by Karen Ullo | Oct 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
On Halloween, 2015, I shivered with excitement and sat in the rain all day at my first-ever book event, The Louisiana Book Festival, proudly displaying the fruits of six years of loving labor: hot off the press, my first published novel, Jennifer the Damned. Since... by Karen Ullo | Aug 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
There’s been an awful lot of ink spilled about the rebirth, revitalization, and re-enchanting of Catholic literature in the last several years, complete with the proliferation of journals, publishing houses, and conferences. But did you know there has also been a... by Karen Ullo | Jul 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s here! My second novel, Cinder Allia, is now available in print on Amazon and on all major eBook platforms. Here’s what it’s about: Cinder Allia has spent eight years living under her stepmother’s brutal thumb, wrongly punished for having... by Karen Ullo | Jul 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
It started with a miracle. I mentioned recently that I was preparing to attend the Trying to Say ‘God’ conference about Catholic literature at Notre Dame. However, a few days before I was supposed to leave, Tropical Storm Cindy took aim at my airport in New Orleans.... by Karen Ullo | May 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Anyone who has ever taken a creative writing class has been indoctrinated with the importance of the first impression. That elusive perfect opening image, the one that instantly hooks the reader, that declares this book to be un-put-down-able, has developed an almost...
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