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The 2024 Avalon Lost Book Tour

By maryrosekreger April 12, 2024Life After Convent, Website News2024 Book Tour, Avalon Lost, Faith-Inspired Fiction, Legend Fiction, Life After Convent, My Writing Journey, YA Fantasy NovelNo Comments

Today, announcing the official schedule for the 2024 AVALON LOST Book Tour!

Avalon Lost Author Interview with Legend Fiction

By maryrosekreger February 18, 2024Life After Convent, Website NewsAvalon Lost, Community, Discernment, Legend Fiction, Life After Convent, My Writing Journey, Publishing, Writing for Teens, YA FantasyNo Comments

Today I am delighted to share my first author interview for AVALON LOST, featured on "The Legend Fiction Show":

Of Kindergartens and Kings

By maryrosekreger January 29, 2024Life After ConventDiscernment, Dreams, Faith, IEP, Kindergarten, Life After Convent, My Writing Journey, Parish Life, Prophecy, Special Needs, The Green Blade, YA FantasyNo Comments

"Why can't I just stay home with you, Mommy?" my son would ask me, day after day. I wrapped him up in a big bear hug. "Well," I explained, "I am not a good teacher. I want someone who knows what they're doing to teach you." Still, I thought about it. Maybe I could homeschool my son instead.

An Unexpected Diagnosis

By maryrosekreger January 23, 2024Life After Convent, UncategorizedFamily, Life After Convent, My Writing Journey, Parenting, Personal Growth, Preschool, Special Needs, TransitionNo Comments

And then on December 27, 2021, my son received a special needs diagnosis. This unexpected life change gutted my mental stamina for writing about tough topics. I needed to refocus my energy on helping our son.

My Writing Journey, Part I

By maryrosekreger January 11, 2024Life After Convent, UncategorizedAvalon Lost, Cover Reveal, Fiona's Choice, Life After Convent, Monastery in My Heart, My Writing Journey, Poetry, Prophecy, Writing, YA FantasyNo Comments

During the past four years, I have discovered that my fantasy and real-life stories are often deeply and strangely intertwined. Also, the cover reveal for Avalon Lost, my debut YA fantasy novel.

Madoc’s Choice

By maryrosekreger October 1, 2023Life After Convent, Website NewsAvalon Lost, Fantasy Romance, Fiona's Choice, Healing, Hope, Legend Haven, Madoc's Choice, Marriage, YA FantasyNo Comments

In honor of our 8th wedding anniversary this week, I'm delighted to present "Madoc's Choice," an epic fantasy romance set in the world of Avalon Lost. ❤️🏰

The Cloistered Heart, Part 3: Spiritual Heartache

By maryrosekreger August 20, 2023Life After ConventFaith, God's Will, Hope, Interior Life, Life After Convent, Nancy Shuman, Spiritual Heartache, The Cloistered Heart, The Convent of the Heart, The Expansion, Writing LifeNo Comments

You said you have so long waited...for the convent of the heart. When I first found Nancy Shuman's book, The Cloistered Heart, I just kept saying to myself, "How does she know?" -Email message from Cora Brown, a Cloistered Heart

Mice Nuns, Cloistered Hearts, and More: A Late Summer Reading List

By maryrosekreger August 14, 2023Life After ConventClaire Dwyer, Cloistered Heart, Convent Books, Family, mice nuns, Nancy Shuman, Sterling Script, Summer Reading List, This Present Paradise, Zephyr ThomasNo Comments

Dive into a collection of book titles, each specifically curated for the "Life After Convent" crowd!

The Cloistered Heart, Part 2

By maryrosekreger August 3, 2023Life After ConventBride of Christ, Discernment, Life After Convent, Nancy Shuman, Parish Life, The Cloistered Hearts, The Convent of the HeartNo Comments

"Heart cloister can be lived by single or married persons, religious or clergy or lay, male or female. Because we carry our enclosure with us, we can be united in heart with God wherever we may be." - The Cloistered Heart Way of Life, by Nancy Shuman

The Cloistered Heart

By maryrosekreger July 25, 2023Life After ConventCall to Holiness, Cloistered Hearts, Community, Contemplatives, Discernment, Life After Convent, The Convent of the HeartNo Comments

Cora had assured me that twelve women were presently following this cloistered way of life. She’d also written that the Cloistered Heart was a “call” – something given to a person by God. Jesus, are you calling me to this way of life? I wondered.