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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 9: Patients and Patience

It’s a good thing I’ve been blessed with good health most of my life (other than a detached retina in 2008, a partial thyroidectomy in my twenties, and a couple of childhood bouts

Published February 21, 2013
Categorized as Lent, Life in the 50s, Memoir, Nonfiction

Lent 2013, Day 8: Living in the Moment

I’ve been working on devotions for, believe it or not, Advent. Living Faith, the Catholic devotional for which I’m honored to be a contributor, is doing a special Advent

Published February 20, 2013
Categorized as Lent, Life in the 50s, Living Faith, Memoir, Nonfiction, Saints, Spirituality, Uncategorized

Lent 2013, Day 7: In Good Voice

I realized the other day that I have the Johnny Mathis and Art Garfunkel versions of Albert Hammond and Hal David’s haunting “99 Miles From LA,” but not Hammond’s own. I also

Published February 19, 2013
Categorized as Editing, Lent, Life in the 50s, Nonfiction, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Writing

Lent 2013, Day 6: Shredding and Shedding

My 2012 tax return is filed, and I finally got up the courage to ask my tax professional if I could get rid of some of the old records in my cabinet. She said anything before tax year

Published February 18, 2013
Categorized as Editing, Friendship, Lent, Life in the 50s, Memoir, Nonfiction, Spirituality, St. Davids Christian Writers, Writing

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