my sister as she flipped the channels in our hotel room after dinner. She rolled her eyes and gave me her “Melanie-don’t-be-ridiculous” look. “It was made in
Lent 2013, Day 11: The Sisterhood Is Powerful–and Holy
It’s a special thing to have a sister, and I’m blessed with two of them. My relationships with them are different, and have been since childhood. Maureen, three years younger, and I