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The Precipice of 2024

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I’ve always been a lists and goals girl. My excitement in every “new” start, whether the beginning of summer, a new school year, or a new calendar year, is the movement toward my goals for those segments of time.  So a few days ago, as I stood on the precipice of 2024 looking ahead, it was a bit unnerving to me to realize that I had no goals for the new year. None.  Oh, I have … [Read more...]

As 2023 Races toward the End

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BOOK STUFF A few days after I wrote my last IBL post, I received the finished edits of To Marry an English Lord from my sainted editor. That sent me into a flurry of production activities, including but not limited to: Later in the week, I received my first endorsement for the book which included the line “I literally could not put this book down and was up much of the night delighting in … [Read more...]

Ten Things About Me — and a great deal!

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A couple of weeks ago, Julie shared her answers to a questionnaire. On the day she posted her answers, she said it was because she was at a loss what to blog about. Guess what? Me, too. So here are my answers to the same ten questions. Don't go yet . . . Next week, you can buy three of my most powerful stories of hope in one collection! WOMEN OF HOPE, regularly priced at … [Read more...]

My Writing Life

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My life has been a little stressful lately, mostly related to my writing life, although not entirely. Last week, I received the final cover for The Beginning of Wisdom: Bilqis’s Story. This novel from Guidepost is the 90th release of my career (I believe it ships to subscribers in December, but I’m not sure when it will be listed on the website for sale). I loved writing this novel about the … [Read more...]

Guest Post: What Makes Dual-Time Novels Appealing to Readers?

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Since on this day I should have been on an airplane or in an airport on my return from Israel when this post went live, I asked my friend Carrie Turansky to fill in for me. Of course, I am not on a plane or in an airport because the terrorist attack on Israel stopped my planned pilgrimage to the land. But this post is too good not to feature as planned. Enjoy! ~robin My latest novel, The … [Read more...]

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