Barbara Graver

Catholic Writer, Book Lover & Etsy Shop Owner

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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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Not everyone in the U.S. is on board with Thanksgiving and I understand that.  Every year in fact, I think about whether our family should celebrate it or not.  This year however we did.  Not because we’re not aware of the issues surround ...
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Genre Writing and Being Catholic

All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be ...
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New Rosary Pamphlet

My Rosary Pamphlet I designed a trifold Rosary pamphlet for Rosary month and listed it in my Etsy printables shop.  The pamphlet includes all of the traditional Rosary prayers and has a complete list of the Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious and ...
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Our Lady of the Rosary: My Focus

Pray the Rosary every day in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary to obtain peace in the world . . . for she alone can save it. – Our Lady of Fatima, July 13, 1917   Because October is Rosary month and tomorrow, October 7th, is the ...
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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 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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The Assumption of Mary Novena

The Assumption of Mary Novena may be prayed from August 6th until August 14th in preparation or from August 7th to August 15th. The feast day of the Assumption of Mary, which is a holy day of obligation in the Catholic Church, is on August 15th. ...
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