I knew I liked Lani Jordan the first time I met her, at the Pioneer Inn in Oshkosh, b’Gosh. But the friendship was cemented for keeps when I visited her house in Green Bay a few months later and saw Betsy’s Wedding by Maud Hart Lovelace displayed prominently.
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.
What’s Your Line?
I’m a big one for oohing and aahing over beautiful lines in books. Here are a few from books that had a big impact on me. What are yours? In this not-quite darkness, while the diesel breaks its heart more and more faintly on the mountain grade I lie wondering if I am man enough… Continue reading What’s Your Line?
The Novel Buds
There we were, at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, near the end of the 2005 St. Davids Christian Writers’ Conference. I think it was Michele Huey who was the first to be brave enough to say, “I want to write a novel.” Then Virelle Kidder said, “Me too.” And finally, I said, “I’ve got… Continue reading The Novel Buds
P-A-L Spells Best Friend Forever
On the surface, Patricia Lorenz and I are nothing alike. She’s blonde. I’m a brunette. She’s funny. I’m not. She uses Comic Sans and a zillion other fonts in e-mail, usually in pink but sometimes in royal blue and lime green, her favorite colors. I’m very much a Times New Roman gal, and the only… Continue reading P-A-L Spells Best Friend Forever