Phoebe Hinkle's Blog: Chronicler's Corner - Posts Tagged "events"

It's a busy time of year! I'm going to be selling my books at a couple events the next two weekends. You can find me at:

Local Author Celebration
Saturday 25th, 10-2 at the Laramie county Library


Homeschool Craft Fair
Saturday December 2nd, 10-1 at Calvary Chapel Cheyenne
(9209 Ridge Rd)

Have you registered for my 5-year Anniversary Giveaway yet? Details are on my website or in this blog post!

I'm thankful for all my readers! <3 And beyond thankful and blessed for my editing team.

The day is finally here, y'all! I've been waiting for a long time (at least it feels like it) to share this with you, and now at last To Stand is being released to the world!

To Stand . . . the book that almost broke me as an author. And I'm not kidding. So often I felt like giving up, not just on this book, but my writing career in general. It took me over a year of literal sweat and tears (but not literal blood, just literary XD) to finally get this from beginning idea to finished project. Which really isn't a long time, all things considered, but often it felt like a real struggle. But it was SO worth it, because now it's a good story that I really love.

Sometimes people ask me how I got the idea for a book, and I'm not always sure. But in this case, I do know. I was in the shower (the best time for ideas lol) when a few lines of a song popped into my head. I thought "Hey, this is cool, it sounds like it could be part of a story" . . . and the ideas totally mushroomed from there over the weekend. I started writing it shortly thereafter during a trip, and finished the whole thing (my longest book to date) in just over 2 months.

(Fun fact: Those few song lyrics did make it into the book as part of "We Have a God.")

Much thanks to God, my family, proofreaders, and friends for helping me, putting up with me, and encouraging me to the end.

So with that all said, y'all, please enjoy this story . . . my early readers have really liked it so far, and I hope you will too. 🙂 And once you've read it, I actually created a quiz so you can see which of the characters you are!

Hello y'all! I'm going to be at a couple events in Cheyenne soon:

End of the Earth release party
Bonsai Books
Saturday, September 28th, 1-3
Check for updates on their Facebook page.

Local Author Celebration
Laramie County Library
Saturday, October 12th, 10-2
More information here.

And now . . . about that WIP I promised, eh?

So . . . those of y'all who have been around me lately know that I'm currently into all things WWII. Like, really into it. Singing Vera Lynn songs and doing my hair in a victory roll. (I don't care what anyone says, it looks fine with a t-shirt.) I've been doing extensive research on weapons, battles, and small-scale tactics; reading memoirs and online articles; watching an old TV show; and hanging out with reenactors to talk about guns and stuff. (Lemme just say here and now, a Tommy gun is a dream to handle. Didn't actually get to shoot it, but it felt SO. GOOD. in my hands.)

All of this is for a purpose, and I promise I'll stop rambling. For now. 😜

Yes, I am working on a book. And this time I'm actually giving out some information ahead of time. Not a whole lot, because I don't want to give spoilers, and there aren't any settled dates yet. But *some*.

This WIP, titled We Gave Our Tomorrows (yes, there's a story behind that), follows a young American soldier (and his squad) through the Second World War in Europe. He doesn't land at D-Day - comes as a replacement later - but sees action from June 1944 to May 1945. Operation Cobra to V-E Day, Normandy to Germany.

I'll probably be posting updates as I get further along in the process. I'm currently in the middle of writing the first draft . . . I'm nearly up to the Ardennes Offensive (Battle of the Bulge), so about halfway through the war . . . ? It's actually been going pretty fast; I currently have 18 chapters and 38000 words. My goal is to get it written by the end of the year so that I have plenty of time for proofs and edits. Lord willing, I'm hoping to release it on May 8th, for the 80th anniversary of V-E Day.

I've made a new page for WIPs on my website, so that's where I'll be posting information about the story, as well as on here. Actually, you probably have a better chance of getting updates on this blog than on my website, because it's a lot easier to update. 🤭

Anybody care for a moodboard?

Life never stops, haha! Even for worn-out college students 😮‍💨 I've got a few events coming up next month:

Bonsai Books
Saturday, November 2, 12-3
This will be a multi-author event - myself and a few other local authors.

307 Made
Friday, November 22
This is going to be a "meet & greet" with a few different authors at different time slots during the day . . . I haven't heard anything more from Michelle so I have no idea what times I'll be there 😆

And looking ahead . . .
Homeschool Craft Fair
Saturday, December 14 at Calvary Chapel Cheyenne
Time TBA, but I'm guessing 10-1ish?

And that's all! (Pfft, isn't that enough?! What with school and all . . .)

And have no fear, writing is continuing (albeit a little more slowly) on We Gave Our Tomorrows. 😉