NFP Humor/NFP Awareness Week

July 24, 2015 by Ellen Gable Hrkach

I’ve been in New Jersey all week at the Catholic Marketing Network Trade Show and Catholic Writers Conference Live. So this is a repost from last year:

To celebrate NFP Awareness Week, this is an “all cartoon” post:

Image copyright 2013 James and Ellen Hrkach (Please do not use without permission)

copyright 2013 James and Ellen Hrkach (Please do not use without permission)

Image copyright James and Ellen Hrkach

Cartoon copyright James & Ellen Hrkach/Full Quiver Publishing

Image copyright James and Ellen Hrkach Please do not use without permission

All images are copyright by James and Ellen Hrkach. Please do not use without permission.

Seven Quick Takes Friday – Emily’s Hope Ten Years Old

June 5, 2015 by Ellen Gable Hrkach

Please join me and other Catholic bloggers at This Ain’t The Lyceum for SQT Friday.

1. Emily’s Hope Ten Years Old!!
It’s hard to believe, but my first book, Emily’s Hope, is now ten years old!
Over at my Facebook author page, as well as the Full Quiver Publishing Facebook page, there will be free giveaways all week!

2. Catholic Writers Conference Live 2015
We’re in the final stages of planning for the Catholic Writers Conference Live in Somerset, New Jersey. If you’re a writer and are thinking of attending, there’s more information here at this link. If you have already decided to attend, you can register at this link.

3. Entertaining and Powerful Post From Erin McCole Cupp
On Why I Stay Catholic With the Aid of the Internet. Entertaining and powerful. Check it out here.

4. Difficult Anniversaries, Decisions and Responsible Parenthood
I recently posted an updated article about the difficulties my husband and I faced in discerning whether or not we should have more children. Check it out here.

image copyright Ellen Gable Hrkach

5. Catholic Life Support
Thank you, Ann Frailey, for mentioning so many great Catholic books in your post a few days ago! (Stealing Jenny was included!)

6. Reading Shelf
Specter by John Desjarlais

7. Hotel Cartoon
We’re getting close to vacation time. This is one of our most popular cartoons!

image copyright James and Ellen Hrkach (please do not use without permission)

Advent Cartoon

December 5, 2014 by Ellen Gable Hrkach

7 Quick Takes Friday – Interview, Free Books Etc.

October 24, 2014 by Ellen Gable Hrkach

Please join me and other Catholic bloggers at Conversion Diary for 7 Quick Takes Friday!

1. FREE On Kindle: In Name Only (O’Donovan Family)
Free until Sunday on Kindle is my second book and the first in the O’Donovan Family series, In Name Only.

2. Bookgoodies Interview
I was recently interviewed by Bookgoodies.

3. Autumn Leaves

Photo courtesy K. J.

4. Win a FREE Kindle Copy of A Subtle Grace (leave comment below to be entered)
I’m giving away one free Kindle edition of A Subtle Grace (O’Donovan Family #2). Leave a comment below before Friday, October 31st to be entered to win!

5. Win a FREE Kindle Copy of A World Such as Heaven Intended
I’m also giving away one free Kindle edition of A World Such as Heaven Intended by Amanda Lauer, the new FQP book! It will be available in print next week. Leave a comment below before Friday to be entered to win.

6. Review Shelf
A Body in Prayer – Neil Combs
Hearts Awakening – Delia Parr
Love’s First Bloom – Delia Parr

7. Be Fruitful and Multiply Cartoon

Image copyright James and Ellen Hrkach (Please do not use without permission)

7 Quick Takes Friday – Volume 85

August 23, 2013 by Ellen Gable Hrkach

Friday is here again (where did the week go?) and it’s time for 7 Quick Takes. Check out more fun Quick Takes at Conversion Diary.

1. Memorable Moments from the Catholic Writers Conference Live
Check out my recent post at the CWG Blog entitled “Memorable Moments from the CWCL.”

Treasurer and Conference Coordinator Ann Lewis and myself at the CWCL

2. Don’t You Forget About Me by Erin McCole Cupp
Final edits and preparations to publish Erin McCole Cupp’s upcoming novel, Don’t You Forget About Me, are happening as we speak. Erin passed out free tomato pie at the Catholic Writers Conference (and I must say, it was very scrumptious…I actually prefer it to pizza…although I usually stay away from wheat.)

3. Successful Kindle Marketing for the 21st Century Author
My presentation on “Successful Kindle Marketing” went well and the attendees even participated in a game called “Snowstorm” (second photo below).

4. We’ll Be Warm This Winter
Just received our yearly delivery of logs for the winter.

5. Our “Pope” Picture
At the Catholic Writers Conference/CMN Trade Show a few weeks ago, we posed with the best cardboard cut out of the Holy Father that I’ve ever seen. Even standing in front of this double of the Pope, and knowing it was merely a cardboard cut out, we were amazed at how lifelike it was!

6. Reading Shelf
A Body in Prayer – Neil Combs
Finding Grace – Laura Pearl

7. Be Fruitful, Multiply (Classic Cartoon)

Image copyright James and Ellen Hrkach (Please do not use without permission)

Cartoon copyright James and Ellen Hrkach/Full Quiver Publishing
Text copyright Ellen Gable Hrkach

7 Quick Takes Friday – Volume 58

February 8, 2013 by Ellen Gable Hrkach

It’s Friday again and time for 7 Quick Takes at Conversion Diary.

1. Another Snow Day
My two youngest sons are happily home from school (and still sleeping at last glance). Buses were canceled today since we’re in the midst of another snowstorm. Truth be told, I like both the fact that my boys are home AND the snowstorm (especially if I don’t have to drive in the snow!)

2. Lent is Coming!
In anticipation for Lent, I’d like to share a few of my favorite Lent books:
Welcome Risen Jesus by Sarah Reinhard
Bring Lent to Life by Kathleen Basi
Bringing Lent Home with Mother Teresa – Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle (New!)

3. Cool Two Minute Lent Video

Want to learn what Lent is all about in two minutes? Check this out. (The purple wording is hard to read, but otherwise a short and to the point video!)

4. Valentine’s Day!
Valentine’s Day is the second day of Lent this year. All next week (Feb. 12-16), my book Come My Beloved: Inspiring Stories of Catholic Courtship will be FREE on Kindle. Read about how some famous and not-so-famous Catholic couples met and fell in love.

5. Excellent Article
Excellent article by Jen entitled “Those Catholic Women Who Use Contraception.’

6. Ronald Reagan on Abortion

7. Intimate NFP Humor

Marital Texting

May 30, 2012 by Ellen Gable Hrkach

Family Life Humor

April 16, 2012 by Ellen Gable Hrkach

Life in a Cartoon World

February 17, 2012 by Ellen Gable Hrkach

If you ever wanted to know more about the origins of our cartoons or the process it takes to create one, I’m guest posting over at Catholic Sistas with a post entitled “Life in a Cartoon World.”

“A picture is worth a thousand words.” Like the old adage says, an image can usually tell a story better than words. Of course, storytelling in any form is as old as human beings. Comics or cartoons, humorous ways of telling stories, have been popular since the 1930’s, and many people still look forward to the “Sunday Comics” in local newspapers.

Today, comics are not only seen in newspapers, they also appear in magazines and, more recently, on the internet.

As a child growing up in New Jersey, I loved to read the Sunday comics. I never dreamed that I would be helping to create one. Of course, that was before I met my husband.

The origins of our little “comic” or cartoon actually began 47 years ago. My husband, James, an artist from the time he was three years old, used to doodle and create little caricatures of people around him.

Years later, when I was a teenager, I traveled up to Canada to meet my pen-pal. I know that it sounds cliche, but when I first saw James, he was so handsome that he took my breath away. As I got to know him, however, what really attracted me was his quiet, kind, and witty personality. Since we lived 500 miles apart, we began exchanging letters to keep in touch.

To read the rest of the article and see more cartoons, please go to the Catholic Sistas Blog.

Sunday Snippets – January 22

January 21, 2012 by Ellen Gable Hrkach

Join me and other Catholic bloggers at RAnn’s Place for Sunday Snippets where we share posts from the previous week.

I had a quiet week trying to recuperate from a cracked rib…although I did get 3000 words written on my new novel, tentatively entitled “A Subtle Grace.”

Virtual Humor: Our latest cartoon from Family Foundations Magazine.

7 Quick Takes Friday – Pro-Life Edition In this 7 Quick Takes, I share two stories that will be published in an upcoming pro-life book this year.

Plot Line and Sinker (Ellen Gable, Author)

Website of Award-Winning Catholic Novelist

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