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January 17, 2014
distance walked in 2013: 1,028 miles
In this morning’s email, I received a graphic summary of the distance I walked in 2013, plus my most and least active days of the week and months of the year. 2013 was my first full year to wear a Fitbit. Considering how very sedentary I am due to living at the computer, I am quite pleased with the results for last year. But I still have plenty of room for improvement.
My goal is to walk a minimum of 1,460 miles in a year. Which means last year I was two-thirds of the way to my goal. I’m hopin...
January 15, 2014
christian fiction wednesday 01-15-14
REBEKAH’S TREASURE
by Sylvia Bambola
First Place winner for Adult Fiction in the Florida State Association National League of American Pen Women
Forced to flee war-torn Jerusalem in 70 A.D., Rebekah and her husband, Ethan, each take something of value: Rebekah, the cup of the Last Supper; Ethan, a copper scroll detailing the whereabouts of a vast Temple treasure. Ahead, separation and danger face them as each tries to survive. But it’s not only external forces that could keep them apart forever...
January 14, 2014
writing for the soul conference
If you dream of getting published, if you desire to make your writing stronger, if you need to improve your marketing mojo, you should seriously consider attending the Writing for the Soul Conference in Colorado Springs, February 13-16, 2014. The line up of speakers is truly stellar.
Now I’ll let Jerry Jenkins tell you about the conference in his own words:
A New Kind of Conference for a New Era in Publishing
The publishing world has changed, so it’s time for a new kind of writers conference. I’...
January 13, 2014
celebrating thirty years!
Thirty years ago this month, I drove through a bad snowstorm on slick roads to attend my very first book signing of my just released first book. I was afraid no one would show up because of the weather, but I needn’t have worried. Thanks to a half-page spread in the local newspaper plus my mother telling everybody she knew (along with a host of total strangers) about me, the bookstore was crammed. Even my first grade teacher came!
The store sold over 150 copies of my book that day, which gave...
January 10, 2014
an interview regarding A Promise Kept
Prior to the release of A Promise Kept, I was interviewed regarding the personal story that inspired my novel. Below are the questions and answers that came out of that interview.
~robin
Q: Can you tell us a little bit about A Promise Kept and specifically how your own life inspired this story?
A Promise Kept opens as Allison Kavanagh arrives at the house her aunt Emma bequeathed to her — a log home in the mountains. Her marriage of more than twenty years has ended in divorce because of her hus...
January 9, 2014
some interesting walking statistics
2013 was a pretty good year when it came to my fitness goals. Not 100% success, but not 0% or 25% or even 50% either. By increasing my daily steps substantially, I got my cholesterol levels down into the healthiest range it has ever been. That alone was a triumph.
Thanks to the FitBit Zip—which I clip to my bra so I don’t lose it as has happened with both my daughter and granddaughter who lost their trackers that were clipped to their waistbands—and the FitBit app on my iPhone, I can keep an e...
January 8, 2014
christian fiction wednesday 01-08-14
I’ve only got one release to share with you this Christian Fiction Wednesday, but it’s a good one. I’m so excited to introduce Cara Putman’s brand new release to the readers of my blog. I know many of you love WWII history just as much as I do, and this book sounds custom made for us. Enjoy!
SHADOWED BY GRACE
by Cara Putman
Rachel Justice is desperate to save her dying mother. She doesn’t want to leave her, but she accepts her newspaper’s assignment to travel to Italy and photograph war images....
January 7, 2014
the story behind the story of A Promise Kept
Today marks the official release day of A Promise Kept. It seems I’ve been waiting a long, long time for this moment. I hope it’s a book you will read and enjoy and derive hope from. Please, if you do read it, I would be very honored if you would take a moment to review it on Amazon and/or Goodreads and/or your favorite online retailer’s web site.
Below is an article that I wrote for the January issue of Family Fiction magazine. I also sent it out to my newsletter subscribers last week, but I...
January 5, 2014
ministry or money redux
I am busy writing, writing, writing. Trying to finish another book. Anyway, time available for blogging is about zip. So I thought I would grab an earlier post from my old Write Thinking blog and re-post it here. The post below came from November 2012, and I think it’s worthy of repeating.
Recently, a friend posed a couple of questions to a group of writers for a workshop she was preparing. The idea sprang from something she’d heard at a conference when the speaker asked (my paraphrase), “If J...
January 1, 2014
a kindle paperwhite giveaway
I have an extra Kindle Paperwhite (I adore this e-reader!). Rather than just let it sit around the house unused, I would like to award it to someone who loves books, especially someone who is interested enough in my books to subscribe to my newsletter.
No purchase necessary. For your first entry, you simply need to subscribe (existing or new) to my newsletter. For additional entries, you can refer a friend to my newsletter, and if the friend su...
