General Interest Archives - Derinda Babcock

Jun 26, 2019 · by Derinda Babcock · In: General Interest Tagged: Christian, Civil War, Gettysburg, Historical Fiction, photographer, PTSD, short story

July: Remembering the Past What images do you think of when someone mentions July? Fireworks, family barbecues, and picnics in the park? What about the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) or Gettysburg (July 1 – 3, 1863)? The American Civil War battle known as The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in the fields surrounding the village of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and began July 1, 1863, and ended on July 3, 1863. In those three hot July days, more than 50,000 men were listed as killed, wounded, missing, or captured. When I began researching for my short story, “In A…

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Jun 10, 2019 · by Derinda Babcock · In: General Interest, Uncategorized Tagged: American historical romance, Colorado, deaf, mining, Spanish, treasure

Colorado Treasure is now available for your reading pleasure! What treasure is worth dying for? Victoria Silverthorne needs answers. Nightmares of her parents’ deaths fifteen years earlier haunt Victoria’s dreams. During her search for clues, she discovers she has a paternal aunt and uncle in Denver who may be able to shed light on the mystery of her parents. Against the wishes of many, she travels from the safety of her life on the Texas Panhandle to Denver, and then on to the booming mining town of Silverton, Colorado, to find answers. Antonio “Tony” Morales fears for Victoria’s safety. Travel…

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Jun 1, 2018 · by Derinda Babcock · In: General Interest Tagged: April Adamson Holthaus, Bayou, genealogy, legacy, Louisiana

APRIL ADAMSON HOLTHAUS: AN EVERYDAY PERSON WHO DISCOVERED A TREASURE A treasure more valuable than money … Remember the expressions, “Can’t see the trees for the forest?” What about “Familiarity breeds contempt?” When I search for topics interesting enough to encourage folks to read through a blog post, I sometimes forget the most fascinating subjects and people live “next door,” and though they are familiar to me, they are never contemptible. I first met my blog guest, April Adamson Holthaus, a couple of years ago when I spoke to the Wolf Creek Christian Writers Network group in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. When I heard how…

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Aug 4, 2017 · by Derinda Babcock · In: General Interest Tagged: Following Destiny, interview, Lexie Logan, missionary, time travel

FOLLOWING DESTINY: Lexie Logan Returns to the Twenty-First Century Q & A with Lexie Logan LEXIE LOGAN is the main character in both Book One, Dodging Destiny and Book Three, Following Destiny. Though not physically present in the second book, In Search of Destiny, her influence on the lives of people she left in the nineteenth century keeps her personality alive throughout the story. As I created Lexie’s character, I wondered what made her tick. How was she like me? How was she different? What strengths and weaknesses made her believable? In what ways did she influence the people around her,…

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Sep 2, 2016 · by Derinda Babcock · In: General Interest Tagged: history, lens, lessons, tying past to present

Tying the Past to the Present: Looking Through the Lens of History to Learn Lessons for Today This is the theme of my website–its raison d’être. When the site first went up, I said the “Past, recent, and present history is included in this website’s definition of HIStory. The purpose is to inform, encourage, and entertain.” Though I am interested in historical information garnered while researching for my novels, I’m more interested to learn how lessons from the past, recent or distant, can be applied to my life today. What can I learn from people who lived centuries before me? Did they struggle with…

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Apr 21, 2016 · by Derinda Babcock · In: General Interest Tagged: Civil War, decisions, destiny, dodging, historical, in search of, Lexie Logan, nineteenth century, novel, Oregon Trail

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…

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Sep 13, 2015 · by Derinda Babcock · In: General Interest Tagged: Derinda Babcock, destiny, dodging, Israel, Jonah, storm

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…

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Sep 10, 2015 · by Derinda Babcock · In: General Interest Tagged: author, David Stearman, fame, finisher, flame, Hebrews, HOT, Jesus Christ, life, mistakes, undoing

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…

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Jun 30, 2015 · by Derinda Babcock · In: General Interest Tagged: battle, battles, Gettysburg, history, Independence, July, Vicksburg, World War 1, World War 2

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…

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Feb 26, 2015 · by Derinda Babcock · In: General Interest Tagged: characters, inspiration, novels, plot, seat, tractor

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…

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