Barbara Graver

Paranormal fiction writer and owner of Catholic Book And Card

NaNoWriMo (What I Learned this November)

My NaNoWriMo Expeirence I participated in NaNoWriMo (also known as National Novel Writing) for the first time this year. For those who aren’t familiar, the challenge of NaNoWriMo is to write a complete, 50,000 word novel during the month ...
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Blogging Times Two

My Two Blogs I haven’t done a lot of blogging during NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) because the commitment to write 50,000 words in 30 days has kind of overwhelmed me. The break, however, has been good for me in terms of making ...
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The Problem with Plotting

The Problem with Plotting  Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations. – Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing I’ve written a lot of fiction over ...
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The Movie “Fatima” (My Experience)

Our family watched the film “Fatima” recently and I, for one, was very impressed with it.  Maybe it was because of all the negative things I’d heard about the movie.  Or maybe it was something else. It was true, as ...
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My New Age to Protestant to Catholic Bible Journey

I became involved in Evangelical or Bible based Christianity immediately after leaving the New Age due, in part, to the influence of Doreen Virtue and various New Age To Christianity groups. I didn’t realize until writing my New Age To ...
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New Age (To Protestant) To Catholic

I worked on my testimony ebook, New Age To Catholic, over the summer.  And for the most part, it went well.  I even began to think that I was almost done with the first draft. Then I realized something.   I’ve got more to say about my ...
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Holistic Wellness & New Age Deception (Video)

Is holistic wellness compatible with the Catholic faith?  I believe it can be, with a few caveats.  In this video I chat about holistic wellness, new age deception and a few of the many resources of our Catholic faith.   If you like this kind of ...
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The Queenship of Mary

About the Queenship of Mary Today, on August 22 (my birthday!), the Church celebrates the Queenship of Mary.  On this feast day we honor Mary as the Queen of Heaven and Earth. Pope Pius XII established this feast day in his encyclical Ad Coeli ...
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