Once Renae and I got started working together on the second and third stages of editing the sixth volume of the Catholic Once Upon a Time Series, we really made some speedy progress! By mid-August I was able to begin work on the fourth and final tedious stage: formatting — and am extremely happy to […]
Our Little Lady of the Annunciation By Eleanor C. Donnelly Deep in the night, she lean’d her lovely head(A lily) o’er Isaiah’s sacred Book.—“A virgin shall conceive. . . .a son”—she read;Then, ponder’d long with rapt and wistful look. “Lord! let me live to see that day!” she prayed:“ ‘A virgin shall conceive and bear
Happy feast of St. Nicholas! Thanks be to God and Our Lady of Good Success, the writing of the Tournament Trial Trilogy’s side story: In God’s Name Forward Go: To the Dragon’s Mouth is now 95% complete! Brainstorming for this story had gone so well, that when it finally came time to organize the notes
Happy feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal! This special day commemorates the fourth anniversary of the Books by Angela Marie Michaels website. I am very grateful to Armi for all of her help — especially on the difficult technical side of things — in making it possible for me to have a neat
“Christian! I am with thee still, Always loving, always near; Whether good betide or ill, I am with thee—never fear. Didst thou dream that I forsook thee In My Passion’s bitter smart? Christian, no! ’Twas then I took thee Closest to My tender Heart. When Mine Agony oppress’d Me, When the Bloody Sweat ran down, Were
A most blessed and happy feast of St. Michael the Archangel! I uploaded the eBook files for eleven of my published titles on the twenty-sixth, and their listings are now beginning to appear on Amazon.com. Of the two titles remaining, Operation: Apocalypse will be ready by sometime next week, and then I will continue working on finishing
Christ is risen; indeed, He is arisen, alleluia! — Happy Eastertide! Brainstorming for the final arc of The Hostage has gone very well, and, God willing, I’ll begin typing the last three chapters next week. Altogether, it ended up being 31 chapters; depending on the final page count, we will see whether or not it has to
A most happy Octave Day of Christmas and feast of the Circumcision! . . . Dear Readers, this New Year is a very special one. Here is why: One of my fondest memories from my childhood is of how my eldest sister was always writing fictional stories. Before we started using the computer to type,
Happy feast of St. Nicholas! Our work on The Hostage has necessarily had to slow down a bit, as Advent cleaning in preparation for the Christmas Season leaves little time for brainstorming (needed to fill out the rest of the outline). I am currently on Chapter 22, though, while the amount of chapters altogether has grown to
A most blessed and happy feast of St. Michael the Archangel! . . . I have two great updates and an exciting announcement to share with you on this glorious feast day. Firstly, I finished writing The Diplomat Wars on September 10. Thanks be to God and Our Lady, the story ended very well and also within
