Author Archives: AJ Cattapan

Cover Reveal for Seven Riddles to Nowhere!

I’m so excited to share with you the cover for Seven Riddles to Nowhere! What do you think? Tell me in the comments below. I’d love to hear your thoughts. 7 riddles. 1 fortune. Way too many competitors. All seventh … Continue reading

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Grab Angelhood before the sale price disappears!

For a while now, the ebook price of Angelhood has been $1.99. That price is going up within the next few days, so if you’ve been thinking about buying a Kindle, Nook, or iBook copy of Angelhood, now is the … Continue reading

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Behind-the-scenes of one of my settings!

Last weekend, I went out and did some photo shoots of some of the Chicagoland locations used in my upcoming middle grade mystery Seven Riddles to Nowhere. In this video, I take you behind the scenes of the Chicago suburban … Continue reading

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Monday Book Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Cinder has been on my TBR pile for a couple of years, at least. Yes, that’s how long my to-be-read list is! I had started reading it last summer, but then my mom fell ill and grad school started up, … Continue reading

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Happy Easter Week!

Hope you are enjoying a great Easter week! I successfully pulled off co-hosting Easter dinner with my dad. We had 19 people for dinner. For those of you keeping track, I’ve now hosted Thanksgiving dinner and Easter dinner in less … Continue reading

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March Giveaway: 5 audiobook copies of Angelhood!

In April, my debut novel Angelhood will be one year old. Awww! To celebrate, I’m giving away five copies of the audiobook version of Angelhood to five people who subscribe to my newsletter during the month of March. What else … Continue reading

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Random Acts of Mercy–a Lenten Reflection

This year, I was once again asked by my parish to write a couple reflections for our Lenten reflection book. Here’s my first entry for this year. It’s based on Matthew 25:31-46. Every year, instead of making a New Year’s … Continue reading

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Selling Your Books on Pinterest

In January, I had the pleasure of speaking with the Chicago chapter of ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) about how to use Pinterest as a marketing tool for authors. If you missed it, you still have a chance to hear … Continue reading

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A Lenten Instagram challenge!

As some of you know, a few of my fellow YA authors from the Catholic Writers Guild have banded together to form a group on Facebook. You can find us here if you want to learn more about Books for … Continue reading

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Monday Book Review: A Single Bead by Stephanie Engelman

I met author Stephanie Engelman online through the Catholic Writers Guild and discovered that she writes YA just like I do! So, of course, I jumped at the chance to review her book, A Single Bead, when it released earlier … Continue reading

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