The Book of Madge and Madge Returns Ready to Order!
Dear Friends of Maeve and mine, Some of you may remember Madge, the bodacious character who took me by surprise, demanding her own novel-in-cartoon before she would consent to appear […]
MAEVE SPEAKS
My name is Maeve. It rhymes with brave, cave, wave. (I am not going to go through all the rhyming possibilities; some are not as flattering.) I am not going […]
…Red, Magdalen, Maeve Rhuad
lying naked on a warm February night outside under a full moon, ripe for conception: then twenty year’s labor to bring your story forth you are still with me, and […]
Fact, Fiction & Truth: the perils and joys of writing religious fiction
“You cannot make God a fairytale!” declared the woman in the second row, her face blotchy with outrage. “The Blessed Mother and Mary Magdalen are holy people. They would never […]
Pilgrimage To Magdalen Country
In March, 2004 I made a pilgrimage to Magdalen country in the South of France as part of my research for The Way of the Dove, volume 3. The stories […]
Maeve on Menopause
I am not going to write about Thanksgiving. We didn’t have it in the first century, though we gave thanks and made offerings, chucked a lot of gold down votive […]
Who Died for What Sin? Theology with Maeve
It is my turn this week. But before I begin to put my foot in my mouth (at least theologically) Elizabeth asked me to thank everyone who responded to her […]