by Vicki Hinze | Jan 10, 2020 | My Kitchen Table, On Writing
Authors write books for a wide variety of reasons. Today, I asked USA Today Bestselling Author Peggy Webb why she wrote SNOW BRIDES in the new STORMWATCH series. Here’s what she had to say: During a thirty-five year writing career, I’ve had the good...
by Vicki Hinze | Dec 30, 2019 | My Kitchen Table, On Writing
Authors are often asked why they chose to write a specific story. The answers are as varied as the authors themselves. So I thought it would be interesting to ask why USA Today Bestselling Author Regan Black wrote BLACK ICE, Book 4 in the STORMWATCH series....
by Vicki Hinze | Sep 12, 2019 | My Kitchen Table, On Writing
For some time, I’ve worried about young teens and the impact on them of lyrics and music. This concern goes back to the early days of my own kids being young teens and lyrics that sent destructive messages. I worried that putting those songs into their heads would...
by Vicki Hinze | Sep 4, 2019 | On Writing
It isn’t always convenient. It isn’t always easy. But it is always worth it. What am I talking about? Mentoring. Authors mentoring authors. Early on in writing, I had simple questions that I would spent hours trying to answer correctly. Several years...
by Vicki Hinze | Jun 24, 2019 | My Faith Zone, My Kitchen Table, On Writing
Define lucky. I can’t speak for all, of course, but lucky is defined differently for different people in different situations. Sometimes luck is luck, and sometimes it is the result of some pretty intense effort—though, not necessarily on the exact same thing....
by Vicki Hinze | Oct 11, 2018 | Book Alert, My Faith Zone, My Kitchen Table, On Writing
Sometimes the best laid plans get… well, waylaid. Vicki and I have been looking forward to the release of So Many Secretssince the end of March—truthfully longer, but that’s close enough—and during the time she’s supposed to be uploading my posts, her website goes...