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Countdown to Release

It's three weeks until the release of ALL SHE EVER DREAMED. Yesterday, I emailed an excerpt of the book to my newsletter subscribers and have been delighted by the response from readers.

Want a chance to win an autographed paperback of ALL SHE EVER DREAMED? There's a Goodreads Giveaway now in progress. It ends on November 30th.



~robin

Goodreads Giveaway

Want a chance to win an autographed paperback copy of All She Ever Dreamed? If so, you should enter the Goodreads Giveaway. The giveaway is open to everyone with a US mailing address. Last day to enter is November 30th, and the books will be mailed to the winners in early December.

~robin

November Bookclub

2022 has been a great reading year for me. Thanks to so many Christian books now being available in audio format, I have far exceeded my best recorded number of books read in any year. I’m at 114 completed reads with about seven weeks left in the year.

Which brings me to the reason for this post.

Recently one of my writer groups decided to form a bookclub. One rule: we will never read one of the books by a member of said group. The book chosen for November was A Man Called Ove (pronounced ...

Would you like to be an influencer

I have ebook copies of ALL SHE EVER DREAMED available for reviewers who would like to read an advance copy of the book and post reviews. To join my Advance Reviewer Team, fill out the Google form by clicking here. The book releases in a little over three weeks.

If selected, you will receive an email with a link to the ebook copy on BookFunnel. You can then download it to your favorite reading device.



Thanks.

~robin

Research!

Two days ago, I sent off my novella (set in England, late 1800s) to my editor. Yea!! This novella introduces a new series of novels, and it will release in the spring of 2023.

Now, I am diving into my next novel, this one set circa 950 BC. That's all I'm saying for now, but I am loving the research.

~robin

Changing Face of Publishing

A Bit of History

My first book was published in 1984. That was before the internet. It was before most business offices even had computers.

Back then, authors sold their manuscripts to publishers by sending a query letter and sample chapters. We watched our mailboxes like hawks because everything happened via mail. Publishers sold books into bookstores with sales reps who took samples of the front cover to offices to show buyers. They also sold through distributers into grocery stories...

Books in November Giveaway

The winner of the October giveaway for subscribers to my newsletter has been notified, and the books (my novel, Beloved, along with Katherine Reay’s The London House) will be mailed to Cathy K. this week.

For November, I’m giving away a signed copy of my novel, I’ll Be Seeing You, as well as a copy of Love on the Range by Mary Connealy.

If you aren’t a subscriber, you can subscribe here. To learn more about my monthly giveaway, see here.

~robin

Editors are a Blessing

Yesterday, I finished my “first pass” through the line edits of All She Ever Dreamed.

My first thought whenever I get the line edits for one of my books is something like, How did I not see that before I submitted the manuscript? The repetitions, the redundancies, the weak word choices, etc. My editor says I turn in “such clean” manuscripts, but it doesn’t feel that way when I start through the line edits. Sigh.

But then I run across editorial comments like these:

Haha!
[This after ...

Speak to Me of Love

My novel, Speak to Me of Love (first released by Tyndale House, now published by RobinSong, Inc.), has been exclusive to Amazon for about eight years.

I would like to let my readers who don’t use a Kindle that this ebook is now “wide.” Meaning it is available in ebook format on more sites (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Apple Books for starters).

Here’s a little about the story:

When Faith Butler finds herself and her two children stranded in Dead Horse, Wyoming, she has no choice b...

Kindle Unlimited Bookfair

Do you love great Christian fiction?

If so, join me and eleven other authors in a KU Bookfair. All of the featured books are available to be read for free to Kindle Unlimited subscribers. And, of course, they are available for purchase to anyone.

Remember that these authors have multiple titles available (some in KU and some not), so be sure to visit their author pages on Amazon to discover more great reads.

Visit the KU Bookfair here.

Participating Authors

~robin