Robin Lee Hatcher's Blog, page 14
October 4, 2021
Ordinary Women of the Bible Blog Hop
I was delighted—and a little intimidated—when I was asked to write one of the books in the Ordinary Women of the Bible series from Guideposts. I had written over 80 books at that time, but I’d never tackled biblical fiction before.
Now I can say without hesitation that writing Rich Beyond Measure: Zlata’s Story was one of the best experiences of my writing career. Every day was spent reading through the gospel accounts and digging deep into books that taught me about C...
September 29, 2021
Spotlight on Becky Wade
About Becky: Becky is a transplanted California girl living in Texas who loves family, travel, chocolate, yoga pants, 70-degree weather, and her Cavalier spaniels. She loves writing heartwarming, witty, and fast-paced Christian contemporary romances.
Featured Release: Let It Be Me (May 2021)
Blurb: When math genius Leah receives DNA results indicating that her parents are not biologically related to her, she reaches out to Dr. Sebastian Grant to help her uncover the secrets surroun...
September 27, 2021
Three Christmas Novellas
It’s that time of year when Christmas books begin arriving on bookstore shelves. While I don’t have a brand new Christmas story to share with you, I do have some repackaged Christmas stories. All three are novellas, so perfect for the crazy holiday season. And each of them is available for the Kindle and Kindle app for only $1.99.
A Cloud Mountain Christmas is included in An Idaho Christmas but is now available on its own. The setting is 2007 in a ski town in the mountains of Idaho.
September 22, 2021
See the Lion of Judah
Once upon a time someone said, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” I was unable to confirm who that someone was. Apparently the quote has been attributed to a number of different people (including Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and C.S. Lewis), but my research couldn’t confirm anyone definitely.
No matter who said it the first time, I believe it is true. Comparison is the thief of joy.
On Tuesday night, I participated on a panel of multi-published, multi-award-winning authors, answering a n...
Spotlight on Hannah Alexander
About Hannah: We are a husband-wife writing team who decided from the beginning to use Hannah (meaning “her hope is in the Lord,”) and Alexander (“servant of mankind”) to describe us. We write Christian romance in a small-town medical setting, mostly in Missouri.
Featured Release: Some Kind of Hero (April 2021)
Blurb: When Dr. Ian Stone returns from a harrowing secret mission rescuing victims of war overseas, he finds that the woman he loves, Dr. Laine Fulton, seems to have moved o...
September 19, 2021
Corporate Worship
The entry for September 19 in New Morning Mercies begins with this:
Corporate worship is designed to make you thankful, not just for possessions and accomplishments, but for what you’ve been given in Christ.
A little further down, talking about what happened to him (the author) while in worship in a service, he said:
I needed to be not just thankful for the ease, comforts, and accomplishments of life, but thankful for things of eternal value. I needed to see, understand, cry out for, an...
September 17, 2021
New Morning Mercies
“Prayer is abandoning all other objects of worship and giving myself to the daily worship of God alone.”
In 2005, I was given the devotional, Streams in the Desert by L.B. Cowman (and updated by Jim Reimann). I didn’t know just how difficult my life was about to become nor did I know how helpful this little book would be to me during that journey. I wore out my first copy and replaced it with one with a faux leather cover, and I have read through this new copy many times. It is highlighted an...
September 15, 2021
Spotlight on Denise Hunter
About Denise: Denise writes contemporary small-town love stories, peopled with layered characters who have real-life issues. She makes her home in Indiana with her husband, whose home-improvement expertise serves as an unlimited resource for her handyman heroes.
Featured Release: Bookshop by the Sea (April 2021)
Blurb: After raising her siblings, it’s finally time for Sophie Lawson to follow her own dream—opening a bookstore in Piper’s Cove, NC. But she gets sidetracked when a hurr...
September 13, 2021
Sitting at His Feet
For the past week, I have been working through line edits of my June 2022 stand-alone release. This is a dual-time women’s fiction, the historical thread set during WWII. I love the characters in this novel, especially the protagonist who is in both the historical and the contemporary storylines.
Today was a long day, but I am nearing the end. I have a new scene I need to write, then one more existing chapter to proof (accept or reject or add changes), and I’ll be done with this round of edit...
September 8, 2021
Spotlight on Colleen Coble
About Colleen: Colleen writes romantic mysteries with a strong dollop of secrets from the past coming back to muddy the waters. Her husband says if he ever comes up missing, she’s going to jail because of the things she researches for her murder plots.
Featured Release: Three Missing Days (April 2021)
Blurb: It all started with one little lie. But the gripping truth is finally coming out. Three days of police chief Jane Hardy’s past are missing from her memory, and that’s not all...
