Journey to Publication, BJ Robinson

B. J. Robinson's journey to publication began in third grade when her teacher submitted a story she wrote about her pet dog to a local newspaper, and it was published. In the fifth grade, her teacher read the entire series of Little House in the Prairie books to the class. Between her mother's reading all the classic fairytales to her before she started school and her teacher reading the classic books, B. J. fell in love with reading.


Throughout middle school she penned poems. In college, her first essay "April Flood" was published in a different local newspaper. She took a creative writing class, and her short story won first prize in college-writing competition. She knew she'd found two loves of her life, reading and writing. Since the publication of her first prize-winning short story in the university's literary magazine, she's had the story published multiple times in newspapers. It ran in a three part series on the front page of her hometown newspaper with her picture, ran in St. Cloud in the News, and was published in online magazines. She developed her January release, Southern Superstitions, from the prize-winning short story. The story itself was altered slightly and is available as a free download from her publisher, Desert Breeze Publishing, Inc. http://stores.desertbreezepublishing.com/-strse-template/BJRobinson/Page.bok. The novel will be released January 15.

Her road to publication was long and filled with many people God placed in her life to help her. She took creative writing in college, sponsored a creative-writing club, took writing classes with Long Ridge Writing Institute, while also taking classes through the Christian Writers Guild, founded by Jerry B. Jenkins, with her writing mentor, Eva Marie Everson. During this time she published a lot of short work. She subbed a newspaper column in a local paper and had numerous poems, articles, short stories, essays, and devotionals published.

Her article "Honoring God's Calling" was published in the Fall 2010 edition of Together. Published devotionals include two with MustardSeed Ministries, seven with Standard Publishing in the Spring of 2010, and one in words to Write By: Author Devotionals compiled by Robin Bayne. Another was published in 2011 in Hurray God! "Mother's Glimpse of Heaven" was published in FATE Magazine in 2002. "POD Publishing: What's to Gain?" was published in Christian Fiction Online Magazine in March 2009. A short story was published in Pebble Lake Review in the Summer of 2004. She won a trophy for First Runner Up in a Florida Writer's Association contest in 2002.

B. J. Robinson is a prize-winning, multi-published author with three novels under her belt and a WIP. Last Resort, her debut Christian romantic suspense novel, released July 15 from Desert Breeze. It has five-star reviews on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.com and has both male and female readers. Southern Superstitions releases January 15, another Christian romantic suspense developed from her prize-winning short story. Whispering Cypress releases August 15, 2012. her third Christian romantic suspense. One Rainy Summer releases October 15, 2012, her first YA novel



When she's not writing, she's reading and reviewing books on her blog. Barbara lives in Florida with her husband, cocker spaniel, golden retriever, and shelter cat, blessed with sons, daughters, grandchildren and faith. Visit her at http://barbarajrobinson.blogspot.com and sign to follow her blog for an opportunity to win free novels. Her novels may be found at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Sony, Kobo, and anywhere fine books are sold.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNoo962DbF0&feature=share Book Trailer for Southern Superstitions

Prayer versus Southern superstitions when a woman's husband mysteriously disappears in the swamp on a deer-hunting trip. Through belief, faith, hard work, the power of prayer, and God's help, this powerful, moving story is a thought-provoking Christian romantic suspense about a young couple who fall in love, but have to change her mother's mind in more ways than one, if their relationship is to survive. As steamy as the hot, thick, sticky heat of Louisiana, this page-turner will keep readers in suspense, as the author spins a tale of love, loss, superstition, pain, heartache, and faith in God. God and the power of prayer versus Southern superstitions. Can Andy convince June there's more to their relationship than friends? Will he win the approval of Myrtle, her mother, and can love survive strawberry season and an April flood? Will June be able to give Andy a child? When Andy disappears during the Christmas holidays will he return, or is he lost to June forever. Has the Louisiana swamp claimed another life?



Reviewer Kathy Boswell says, "Very good! She never gives up hope that Andy will return to her someday. She puts it all in God's hands like she'd done every crisis in her life. She knows He will take care of this for her."



Free excerpt for Southern Superstitions: http://stores.desertbreezepublishing.com/-strse-249/Southern-Superstition-BJ-Robinson/Detail.bok