Welcome to the November 2022 edition of An Open Book, hosted both at My Scribbler’s Heart and CatholicMom.com! Life has been busy and reading time has…
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Author: CAstfalk
Carolyn Astfalk is a wife, mother, and author of contemporary Catholic romances, including her latest, All in Good Time. She formerly worked as a communications director and now works just to keep her head above water. Find her books on Amazon and her other words scattered around the blogosphere and social media.
Welcome to the October 2022 edition of An Open Book, hosted both at My Scribbler’s Heart and CatholicMom.com! A cozy mystery. A fantastical dragon story. A…
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Even for someone like me, who isn’t a particular fan of fantasy fiction, dragons are intriguing. Legendary, large, fire-breathing . . . and in some cases below, cuddly and comic. Here are some of my favorite books featuring dragons.
Leave a CommentFather Peyton’s Rosary Prayer Book: The Family That Prays Together Stays Together by Patrick Peyton If you want to invigorate your love of the Rosary,…
2 CommentsWelcome to the September 2022 edition of An Open Book, hosted both at My Scribbler’s Heart and CatholicMom.com! I’ve been listening to Flannery O’Connor’s novel Wise Blood while…
4 CommentsI’ve been married 25 years, and I brought a couple of small pets into marriage that died before we’d even had children. We had a…
3 CommentsWelcome to the August 2022 edition of An Open Book, hosted both at My Scribbler’s Heart and CatholicMom.com! Somehow, I squeezed in a lot of reading…
8 CommentsMy husband recently participated in a home brewing contest. While there, I did something I’d never done before – poured beer for hundreds of people. Observing the brewers, their families, and their interactions, I realized they had a lot in common with the writing community. Namely creativity, camaraderie, affability, and their support and encouragement of one another.
Throughout the day, I observed many parallels that translate easily from beer to books.
