I’m probably not going to reach 50,000 words for the novel I’m working on as part of National Novel Writing Month. Midway through, I’m just shy of 13,000 words. And I’m OK with that. I’m loving Fourteen, about a fortysomething woman who finally must face the pain she feels from having caused a
Author: Melanie
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.
FoG
No, that’s not as in the stuff that rolls in over San Francisco Bay… F o G, as in Friend of God. I was at a retirement party recently, and one speaker described the honoree as a
Long, Long Time Ago
My sister Maureen and I saw Don McLean last weekend at the Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia. You know, Don McLean, the “American Pie”/”Castles in the
On Your Journey to the Kingdom
I’m not much for singing in church. My usual Mass is at 7:30 a.m., stripped down, no cantor. When I do happen upon a Mass with meaningful music, I end up in tears,