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The New Release YOU Helped Create

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If you are a regular reader of this blog, you might remember a post from about a year and a half ago where I invited our readers to help me brainstorm ideas for my next novella. (You can see that post here.) Well, that baby you helped create has just entered the world! Worth the Wait is the second story in the Ladies of Harper's Station series, and I truly believe it wouldn't exist today … [Read more...]

Ten Things You Might Not Know About Lenora Worth

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I was born and raised in Southwest Georgia and I grew up on a farm. I cropped tobacco, strung tobacco and hung tobacco high up on rafters in an old creaky barn. It was hard work and I'd walk the distance from the fields and barns back to my house, my hands and clothes covered with tar. I also picked peanuts and pulled corn and drove tractors and planters and big trucks. I had to beg my daddy to … [Read more...]

Celebrating A Note Yet Unsung Release

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In celebration of my newest release, A Note Yet Unsung, my publisher and I are hosting a fabulous giveaway that I hope you'll enter—and then share with your reader buddies. enter the giveaway more about A Note Yet Unsung begin reading A Note Yet Unsung   My TBR stack is piled high with fabulous new reads including some from our very own bloggers here at Inspired by Life and … [Read more...]

10 Things You Might Not Know About Becky Wade

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  I grew up in southern California in the 1970s.  Back then, my friends and I would roam around our neighborhood playing Charlie's Angels or roller skating or riding bikes until the street lights came on.  That was our cue to return home for dinner. When the romance between Nancy and Ned Nickerson wasn't nearly as large a part of the Nancy Drew mysteries series as I would have liked, … [Read more...]

10 Things you don’t know about me: Cara Putman

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We've been having so much fun sharing things you might not know about us. So here are ten facts about me. I hope they're new and fun for you! 1) When I start writing, I can be kind of one track minded. I lose all sense of time, and my husband has told me I'm very good at saying "five more minutes" and looking up 40 minutes later.  There's something about getting embroiled in a task or a scene … [Read more...]

10 Things You Might Not Know about Robin Lee Hatcher

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It's my turn in this very fun series of posts. I hope the readers of this blog are enjoying this as much as the writers of it are. I met my husband, Jerry, poolside at my apartment complex. When I entered the pool area, the only empty lounge chair was next to him. Before long I was drawn into a conversation with him and another person. Later I asked him to tell me when my 15 minutes of … [Read more...]

10 Things You Might Not Know About Me…

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As you may have heard, we are doing a series here on Inspired by Life...and Fiction, called "10 Things You Might Not Know About Me." Today is my turn. Here are 10 things you may not (yet) know about me: I live in St. Paul now, but I am originally from Chicago. Most of my relatives moved away decades ago, but at every family wedding, the Blues Brother's song “Sweet Home, Chicago” still fills … [Read more...]

10 Things You Might Not Know About Deb Raney

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Last week, Karen Witemeyer posted a fascinating list of "10 Things You Might Not Know About Me." All the authors of Inspired by Life...and Fiction thought it was such a fun post and such a great idea that we asked Karen if we could collectively "steal" her idea and each do a similar post. Karen confessed that she'd already stolen the idea from someone else, so we should feel free to steal away! … [Read more...]

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