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Novel Lovers Giveaway Winner is …

[image error]Congratulations to Brenda Sweeney, winner of the 12 autographed novels in the Novel Lovers Giveaway.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the giveaway. We’ll do this again sometime in the future. It was great fun.

Coming soon: Another scavenger hunt! Are you ready to play? Mark your calendar for May 17-19.

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Christian Fiction Wednesday

I love to help readers find books by the many wonderful writers I’ve come to know through the years. I can’t read them all, but I can at least tell others when a new book is out.

~robin

[image error] FORSAKEN DREAMS

byMaryLu Tyndall

They Left Everything Behind to Build a New Southern Utopia

Colonel Blake Wallace has seen enough death to last a lifetime. Weary and disillusioned, he slumps beneath the weight of defeat and loss. With his entire family murdered by the North and his name appearing on a list of offic...

Are My Heroines Really Me?

[image error]I get asked the question in the title of this post a lot. And to some degree, the answer is yes. I am in all of my characters, not just the heroines. After all, they come out of my imagination and my experiences and my research.

But it is more true that my characters are very much individuals and often very different from me, even in those stories where I’ve used my life as inspiration. It is a wonderful moment in the creation of a book when a character takes on a life of her own. I love it wh...

There’s a Reason They Call Them “Deadlines”

[image error]Sunday night, I reached the end on my contemporary novel that will release in January of 2014. Sunday is normally my day of rest, but sometimes a book doesn’t cooperate and extra writing time must be grabbed wherever available. Today I’ll be busy proofing and polishing and getting ready to send it to my editor. And once it is sent, I have to hit the ground running on major revisions on my next historical. Those revisions are due much too soon. And then I need to start a novella. Ack!

Am I havi...

Christian Fiction Wednesday

I love to help readers find books by the many wonderful Christian fiction writers I’ve come to know through the years. I can’t read them all, but I can at least tell others when a new book is out. Here’s the latest offering.

~robin

[image error] SWEPT AWAY

by Mary Connealy

Swept away when her wagon train attempts a difficult river crossing, Ruthy MacNeil isn’t all that upset at being separated from the family who raised her. All they’ve ever done is work her to the bone. She prayed for a chance to get away, an...

Winners in the “In Celebration” Drawing

Five names from those leaving comments on the In Celebration post last week have been drawn and the winners notified by email. They are:

Robin D.

Ronda S.

Tina B.

Cathie M.

CW

Thanks for joining me here on robinleehatcher.com. I have really enjoyed reading your comments.

BTW, I’ve started a new Goodreads giveaway. This time the prize is Wagered Heart. So check out the sidebar on my home page and be sure to enter.

~robin

Self-Promotion, Humility, and the Christian Writer

Am I the only Christian who struggles with the self-promotion required from writers in today’s market (whether traditionally or indie published)? I’m certain I am not alone.

[image error]David said he would not offer anything to God which cost him nothing. No matter what the work of our hands is, we are commanded to do it as unto the Lord. To do our absolute best and then leave it at His feet.

We are also commanded to be humble.

How does one walk in humility while at the same time saying, “Read my book. It’s...

Movie Review: Oranges and Sunshine

[image error]I have no idea how this movie, Oranges and Sunshine, which was released in 2011, ended up in my Netflix queue. I certainly didn’t understand what I would be watching when I popped it into my DVD player. At the start, the English accents of a self-help group were so thick, I tried to turn on subtitles only to discover they weren’t available on this disk. I came close to turning it off. I’m glad I didn’t.

Here’s the Netflix blurb:

This drama, based on a true story, follows British social worker M...

Returning to the 21st Century

[image error]Have I mentioned that I’m writing my first contemporary since 2008′sThe Perfect Life?For six years, I’ve concentrated on historical romances. Which I love. Don’t think I don’t. But it has been great fun revisiting my contemporary voice. I am madly writing toward the finish line at present. I can see it in the distance. I’m not ready yet to share the title or much about the story. I like to leave that until a book is further along in the publication process.

But I will tell you the book has dua...

Tick Tock: Time’s Running Out on A Novel Lovers Giveaway

[image error]Some writer friends and I have a fabulous giveaway in process for Christian fiction readers in the USA who are on Facebook. If you haven’t entered yet, time is running out.

The winner gets twelve fabulous autographed novels by twelve authors (see graphic at right for the books that are the prizes). All you need to do to enter is Like all of the authors’ Facebook Pages. There are ten author Pages that must be liked in order to be entered (even if you already like someone, you must still click t...