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.
As Independence Day grows near, it’s natural to turn our thoughts to our nation’s freedoms, which we hold dear. I can’t think of a better time to read Theresa Linden’s Liberty Series, which focuses on the values we Americans cherish.
The final book in the series, Fight for Liberty, will be featured on Erin McCole Cupp’s Sabbath Rest Book Talk July 9, 2017, as we discuss the month’s theme: revolution!
It could be any day now, I tell myself as I huff and puff my way to the midwife’s exam room. Everything seems different, new, and I can’t seem to determine whether or not all of these changes are good. I pat my expanding belly and offer our daughter in utero a wry smile. “I can’t wait to meet you, Veronica,” I tenderly whisper to her, even as the fear sweeps over my heart.
The what ifs aren’t just nervous jitters. Well, maybe some of them are. My what ifs involve reliving the very dramatic and in some ways traumatic birthing experience I had with our soon-to-be middle daughter, Sarah. I went from a joyful anticipation in early labor to complete, drop-dead terror as my doctor announced a necessary c-section was in order.
Welcome to the June 2017 edition of An Open Book, hosted both at My Scribbler’s Heart AND CatholicMom.com! My family is in a bit of a reading…
10 CommentsI’ve never chosen one word for the year as seems to be the fashion lately. If you’re not familiar with the concept, you simply scrap the lists of resolutions and focus your efforts on one word. For example, “joy,” “courage,” “mindful,” or “simplify.” Had I chosen a word for the year, I think it would’ve been “reap.”
In my 21st year of marriage, 15th year of motherhood, and the 20th year in this house, for some reason, I feel like I’m doing a lot of reaping. And contrary to the old Blue Oyster Cult classic, “Don’t Fear the Reaper” doesn’t seem like such good advice whether you add more cowbell or not.
I’m eager to share this blogging space with a bevy of talented writers once again this summer! I’ll still be blogging at least once a week, mostly as part of regularly-scheduled link-ups as well as my Relevant Fiction Reviews and author interviews. But, the rest? The rest will be covered by the lovely women listed below. In the process, I may just gain several extra hours to enjoy with my children, doing summery stuff together.
Hop aboard for the Summer Blogapalooza & summer books series! #summerreads Share on XAfter checking out the summer lineup, please keep scrolling for some other exciting summer series going on this year!
10MinuteNovelists.com Life Lessons Gleaned from Novel Writing (May 25, 2017) “What I discovered, however, after completing those fifty thousand words and several books’ worth more, is…
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I’m linking up with Theology is a Verb and Reconciled to You for #WorthRevisit Wednesday Linkup.
This remains one of my most-shared posts, on a subject I return to in my thoughts and memories each May.
4 CommentsThe Black Horse Campground Mystery series by Amy M. Bennett has served as my introduction to cozy mysteries! I’ll admit to being a book (or two) behind in the series (darn you, to-be-read pile!), but I’m eager to get caught up so that I can enjoy A Summer to Remember.
I love the campground setting, which lends itself to a cast of quirky characters, incorporating both locals and more transient types. The main characters are well-drawn, and discovering who they are is half the fun. The other half is trying to out-solve the sleuths by guessing whodunit before them.
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