Robin Lee Hatcher's Blog, page 35
June 24, 2015
TV Bingin’ Keeps Me Movin’
Jasminko Ibrakovic / Dollar Photo Club
There are three things that have contributed to animproved physical condition for me, despite being a member of a… cough … cough … older demographic.
My FitBit My treadmill Netflix on my iPad
Binging on television shows is a phenomenon that really came of age once streaming arrived onour mobile devices. It’s not a healthy activity if you are spending an entire day on the sofa watching episode after episode (while munching on potato chips), but it can...
June 22, 2015
Authors Who Inspire | Betsy St. Amant (with a Giveaway)
Betsy St. Amant lives in Louisiana with her young daughter and has a heart for sharing the amazing news of God’s grace through her novels. A freelance journalist, Betsy is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers. When shes not reading, writing, or singing along to a Disney soundtrack with her daughter, Betsy enjoys inspirational speaking and teaching on the craft of writing.
Robin Jones Gunn. I discovered her book (my first exposure...
June 19, 2015
The Books Authors Read | Melanie Dobson (with a Giveaway)
Melanie Dobson is the award-winning author of 14 historical romance, suspense and contemporary novels. Dobson and her husband, Jon, enjoy living in the Pacific Northwest with their two daughters. When she isn’t writing or playing with her family, Dobson enjoys exploring ghost towns, line dancing and reading historical fiction.
You can connect with Melanie at:
Facebook: Melanie-Dobson | Twitter: @MelBDobson | Web: www.melaniedobson.com
What was your favorite book as a child?
When I was yo...
June 15, 2015
Authors Who Inspire | Deborah Raney (with a Giveaway)
Deborah Raney‘sfirst novel,A Vow to Cherish, inspired the World Wide Pictures film of the same title and launched her writing career after 20 happy years as a stay-at-home mom. Since then, her books have won numerous awards including the RITA, National Readers Choice Award, HOLT Medallion, the Carol Award, and have twice been Christy Award finalists.
Deb enjoys teaching at writers’ conferences across the country. She and her husband, Ken Raney, recently traded small-town life in Kansas ––the...
June 12, 2015
The Books Authors Read | Cynthia Ruchti (with a Giveaway)
Cynthia Ruchti tells storieshemmed in Hopethrough her novels, novellas, nonfiction books and devotionals, drawing from 33 years of on-air radio ministry. Ruchti has 15 books in print and has received numerous awards and nominations.
She serves as the professional relations liaison for American Christian Fiction Writers and speaks frequently for women’s groups and serves on her church’s worship team and Creative Arts team. She and her plot-tweaking husband live in the heart of Wisconsin, not f...
June 10, 2015
Done Is Better Than Perfect
thinglass / Dollar Photo Club
On Sunday, I finished the revisions on my January 2016 release,Keeper of the Stars. The last two weeks were really gruesome. I didn’t pull any real all-nighters but I came close. Groan. And when I saw the graphic saying “Done is better than perfect,” I almost shoutedAmen. I will never write a perfect book. At some point, I have to stop writing or revising or editing. I have to be done.
Some writers love revisions. I can’t go that far. I don’t love them. They’re...
June 8, 2015
The Books Authors Read | Karen Witemeyer (with a Giveaway)
Christy Award finalist and winner of both the ACFW Carol Award and HOLT Medallion, CBA bestselling author Karen Witemeyer writes Christian historical romance for Bethany House, believing the world needs more happily-ever-afters. She is an avid cross-stitcher and makes her home in Abilene, TX with her husband and three children.
Website: www.karenwitemeyer.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/KarenWitemeyersAuthorPage
I grew up loving the Little House on the...
June 5, 2015
The Books Authors Read | Richard L. Mabry, M.D. (with a Giveaway)
Richard L.Mabry is a retired physician whose writing career began with his non-fiction book, The Tender Scar. He now writes medical suspense with heart. Fatal Trauma is his eighth published novel of medical suspense.
A past Vice-President of the American Christian Fiction Writers, he is also a member of the International Thriller Writers and Romance Writers of America. His medical thrillers have won the Selah Award of the Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference, and been finalists in...
June 2, 2015
Spotlight: Permanent Vacancy by Katy Lee
PERMANENT VACANCY
by Katy Lee
When Gretchen Bauer begins renovating an old Victorian house to turn it into a bed-and-breakfast, she barely escapes several dangerous “accidents” at her home. Colm McCrae, host of the home improvement TV show helping her renovate, refuses to believe these aren’t on purpose. Could this be a harmful ploy by his boss to boost ratings? Yet with Colm’s smooth-talking Irish brogue, Gretchen wonders whether he could be involved. But with a whole town full of neighbors...
May Wrap Up
May brought us an abundant harvest of strawberries (and that is still happening), glorious colors in our flower gardens, a couple of new birds to mark off of our “life list” of spotted birds, and a new paint job on the outside of our house that looks so fabulous it feelslike we got a new homewithout the pain of moving!
Prawny / Dollar Photo Club
Books Read: I completed eight books in the month of May, but fiveof them were relatively short Kindle books for research about the use of essential...
