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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 …

INSPIRATION FROM A TRACTOR SEAT

February 26, 2015 by Derinda Babcock

HOW SITTING ON THE SEAT OF A TRACTOR INSPIRES ME Picture this: A novelist-farmer in Southwestern Colorado needs answers to questions that keep popping up in her current work-in-progress. She also needs to mow or disk the pasture. If she spends her time thinking about plot and characterization while sitting in front of the computer, the pasture doesn’t get done. If she spends a few hours on the tractor, the writing doesn’t get done. So what does this author decide to do? She multi-tasks by mowing or disking the pasture while mentally working on her novel. The novelist-farmer is me, and some of the …

FIREWALL, an edge of your seat read

February 8, 2015 by Derinda Babcock

FIREWALL This novel by DiAnn Mills will keep you turning pages ’til the very end. This story is fast-paced with a surprise twist at the end. If you’re looking for a story that will keep your blood pumping and your attention riveted, then FIREWALL is the book for you. Here is the text from FIREWALL‘s back cover blurb: After a whirlwind romance, Taryn Young is preparing to board a plane at Houston International Airport, bound for a dream honeymoon, when a bomb decimates the terminal. Injured but still alive, she awakens to discover her husband is missing and they’re both considered prime suspects …

A Christmas Tale | Un cuento de Navidad

December 17, 2014 by Derinda Babcock

A CHRISTMAS TALE When I was growing up, most of the cousins in my extended family were girls, so when my brother and the only boy cousin got together for reunions, they couldn’t stay out of mischief for long. I was the eldest cousin, and as I remember it, this mischief was always directed at the girls. They loved to hear us yell, and were overjoyed if we chased them. A CHRISTMAS TALE is a work of fiction, though the characters are a compilation of personalities from my childhood. Some of the names have been changed to protect the …

Christian Fantasy: New worlds to explore

December 6, 2014 by Derinda Babcock

Exploring Fantasy Worlds with author R. J. Larson Fantasy is not a genre of fiction I typically choose. I mean, come on. Dragons or other strange and frightening creatures? Make-believe words and worlds? Magic? Medieval-type settings full of castles and men and women who fight with swords or other deadly weapons? REALLY? By definition, fantasy is extravagant and unrestrained imagination using mental images that are unreal or fantastic. This type of fiction never attracted me much, though I did enjoy Lois Lowry’s, The Giver, and Robin McKinley’s Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast, The Hero and the Crown, and The Blue Sword when my classes read …