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In Search of Destiny

April 21, 2016 by Derinda Babcock

In Search of Destiny: Book Two in the Destiny Trilogy If you read Dodging Destiny, did you wonder what happened to the people Lexie Logan left behind in the nineteenth century? I did. Originally, Dodging Destiny was written to be a stand-alone novel, but all of my beta-readers told me I couldn’t stop with the first novel. They wanted to know what happened to the characters when the Civil War broke out. They wondered how Lexie’s experience changed her after she returned to the twenty-first century. I listened and began to research. Book Two, In Search of Destiny, is now available for …

Dodging Destiny

September 13, 2015 by Derinda Babcock

Have you ever tried to run from your Destiny? Destiny can be defined as . . . “something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune,” but the word can also mean, “the power or agency that determines the course of events.” For Christians, that power or agency is God. Isaiah 55:11 (ESV) says, “so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” Check out …

Undoing Life’s Mistakes: David Stearman

September 10, 2015 by Derinda Babcock

A Visit with David Stearman David Stearman is a songwriter/recording artist/novelist, who specializes in adventure stories set in exotic locales. He has a special love for the tropics, jungles and beaches which is reflected in both his novels and personal life, in the form of hobbies such as breeding parrots and growing orchids. David is involved in missionary work, and because of his speaking and concert engagement travels widely. His stories reflect the life he lives and places he visits in a way that makes his readers feel as if they’ve been there too. David, what were the factors that …

July: Pausing to Remember History

June 30, 2015 by Derinda Babcock

What images do you see when someone says July 4th? Do you think of picnics, fireworks, wars, old documents, or something else? As a reader and writer of historical fiction, here is what comes to my mind. July 3, 1775 George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts, during the American Revolution. The first battles of the American Revolution occurred in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. (Aril 19, 1775). People living in the Thirteen Colonies rebelled against the British monarchy and aristocracy, overthrew the authority of Great Britain, and founded the United States of America. July 4, 1776 The Declaration of Independence is …

Dr. Ronald Hanson: Contact Information

March 17, 2015 by Derinda Babcock

DR. HANSON IS READY TO HEAR FROM YOU! Thanks to all of you who contacted me via this website to inquire about Dr. Hanson, formerly of Centeno Schultz Clinic. I was impressed with the stories you shared about how much he helped you manage or eliminate your pain. He is a highly-skilled and kind-hearted man, and it is with great pleasure that I share this note from him. I wish you the best. Derinda Babcock To My Patient Friends: At long last, final preparations are being made for me to be able to treat patients again. It has been a defining process …