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The Joyful Part of Writing: Friends

You gotta have friends

In my last blog post, I asked the question, “Does writing a novel ever get easier?”In it, I shared some of the miseries and craziness that goes on in a writer’s head and/or life.

This time, I want to share one of the joys: Other writers.

On Monday I returned from the 14th annual brainstorming retreat that I have been a part of from the start. I have bloggedbefore about how these brainstorming retreats work. (And please don’t confuse brainstorming with plotting. Althoug...

Does Writing a Novel Ever Get Easier?

Three weeks ago, I hit the Send key on my computer, and away went my latest manuscript to my editor (as well as to my agent). Trust me, sending in a manuscript is a fearful moment for me. I am too aware that I haven’t achieved all that I’d hoped to achieve when I first began writing the story.

My agent and I just celebrated our 27th “anniversary,” and if there is one thing I know about this brilliant woman, it is that she will be brutally honest with me about a book’s strengths and weaknesses...

Kelli Stuart & 6 Random Things (with a giveaway)

Kelli Stuart is a storyteller at heart with an affinity for languages, travel, and history. She is fluent in the Russian language, and has spent the last twenty years researching the effects of World War II on the former Soviet Union. Kelli’s first novel, Like a River From its Course,is an epic story of war, love, grief, and redemption set in World War II Soviet Ukraine. It released in June 2016. Kelli lives in Tampa, Florida with her husband and four children.

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Large Print Inspire Bible: A Review

Back in February of this year, I was delighted to do a video review of the original Inspire Bible. I have thoroughly enjoyed the timeI have spent, meditating on Scripture while doing creative journaling in the Inspire, and I did another video after six weeks of Bible art journalingin it.

Now it is my pleasure to share my thoughts on the new “Big Sister” (aka Large Print) version of the Inspire Bible for creative journaling.

A side by side comparison

When the original is placed on top of the l...

Donn Taylor & 6 Random Things (with a giveaway)

DonnTaylor led an Infantry rifle platoon in the Korean War, served with Army aviation in Vietnam, and worked with air reconnaissance in Europe and Asia. Afterwards, he earned a PhD in Englishliterature (Renaissance) and for eighteen years taught literature at two liberal arts colleges. His poetry is collected in his bookDust and Diamond: Poems of Earth and Beyond. His fiction includes a light-hearted mystery,Rhapsody in Red, and its sequel,Murder Mezzo Forte. He has also published a historica...

Kristy Cambron & 6 Random Things (with a giveaway)

Kristy Cambron has a background in art and design, but she fancies life as a vintage-inspired storyteller. She is the author of The Ringmaster’s Wife, named to Publishers Weekly Spring 2016 Religion & Spirituality TOP 10 and set for release on June 7, 2016 from HarperCollins Christian Publishing (Thomas Nelson). Her novels have been named to Library Journal Reviews’ Best Books and RT Reviewers’ Choice Awards Best lists, and received a 2015 INSPY Awards nomination for best debut novel. Kristy...

June 2016 Wrap Up

Where on earth did June go? For me it was crazy, crazy, crazy busy.

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Books Read:

I completed reading seven books in the month of June. All but one were fiction, and all but two were audiobooks. On the latter, may I just add that I am more and more thankful for the invention of unabridged audiobooks.

The single non-fiction book is the one I must highlight.Women of the Wordis a great book for learning how to study the Bible with both your heart and your mind. And if y...

Kimberly Rose Johnson and 6 Random Things (with a giveaway)

Kimberly Rose Johnsonmarried her college sweetheart and lives in the Pacific Northwest. From a young child Kimberly has been an avid reader. That love of reading fostered a creative mind and led to her passion for writing.She especially loves romance and writes contemporary romance the warms the heart and feeds the soul.Kimberly holds a degree in Behavioral Science from Northwest University in Kirkland, Washington. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers.You can connect with Kim...

Heart Rings now available for your Kindle

Years ago, I was given a “story jar.” A mason jar that contained miscellaneous items, like buttons and an earring and a sewing needle and a small writing pen and a ribbon, etc. The idea behind it was that when a writerneeded a story idea, she would lookat the items in the jar, choose one, and then begin to spin a tale about it. Eventually that story jar inspired a collection of novellas in a book that becameThe Story Jar.

I’m pleased to announce that Heart Rings,my novella fromThe Story Jar,i...

Cover Reveal – You’ll Think of Me

It feels w-a-y too soon for this announcement, but once a book shows up on Amazonand is ready for preorders, it doesn’t make much sense to try to keep things under wraps.

So without further ado, here is the cover of my April 11, 2017 release,You’ll Think of Me.

Does it make you want to read the book? I hope so.

~robin