I'm the author of Adventures with the Saints series. I freelance writing and editing, and I edit for Elk Lake Publishing.
I decided to self-publish for two main reasons: time and money. But not exactly in the way you might think.
As a Catholic writer, I am blessed and challenged by the knowledge that what I am writing is not really my own words. My goal every time I sit down at the keyboard is to write the words God wants from me. For this reason, I have learned that I don’t suffer from a traditional […]
BE STILL AND KNOW Everyone I know is constantly in a battle for time. Our schedules are jam-packed and yet we struggle to fit in one more thing. Deadlines loom over us, yet we take on one more job, sure that we can find the time. “If only there were twenty-five hours in a day,” […]
I love meditating on the Wedding at Cana. Attending a wedding seems like such an ordinary event for Jesus and his friends to attend. I imagine them laughing and enjoying themselves, much the way I do when I attend weddings, which helps me remember that Jesus was fully human too. Another reason that I love […]
Every night at 9:30 p.m. local time in Fatima, Portugal, pilgrims who have traveled from all over the world gather to pray in the Chapel of the Apparitions, which lies over the site where Mary appeared to three shepherd children for six months in 1917. In this open-air, unassuming chapel, a candlelit international Rosary is […]
Maria Riley draws from her own experience to show the path forward through a time of uncertainty.
Maria Riley shares about the life and methods of Saint John Bosco, the patron saint of editors and publishers.
Oxygen Mask of Spirituality If you’ve ever flown on an airplane with a child, you know that the flight attendants instruct that, in case of an emergency, you should secure your own oxygen mask before assisting your child. The reason is that you’re no good to your kids if you’re dead. I’ve heard many people […]
I saw the advertisements, read the testimonials, and took the plunge: I signed up to attend the Catholic Writers Conference Live (CWCL) in July 2022. This decision felt monumental for many reasons, but most significantly because it signified the first time I invested financially in my new aspiration as a Catholic writer. As promised, the […]
Discernment can be a difficult task, and as Catholic writers, this includes our discernment for our writing. I have found that the only way to find clear directions, regardless if we write fiction or nonfiction, is to invite Jesus to be our guide. I long to do the will of God, but at times I […]
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