Robin Lee Hatcher's Blog, page 81

I have been eagerly waiting for Oz, the Great and Powerful(from Disney) for months and months. There are few movies I am so eager to see that I attend on the day it releases (Christmas Day releases being the notable exception). But I knew from the first moment I heard about Oz that I would be there on March 8th.

I am such a huge fans of the 1939Wizard of Oz movie. I have it on Blu-Ray and on my iPad, and I watch it at least three or four times a year. I own a couple of differentWizard of Oz ni...

In my opinion, the most important tool in a novelist’s arsenal is empathy. A writer must be able to put herself into the shoes (i.e. minds and emotions) of people of all types and persuasions. A writer must be able to empathize not only with her heroes but also with her villains.

Easier said than done.

Sometimes the way people behave mystifies me. Over the past year, I have watched as one woman has tried (and is still trying) to force her will on others. Sometimes she’s acted irrationally, some...

ANGEL FALLS

March 2013

A fiercely protective Brazilian orphanage director and a burned-out Army Ranger are forced together in a deadly race to save one helpless baby.

Her best friend’s been murdered and Brazilian orphanage director Regina da Silva will do whatever it takes to protect her friend’s baby. Even if it means dealing with an intimidating man she’s not sure she can trust.

Former Army Ranger Brooks Anderson refuses to protect anyone ever again. The last time he did, the woman and child bo...

Heroines in historical novels do not carry huge purses filled with stuff, stuff, and more stuff. I try to carry less to save myself from shoulder pain, but I’m never very good at cutting back. I’m sure that says something profound about me. I just don’t know what.

What’s in my purse today? Let’s see:

Eyeglasses in case
Wallet holding checkbook, cash, credit cards
Keys
A case for all of those store cards & frequent flyer cards, etc., that a person collects over time
Pens
Hair pick
Lotion
Case holding t...

FALSE ALARM

March 2013

Bea Abbot is asked to find the man or woman who laid a booby trap for Sir Lucas Ossett, the powerful head of an international company, in his own black of flats. She finds Sir Lucas’s wife in a state of fear, while gossiping elderly ladies cast doubt on the probity of their neighbours; these include a ‘therapist’, an ex-employee of Sir Lucas’s, and a cross-section of yuppies and oddballs with life-threatening problems. Call-girl cards have been left in tenants’ letterboxe...

Writing a novel is just plain hard work most of the time. But there are certain things I love about my job that make any of the hard parts worth it. Here are three off the top of my head:

My favorite above all else is brainstorming a book with other writers. It is the best! I love to sit around table and be in the midst of all that creative energy. It just doesn’t get any better than that.
I love meeting/interacting with readers, especially when they share that something I wrote affected their...

Thanks to Renn for sending to me. LOL!

~robin

Lately, I’ve beenpondering what it means to truly trust God, to be patient, to wait expectantly for an answer to prayer, to hold onto hope when walking through the valley. Those are topics which every follower of Christ should ponder or meditate on at some point in their walk with the Lord. But the main reason these thoughts are rolling around inside of me is because of my work-in-progress (WIP).

The theme of my WIP is: “God sometimes keeps His promises in unexpected ways.”

I seldom begin writi...

A book gets written one word at a time. The trick is to string enough of them together on a regular basis, day in and day out.

I made my word goal for the day before 2:00 and then got in a 40 minute walk on the treadmill. My goodness, I’m feeling ridiculously proud of myself. Perhaps because too often lately I’ve fallen short of my word goal and doing that just leads to stress. Ugh!

There’s been lots of discussion on one of my writers’ lists about the Downton Abbey finale. I am a HUGE fan of th...

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Betrayal
by Robin Lee Hatcher

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