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Book of the Year Awards

A friend just sent me a photo she took of me leaving the stage after getting the second place Book of the Year Award in the Lits category for The Secret Life of Becky Miller.

Since I was having too much fun to remember to get my camera out, I didn’t have any good photos until this one. You can catch a glimpse of the book cover on the screen behind Cheryl (at the podium).

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I’m back from four wonderful days of tromping in the forest with my hubby. We explored some remote old-growth forests and I’ll post photos and share a few thoughts in my next blog post.

Blessings and gratitude!
Sharon Hinck

The Secret Life of Becky Miller (Bethany House, June, 2006)
Renovating Becky Miller (Bethany House, February, 2007)
The Restorer (NavPress, May 2007)
The Restorer’s Son (NavPress, September 2007)

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A Visit from Lyn Cote


Lyn Cote’s first historical series, BLESSED ASSURANCE, is reissued, revised and revamped–all three in one book by Avon Inspire. The love of God conquers all as three generations of women struggle to find true love in these three historical dramas.

In Whisper of Love, Civil War widow Jessie Wagstaff must fend for herself and her own son against the Great Chicago Fire.

In Lost in His Love, San Francisco heriess Cecelia Jackson meets social activist Linc Wagstaff who opens her eyes to her role of the abuse of the helpless as they face the Great 1906 Earthquake.

And in Echoes of Mercy, Meg Wagstaff, just back from volunteering in WWI, must now face the challenge of the racial barriers of the 1920’s New Orleans in order to prove her childhood friend did not commit murder.

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“The omnibus collection of the three superb Wagstaff BLESSED ASSURANCE
inspirational historical tales will elate fans of the genre as each
era comes alive due to the strong lead couple and a deep support
cast.” – review by Harriet Kausner

Also drop by www.shoutlife.com/LynCote and read Lyn’s blog about
Chicago 1871. The latest Blog discusses a Chicago institution, the
Marshall Field’s Department Store, which after over a century of
doing business in Chicago was bought out by Macy’s in the past few
years.

Lyn, thanks for letting us know – and congratulations on this new three-in-one release!

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A Mountain of Mist


Last night I was driving to a meeting. On the horizon, I saw mountain peaks.

In my normal, muddled state, I wondered when a mountain range had developed to the north of Minneapolis.

Minnesota is a beautiful state, but we don’t have towering mountains that pierce the stratosphere. Yet as I gazed down a street that looked like a perspectives-exercise from art class, there in the distance were purple mountain’s majesty.

After my brain caught up with my senses, I figured out that I was looking at a thick bank of clouds, in the triangular shape of mountains – dark enough to contrast with the dusky sky and create the illusion of the Rockies transplanted to my neighborhood.

It made me wonder about how many of the mountains that seem to bar my way are mere mist. From the distance they look sturdy, powerful, daunting. But if I wait awhile, a strong wind will blow them away.

Maybe I’d have more faith to move mountains if my vision were clearer and I saw some of those mountains for what they really are.

Lord, open our eyes.

Blessings and gratitude!
Sharon Hinck

The Secret Life of Becky Miller (Bethany House, June, 2006)
Renovating Becky Miller (Bethany House, February, 2007)
The Restorer (NavPress, May 2007)
The Restorer’s Son (NavPress, September 2007)

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Stray Photos





1. The banner at the awards banquet at American Christian Fiction Writers.
I don’t have a good photo of me scampering up on stage to accept the award for second place in the Book of Year – Lit category, so this banner photo is my tribute to that night.

2. My friend Nina reading.

3. The gathering of Sci-fi/Fantasy fans at the ACFW conference in Dallas. How many spec-fic writers can fit into one hotel room? LOTS!

4. Another view of the gathering

5. Me having a ball at the ACFW multi-author book signing in Dallas.

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Gala Book Launch 3


What was I thinking about as I welcomed everyone?

A theme threaded through my novels is that God can take ordinary, flawed, and weak people, and accomplish remarkable things.

The fact that He stirred me to write, helped me complete manuscripts, opened doors for books to be published, (especially these books which are so unusual and by all conventional wisdom didn’t have a chance) and allowed those stories to touch hearts is a huge gift of grace. As I looked out at all the gathered faces, I wondered what gifts of grace He is planning to unfold in each life. Delightful plans. Amazing adventures. A room full of wounded healers and unlikely heroes. There were people from North Carolina, Kansas, and Wisconsin. There were people facing trials of various kinds. Men and women of all ages. God knows the story in each heart, and they are far more poignant and dramatic than any story I could write.

Thank you so much to everyone who came — to the Book Buddy volunteers who brought food, handed out prizes, and greeted people; to the wonderful staff of Northwestern Bookstore, Burnsville; to the musicians who arranged beautiful harmonies and performed the songs from each Restorer book; to my eldest daughter for taking photos; and to my family and friends who prayed me through the writing and release of The Restorer’s Son.

Soli Deo Gloria.
Sharon

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Gala Book Launch






Music, prizes, food, and fellowship . . .
what could be more fun? Here are a few photos from the October 6th book launch.

1. The display
2. The flutist
3. Greeting folk as they arrived
4. Chatting with a book club that came together
5. Folk filling the cafe’ as they waited for the program to begin.

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A Visit from Linda Hall



Shadows in the Mirror
By Linda Hall

An October release from Steeple Hill/Love Inspired Suspense

“Never go back to Burlington!” Those were the dying words of the secretive aunt who’d raised orphaned Marylee Simson. Yet to discover who she was, Marylee had to go back, sure the Lord would look out for her. But learning anything about her past was proving impossible. Why were there no records of the accident that claimed her parents’ lives? No records of her parents, period? And who was trying to stop her from finding out? Someone whose threats were escalating. Someone close to her, such as Evan Baxter, the handsome photographer she’d entrusted with the one clue she had.

Shadows in the Mirror is the first in a three-book romantic suspense trilogy where these shadows of the past must be accepted, acknowledged and forgiven before one can move onto life and love in the present.

What people are saying about Shadows in the Mirror:

Linda Hall has done an outstanding job. The tension and suspense will engage you from the first page. The fast pace and even flow of the story will keep you turning the pages. I recommend you read this novel to find out the dramatic ending.
Romance Reviews Today

In Shadows in the Mirror, Hall has done an excellent job or marrying her skills in character development and suspenseful plots with a strong romance element…. if you love Romantic Suspense, with the October release of Shadows in the Mirror you have cause to celebrate, as another strong Romantic Suspense author has been added to the must read list.
The Suspense Zone

About the author:

Linda Hall is the award winning author of fifteen novels and a number of short stories. She is the author of the bestselling Margaret’s Peace and the critically acclaimed Sadie’s Song. She has received The Word Guild award five times for best Christian mystery in Canada, has been short listed twice for a Christy (Sadie’s Song and Steal Away) and once for a Daphne (Steal Away). When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading, having coffee with friends and listening to good music. She and her husband also enjoy sailing the New Brunswick and Maine coasts.

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The Restorer’s Son Release

*INTERVIEWS*

* “An Interview with a Restorer” – a brilliant book report (using an interview format with a main character) by a young reader. WARNING – don’t read it until after you’ve read The Restorer and The Restorer’s Son.

* Podcast with Jill Hart – every time we chat, it’s a time of giggles and grace

* Where the Map Ends – Q & A with editor Jeff Gerke about Christian fantasy

*Interview at Mystery, Suspense, and God, Oh My! blog.

*REVIEWS*

Library Journal (November, 2007)

Road To Romance – Reviewer’s Choice Award

Bookshelf Review

Relz Reviewz

Rebecca Luella Miller at Christian Worldview of Fiction

Cheryl Bader at Edenstar

Harriet Klausner (number-one ranked amazon reviewer)

Amy Wallace at Peek-a-boo ICU

Valerie Comer at In My Little World

Deborah Khuanghlawn at Books, Movies, & Chinese Food

Chawna Schroeder at Imagination Investigation

Cara Putman at The Law, Books, and Life

Judy Fedele at Believer’s Chapel MOPS

Barbara at Stray Thoughts

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* Signed by the Author – Get your book personalized and autographed by Sharon even if you can’t come to an in-person event

Blessings and gratitude!
Sharon Hinck

The Secret Life of Becky Miller (Bethany House, June, 2006)
Renovating Becky Miller (Bethany House, February, 2007)
The Restorer (NavPress, May 2007)
The Restorer’s Son (NavPress, September 2007)

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