Debra Murphy

Ten Commandments for Catholic Novelists

Debra Murphy — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:35:35 +0000

In February of 2010 and 2011 I participated in the annual Catholic Writers Conference Online by giving a workshop entitled “Ten Commandments for Catholic Fiction Writers.” I’d like to start the New Year—and properly launch this writing blog—by taking those workshop notes and using them to build a series of articles on the challenges facing [...]

2011 Oregon Book & Author Fair

Debra Murphy — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:15:26 +0000

If you’re in Southern Oregon Saturday, November 5, please join Debra Murphy and dozens of other Pacific Northwest writers (and a few publishers) at the 2011 Oregon Book and Authors Fair. Formerly known as the “Southern Oregon Book & Author Fair,” held annually in Ashland, the 2011 Fair, with a new name and under the [...]

What I’m working on now…

Debra Murphy — Sat, 01 May 2010 03:15:46 +0000

an e-book version (in .pdf) of The Mystery of Things the next two books in The Ashland Grail Cycle — a prequel and sequel, you might say, to The Mystery of Things. The prequel involves a fair amount of research — fun but time-consuming a whole lot of Spring gardening (and enjoying Spring in the [...]

Debra on the fiction of Ian McEwan

Debra Murphy — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:05:28 +0000

First published last winter in Second Spring Journal, Debra’s article, “A Christian looks at the fiction of Ian McEwan”, is now available online at CatholicExchange. Here’s how the article begins: Two things need to be gotten out of the way before anyone attempts to address the fiction of English novelist Ian McEwan in a disapproving [...]

Online Catholic Writers Conference, 2010

Debra Murphy — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:57:44 +0000

Join Debra Murphy February 26 through March 5, 2010, for the Catholic Writers Conference Online, organized by the Catholic Writers Guild. Debra will be leading a five-day workshop, “Ten Commandments for Catholic Fiction Writers”, in which she will share some of the insights and resources she’s gleaned from several decades of reading, writing, editing, and publishing [...]