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Collaborating on a Novella Collection

June 11, 2014 By Robin Lee Hatcher

Over the course of the last 30 years, I've written a number of novellas that were part of multi-author collections (sometimes called anthologies). For most of these, the publisher picked the authors who would write the collection and told those authors what was required in all of the stories (they have cats, they have dogs, they have horses, they are set in the West at Christmas, etc.). And then … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Debra Clopton, Four Weddings and a Kiss, Margaret Brownley, Mary Connealy, Robin Lee Hatcher

Thank you, Mr. Singer (Guest Blogger, Stephanie Grace Whitson)

May 30, 2014 By Robin Lee Hatcher

The name Singer became a household word in the 1800s, thanks to his part in developing a machine that was in general use in private homes by around 1867. Can you imagine living in a world where every stitch in every item of clothing had to be done by hand? If a woman was lucky, she had the help of servants or a dressmaker. But many women had to take all those stiches themselves. Seams and collars … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Stephanie Grace Whitson

The Golden Age of Rail

May 28, 2014 By Robin Lee Hatcher

Earlier this month, May 10th to be exact, was the 145th anniversary of the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit in Utah, uniting the East and the West via the first transcontinental railroad in the United States (May 10, 1869). For our young nation, that was a huge accomplishment. The trip that pioneers had made from Missouri to Oregon in the 1840's took many months and was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History

Giveaway: Win $200 in the Romantic Weekend Getaway Giveaway (ends 6/8/14)

May 20, 2014 By Robin Lee Hatcher

Hey, friends. In celebration of the release of The Heart's Pursuit, I'm running a Romantic Weekend Getaway Giveaway. (Say that three times real fast! LOL!) The grand prize is a $200 Visa cash card (US dollars). Open to US and Canadian residents. Lots of different ways to enter, beginning either by signing in with Facebook or signing in with your email address (for non-Facebook … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Past E&G

There’s Always a New Story to be Told

May 14, 2014 By Robin Lee Hatcher

  Novelists get asked all the time where their stories come from. My answer, as I've probably shared in this blog before, is that story ideas are a dime a dozen. They are everywhere, like wildflowers growing on a hillside in the spring, just waiting to be picked. Do you want proof? Yesterday, my 71st book—The Heart's Pursuit—was released. Trust me. When I put pen to paper on what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing

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