American - Writer | 1970 -
For years, we in publishing have been hearing from Catholic readers that they really yearn for Catholic fiction.
Regina Doman
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Personally, I am thrilled that I can now let my characters clasp a rosary, mention confession or invoke the intercession of a saint without it being edited out of my story.
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Catholic fiction of the type we're publishing is stories that we know faithful Catholics will enjoy - stories they can escape with, laugh at, cry with; stories that will enrich their lives.
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Our culture places a very high value on storytelling, and the more that Catholic writers are able to master that craft, the more they can speak to the culture, the more powerful their stories will be.
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My parents reverted to their Catholic faith through the charismatic renewal, so I was raised charismatic.
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I went to work for Catholics United for the Faith, and I basically found myself in the midst of the traditionalist branch of the Catholic revival. There is an intellectual rigor that is very much valued there and that I was in awe of.
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I always knew I was going to grow up to be a storyteller; that's one of the earliest things I remember about myself. There was never a question of me not writing.
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In order to make characters real - no matter what the character is doing - you have to see yourself as capable of having done that.
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