93: Creativity and the Camino ft. Ashlee Cowles

The Catholic Feminist

Claire Swinarski

Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Politics, Jesus, Catholic, Religion, Socialjustice, Christianity, Feminist, Women

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Do you know what it’s like to put your heart + soul into a work of creativity…and be rejected? I sure do—and so does Ashlee Cowles, today’s guest and the author of YA novel BENEATH WANDERING STARS. Ashlee + I are chatting all about writing, her creative process, and why she thinks its important to market her book not as a “Catholic book” even though it has themes of truth and beauty. We also talk about which book is bringing her closer to God and how her pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago influenced her writing. I loved hearing about Ashlee’s journey and I hope you do too!

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Catholic feminist episode 93. Today we're talking all about
0:05.7	creativity and rejection. Today's episode is brought to you by audible. For a free
0:11.4	audiobook and 30-day trial, head to audible trial.com
0:14.8	slash Catholic. Today's episode is also brought to you by Jane Eyre, a modern
0:20.1	retelling of the classic romance. Head to Veronica Cristero.com to grab the book in
0:25.0	ebook, paperback, or audio format.
0:27.6	Welcome to the Catholic feminist, a podcast for strong women who want to be informed, inspired, and intentional.
0:36.4	I'm your host, Claire, and I'm so a brand new episode. I am really excited to bring you
0:57.2	today's conversation with Ashley Cowles. I am particularly excited for this
1:02.4	because Ashley is a writer as a lot of you guys know I am a writer not
1:07.0	only do I do freelance writing I write content for businesses but I'm also a fiction writer
1:11.9	I've shared a tiny bit about this on the
1:14.1	podcast but I have my first fiction middle grade books so that's like for ages 9
1:18.9	13 coming out with Harper Collins next year it It's called What Happens Next.
1:24.0	And my entire life, my dream,
1:25.8	has been to be a fiction writer,
1:27.4	which I don't think too many people know about me.
1:30.2	So I was so excited to connect with Ashley and hear about her own fiction journey.
1:35.0	She is the author of the YA book, Beneath Wandering Stars.
1:39.0	It's so beautiful. We're going to talk all about it.
1:41.0	It was really influenced by her trip to do the Camino de Santiago,
1:44.8	which I've never done. So hearing about it was just fascinating.
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