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 […]
A few words from Maeve on words
I’ve been absent from this blog for six weeks, except in the comment section. Elizabeth’s experiment is now complete and we are awaiting results. So I want to say a […]
What time is it, anyway?
The turn of the decade hadn’t registered at all until someone’s holiday card wished me a happy new one. I’m afraid my first thought was: oh, no! Not another decade! […]
Lights out: surrendering to the dark
Since Halloween, for the zealous, and since the day after Thanksgiving for just about everyone else, we’ve been turning on the lights. We’ve been beating back darkness, depression, fear, and […]
Untying my tongue
I have spent the last ten days tongue-tied, if such a term can be applied to writing, responding only when necessary to email or messages directed to me on twitter. […]
Maeve on Shame and Shamelessness
“Just like the Eve I hadn’t heard of yet, I saw that I was naked. Shame I hadn’t yet grasped.” -Maeve from Magdalen Rising Elizabeth posted that quotation on Twitter […]
Nashville here we come: words, music, mystery
Maeve thanks everyone for their enthsiastic response to her blog. She will be back, and she will address all suggested topics including shamelessness and another topic that is a too […]
Maeve’s first blog: on the Nature of Reality
I am not a philosopher, so don’t get worried. I am not about to hold forth on epistemology. (I only recently learned that word, and I just had to use […]
Not According to My Plan
I had planned (yesterday, actually, blog Tuesday) to ask Maeve to write a funny upbeat blog on being a fictional character. That may yet happen. Instead I spent yesterday afternoon […]