Stay With Me Awarded Catholic Writers Guild Seal of Approval

Stay With Me by Carolyn AstfalkStay With Me by Carolyn Astfalk, available from Full Quiver Publishing on October 1, 2015, has been awarded the Seal of Approval by the Catholic Writers Guild. Books are evaluated by the Guild for both their Catholicity and editorial integrity.

The purpose of the Seal of Approval is to help Catholic bookstores and venues by determining the Catholicity of a work. Members of the Catholic Writers Guild are faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church.

The Catholic Writers Guild is an organization of Catholic writers, artists, editors, and illustrators. Its purpose is “to help build a vibrant Catholic literary culture by offering educational programs that encourage Catholic spiritual growth, teach Catholic writers about their craft as well as how to sell and market their work.”

CWG Seal of Approval

Guest Posts: Why I Write, Review of Wounded Healer

10 Minute Novelists

Why I Write (June 24, 2015)

“I emerged from that experience with a horrible first draft but a concrete means of transferring the stories that flickered like movies in my mind into coherent, concrete products.”

CatholicFiction.net

Review of Wounded Healer by Jay Gage (June, 2015)

“The story is well-written and satisfying with enough twists to hold the reader’s interest. Its ending affirms our humanity and the reality that our lives can change drastically in an instant. God is in control; humans are not.”

Guest Post: Beauty, Truth, and the Power to Transcend

Guest post today at 10 Minute Novelists  in which I wade out into the philosophical waters that may well be over my head.

Beauty, Truth, and the Power to Transcend (June 10, 2015)

“Writers assemble letters into an inexhaustible number of unique arrangements to create truth and beauty, and in doing so, touch upon something so innate, so universal, that it brings life to the deepest stirrings of our souls.”

Guest Posts Through May 2015

Catholic Fiction.Net

Review of I Am Margaret by Corinna Turner (August, 2014)

I Am Margaret is an engaging, fast-paced narrative that not only pulls you in for a thrilling ride, but provides enough substance for reflection on what faith is and what it means when life itself is at stake.”

Review of How Far Can You Go? by David Lodge (April, 2015)

“While frank discussion of Church teaching, struggles with chastity, Pharisaic legalism, and human sexuality are worthwhile and important, I found this treatment bleak and disheartening.”

10 Minute Novelists

Resolving to Change in the New Year – Again and Again (January, 2015)

“Time passes whether you pursue your dreams or allow inertia to rule your days. Either way, the future will have passed into the present.”

What 10 Minute Novelists Means to Me (March, 2015)

“Could I have accomplished my goals without 10 Minute Novelists? Maybe. But it would have taken me a much longer time and not been nearly as fun.”

CatholicMom.com

Meatless Friday: Lentil Soup (May, 2015)

“Here is one of my favorite meatless meals that is simple to make, nutritious, delicious, and inexpensive.”

Catholic365.com

O Sanctissima: Memories of May (May, 2015)

“It’s my childlike to devotion to Mary that has sustained decades, allowing me to return like an affection-starved child to her bosom, seeking her intercession again and again. Like a true, but sometimes neglected friend, she is there when I need her, ready to pick up where we left off.”

Gratitude Attitude (May, 2015)

“How often do I thank God for the crap? The stuff that looks to me like someone unfairly holding me back, gripping me by the ankles while I thrash and kick and try to get away? The hard stuff for which St. Paul says we should be grateful.”