by LoriBenton | May 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Hiking the Rogue River, Oregon (yep, that’s me) The Untamed God: Embracing The Adventure of Faith “Safe?” said Mr. Beaver; “don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.”...
by LoriBenton | May 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
I shared on Facebook* earlier this week that Burning Sky won the Grace Award** in the Action-Adventure/Western/Historic Epic category. And I can’t say enough how much I love it that Burning Sky was included in that awesome category. Action Adventure, History,...
by LoriBenton | May 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
Inspired by author Rebecca DeMarino’s Facebook photo of her very messy (but no doubt productive) desk, I present to you what happens when even a neat freak author is smack in the middle of writing her current work in progress. Under the book and notebook are...
by LoriBenton | May 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Authors of historical fiction can be prone to over-sharing in their novels, when it comes to research. I totally resemble understand this. Would we be writing historical fiction if we didn’t, to some degree, find history in all its sweeping events and day-to-day...
by LoriBenton | May 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Looking Ahead to What’s Next (That view of the Adirondacks is your first clue) Can you believe summer is almost here? This year is flying by. Before it gets any older, the time has come to share with you a little about what I’ve been busy working on...
by LoriBenton | May 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
… so let’s celebrate! My publisher, WaterBrook Press, has offered to give away two copies of Burning Sky, my debut novel that just made the short list in the Debut Fiction category for the 2014 Inspy Award, the Blogger’s Award for Excellence in...