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Fact and Fiction, Part 1

February 8, 2017 By Robin Lee Hatcher

Fact and Fiction

All of these "Ten Things You Might Not Know About Me" posts have been so much fun, that I thought I would continue along that line with some posts about my writing journey. I'm calling these posts Fact and Fiction. Today is part 1. Teach Me to Read My love affair with books began before I could read. I grew up in a household of readers. It seemed to me that everyone always had their noses in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading, Writing

The New Release YOU Helped Create

February 2, 2017 By Karen Witemeyer

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...]

Filed Under: Friendship, Writing Tagged With: Brainstorming, Story Inspiration, Worth The Wait

What’s Your Dream for 2017?

January 12, 2017 By Cara Putman

Happy 2017, y'all! Wait, you're thinking today's the 12th of January, and I'm more than a wee bit slow in sending New Year's greetings your way. Not really. This is simply my first chance to post here this year. As I've been thinking about what I want to write about, my mind's flitted a million directions. That might be because my next book is due to my publisher on Tuesday morning. Gulp! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: 2017, cara putman, Dreaming Big, What's your dream?

Texas Writes – Loving on Libraries

December 15, 2016 By Karen Witemeyer

On December 3rd, I had the honor of participating in a fabulous program called Texas Writes. The Writer's League of Texas, supported by a grant from the Tocker Foundation, established the Texas Writes program in 2013. Their mission is to bring accomplished authors into rural libraries for half-day workshops and panel discussions on writing. Each event is free and open to the public. The program … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Jodi Thomas, libraries, Texas Writes

Thanksgiving: I’m Grateful for Writing & You

November 24, 2016 By Cara Putman

Once upon a time there was a girl who dreamed of writing books. Books were magic carpets that transported her through time and across space. The only problem was her favorite authors simply did not write books fast enough. What was a voracious reader to do? She already haunted the local Christian bookstore, a feat she did with such regularity she'd walk in and the owner would hand the catalogs to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: cara putman, giveaway, Thanksgiving, writing

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