Through the Eyes of an Artist
My new book releases on Saturday, November 1st, and I can’t wait to share it with readers. Here’s just a little about To Reveal a…
Belly-Up by Boo Bear Hatcher
Note from Robin: I’ve been writing up a storm on my winter/spring 2026 release, so I asked Boo to fill in for me today. Always…
Growing a Series
Throughout my traditional writing career (40+ years), most series were three books long. In fact, back in the 1980s, instead of calling them a series,…
Headlines on the Frontier
When we imagine the Old West, we often think of wide-open plains, dusty boots, and rugged towns born almost overnight. But tucked into nearly every…
Look! I’ve got a castle
I’ve heard it said that a goldfish has a memory that lasts about 5 seconds. So as it swims around its tiny round fishbowl with…
Fireworks and Freedom
In case you don’t know it, most of the books I’ve written are set in Idaho. I love my state. I’m a native Idahoan and…
Advice to My Younger Self
Back in February, I shared that I was taking an Artificial Intelligence college class. I learned so much over the course of those 16 weeks….
Don’t Drift!
Recently, my pastor told a story about having a perfect beach day at the ocean years ago. He and his friends were just floating, talking,…
Walking with Jesus
Praying the Stations of the Cross as a Protestant A number of years ago, my church home began offering a self-guided walk through the Stations…
What’s for lunch? (in the Great Depression)
My latest release is From This Moment On: Two Kings Meadow Novellas. One of the stories is set in 1932, the other in 2015. While…
What to call a group of writers
Last week I saw this question on X: “A group of cats is a clowder. A group of dogs is a pack. A group people is a crowd….
Loving the writing life
Many times over the last 40+ years, rather than say, “I love writing,” I’ve said, “I love having written.” That is still true; I love…
Bible and a .44 podcast
In my college class this week, I began using NotebookLM for research. I plugged in all kinds of academic papers from journals and peer reviewed…
Writing in the Age of AI
In a post earlier this month, I mentioned that I’m taking a college course this spring semester called “Writing in the Age of AI.” Unless…
49 years of sanctification
Today is Valentine’s Day. A day often signified by red hearts ❤️❤️❤️❤️. How appropriate then that it was a Valentine’s Day (49 years ago) when…
Intentional Thanksgiving: 2/12/2025
This year I am reading through the Bible using the chronological Reading Plan used by the Bible Recap. At the end of each day’s Bible…
Intentional Thanksgiving: 2/11/2025
Today I thank God my Father for: ~robin
Ode to Socks
On Monday of this week, over on Inspired by Life and Fiction (where ten authors of Christian fiction have a whole lot of fun), Angela…
