Recently, I read this adorable blog post. Erin added a word to book titles in order to transform them into holiday stories and then gave each one a plot line with a Christmas-y twist. Her post inspired me to attempt the same with my books! I asked my Facebook reader group (which you are all invited to join, by the way) for brainstorming help. Here are the results. My book titles, made … [Read more...]

A few weeks back, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Christy Award gala in Nashville, Tennessee. I thought I'd share a portion of my talk with you here at Inspired by Life and Fiction. It's my hope that my fellow booklovers will find something to relate to in my memories and that my story will nudge you to remember your story! -Becky Because I'm a romance novelist, I thought I'd begin by … [Read more...]

I'm currently in Nashville! For the third year in a row, I've journeyed to The Athens of the South aka Nashvegas aka The Buckle of the Bible Belt aka Music City USA in November in order to participate in the Art of Writing Conference and the Christy Awards. His Highness and I arrived on Tuesday and that night I attended a dinner for Bethany House employees, authors, and authors' spouses. … [Read more...]

I wish that the process of writing a book was as serene, latte-filled, and creatively delightful as it seems like it should be! I'm pulling back the curtain today, reader friends, and giving you a glimpse at what's truly happening in a writer's mind and heart during the four stages of the process. Stage 1: Pre-writing "A new story! It's so shiny. So sparkly." "I love these characters!" … [Read more...]

It's cover reveal day for Stay with Me, book #1 in my upcoming Misty River Romance series! After I finished writing my Bradford Sisters series in June of 2018, I began casting around for inspiration for a new series. I'd just finished two family series in a row and I wanted to find a way to link the series characters in a new and different way. Around that time, a young soccer team was … [Read more...]