Hungering and Thirsting for Justice - Lacey Louwagie

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Hungering and Thirsting for Justice

A collection of 15 posts

I'm a Librarian Again!

One of the best jobs I’ve ever had was as a teen services librarian for a rural library. It was incredibly fulfilling, as working with youth is often rewarding, not to mention FUN, and I got paid to know lots of stuff about Young Adult Literature. On top of

NCR's Full Review of Hungering & Thirsting for Justice

The full review of Hungering & Thirsting for Justice published in the National Catholic Reporter (which I mentioned in an earlier post) is now online. You can read it here.

National Catholic Reporter Review of Hungering & Thirsting for Justice

I just heard from our publisher that Hungering and Thirsting for Justice received a favorable review in the April 11-24 issue of National Catholic Reporter, which claimed that, “Each story reads like a prayer.” Beautiful! Can’t wait to read the whole review.

Some Thoughts on Money and Writing

In November, I clipped this piece of writing advice from Writer’s Digest (my apologies that I didn’t also clip the issue date — if anyone recognizes it, I’m happy to attribute.) I listened to my mom. She once told me to always live a little outside of my

Are You a Success? By Whose Standards?

I’m still a little bleary-eyed and disjointed from odd train schedules and driving throughout the night — I just got back from the annual Call To Action conference, where I came up with ideas for at least two blog posts for Young Adult Catholics, so overall, I think it was

Catholic Women - Shut Out but Not Shut Up

You didn’t think I’d let the Papal Conclave pass by without bringing up women’s ordination, did you? Head over to Young Adult Catholics to read my post Fox News, Women Priests, Black Smoke, and the Whole Self. Also, US Catholic gave a nice mention to Hungering and

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On Letting Your Writing Leave the House

Back in 2007, I made a decision that is continuing to pay dividends. I decided to let my writing leave the house. For years I’d been journaling and writing novels and had even submitted a couple times. I’d sent a few letters to the editor and had begun

New Year's Resolution off to a Shaky (?) Start

Last week I wrote about how I want to submit once a week in 2013. I attempted this in 2009, and it lasted a few weeks. Last year, I did okay committing to one submission a month, but even that was a bit of a challenge. Because, like many writers,

New Year's Writing Resolutions 2013

Well, I hope I’m not jumping the gun too much when I say that the world didn’t end in 2012 — which is great, because it means I have more time to write (and even to write about the world ending!). So without further ado, these are my writing

NaNoWriMo: Week Two

I’m finally crawling out from beneath a pile of laundry and trying not to be too dismayed by the fact that only half my to-do list is accomplished and that I haven’t earned a single penny today (except for some residual income from Demand Studios — thanks, Demand!). I’

Hungering and Thirsting for Justice

Countdown to NaNoWriMo!

By this time next week, I should have written at least 8,000 words on this year’s NaNoWriMo novel. Like every year that I’ve decided to participate in National Novel Writing Month, I find myself savoring these last few days of freedom from word-count tyranny even as I

Adventures in Book Promotion and Genuine Connection

Last weekend, I went down to Illinois for my cousin’s wedding. My grandfather was with us, and he was very concerned about whether my cousin was marrying another Catholic. After he asked some nosy questions and was assured that the couple were both Catholic, he relaxed — even after I

Two Podcasts about the Book

Last week, the Dating God podcast featured my co-editor Kate Ward and I discussing Hungering and Thirsting for Justice. You can listen to or download the podcast here. Doing the interview was a great experience — I did it holed away in a study room at the Marshall-Lyon County library while

The Book is Here ... but What if They Don't Like It?

I got my box of contributor copies of Hungering and Thirsting for Justice in the mail yesterday, so I promptly sent an email to all the friends and associates I thought might be interested in knowing about it. Interest was especially piqued amongst those who know me mostly in a

The Book is Out!

After mentioning Hungering and Thirsting for Justice so often in passing on this blog, I’m proud to say that it’s finally available for pre-order! Books will ship on September 15. Hungering and Thirsting for Justice is a collection of ten true stories by young adult Catholics in their