High Plains Wordsmith

13/08/2024

Fire Adapted Colorado Neighborhood Ambassador Orientation - Fall 2024
This course will take place at 6pm-8pm MST Thursday evenings from October 17-Nov 21, 2024.

This FREE course on Zoom is an introduction to serving as a wildfire Neighborhood Ambassador for your community.

Course content will include: what is a wildfire Neighborhood Ambassador, basics of wildfire behavior, the home ignition zone and "home hardening" vs. flying embers, Colorado fuels and vegetation management, household and community readiness, planning community events, and the human aspects of moving neighbors to action.

Register here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8MVM7RusBV10_JGHymIrZ-xg-pwAc-_m9UPmudHumQUYuhw/viewform These six, two-hour sessions will be presented live in a virtual setting, so students will need access to stable internet and a computer or tablet with a camera (preferred), microphone, and speakers.

08/06/2024

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John Cortines and Gregory Baumer’s “God and Money: How We Discovered True Riches at Harvard Business School”Book Review by Randy Petrick, ChFC, RICPIn "God and Money," John Cortines and Gregory Baumer offer a unique perspective that beautifully intertwines faith and finance. As a Chartered Fin...

24/11/2023

Booksigning Sat. Nov. 25, 2023 - 11-2 at Covered Treasures Bookstore, Monument, CO - I'll have To Melt a Snowdrift and To Starve an Ember!

20/10/2023

His input is so fresh and relevant! I hope that exhausted caregivers will take advantage of the Kindness Dialogue technique and save their relationship.

Listen now (3 mins) | Just a word to let you know I'm still trying to reach caregivers with my free offer

19/10/2023

Two authors and staff from Kids Need to Read (KNTR) pulled into the Page Public Library parking lot on Oct. 12. It was special day for the library and the Mesa, Arizona, based children’s literacy foundation. It was the 50th event of their Grow Your Library (GYL) program.

18/10/2023

Fall Fest - Oct. 28, 2023 10-2. Vendors (Colorado Authors League will have a table full of books by a bunch of us, including To Starve an Ember and To Melt a Snowdrift), chili cook-off, games, silent auction, trunk or treat, and more. Liberty Tree Academy, 8579 Eastonville Road, Peyton, CO.

04/10/2023

To Melt a Snowdrift, the next novel in the Ready to Go? series

She’s just along for a fun truck ride, but it spirals into chaos.Can she excavate her bravery and creativity from the snowdrifts to survive the mountain snow...

06/08/2023

When will my second novel, To Melt A Snowdrift, be published? Subscribe to my intermittent newsletter to find out! https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/529815/94952226414397377/share

28/07/2023

Sign up for my newsletter and get a short story called "Just a Little Grass Fire"

Sign up for my intermittent newsletter about the Ready to Go? series, work in progress, in-person or online events coming up, etc.

02/03/2023

Hi Team! Did you get my Feb. 23, 2023 email? Subscribe to my newsletter at https://lisahatfieldwriter.com/ and you will receive a free short story called "Just A Little Grass Fire," which tells about how the fire started in To Starve an Ember.

Also, I have written a new short story called "The Ground Was Like Almond Jello" to go along with novel #2 whenever it gets close to publication too, and you'll hear more about that in the newsletters and on my website.

Denial is disastrous Ready to Go? You’re not the only one in the world with your fears or crazy background. Trust me, you are not alone. Want to go on thrilling contemporary adventures? Ready to learn how to be prepared for anything? Want to hang around with good people who are working through the...

14/07/2022

Sat. Aug. 6, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - To Starve an Ember book signing at Barnes & Noble, 1565 Briargate Blvd., Colorado Springs. B&N has ordered twice as many copies of the novel as they did last time! You can discover what to do to be ready for wildfires... and family disasters.

Join us for an in-store event, Lisa Hatfield Signing, on Friday, August 05, 2022.

17/06/2022

PPLD Mountain of Authors - Sat., June 18, Library 21c, Colorado Springs
https://research.ppld.org/c.php?g=586749&p=8991599
https://research.ppld.org/c.php?g=586749&p=9075718
Lisa Hatfield will be one of the Showcase Authors, selling copies of To Starve an Ember!
3pm - doors open for the Author Showcase - 35 local authors!
4pm - Keynote Address by Craig Johnson - author of Longmire series
5pm - Book signing with Craig Johnson and Author Showcase open to meet all 35 local authors

This guide provides information about a free annual community program for local authors and writers.

17/05/2022

What can I do to prepare better for wildfires? Here's a novel idea:
The Bookstore of Glen Ellyn is now carrying To Starve an Ember! Please support your local, independent bookstore like this one. They are able to order my novel through Ingram Spark instead of the big A-you know who.
https://www.facebook.com/bookstoreofge/
https://lisahatfieldwriter.com/to-starve-an-ember/

16/05/2022

Booksweeps giveaway for you - Today, I have a fun surprise to share with you...I’ve teamed up with 50+fantastic authors to give away a huge collection of "Literary, Historical & Women's Fiction Book Club books" to 2 lucky winners! Oh, and did I mention the Grand Prize winner gets a BRAND NEW eReader? 😁See the link below to see all 50 books in the prize bundle.

You could win a copy of To Starve an Ember, plus books from authors like Eleanor Chance (Arms of Grace) and Rosey Lee (Beautiful, Complicated Family). Enter the giveaway by clicking below - good luck and enjoy!

Contest runs May 16 through May 25. https://www.booksweeps.com/giveaway/may-2022/win-a-bundle-of-literary-historical-and-womens-fiction/
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29/03/2022

Lisa will be a presenter at Nerd Nite Colorado Springs on June 15, 2022 - more details to come. Subscribe to my newsletter at LisaHatfieldWriter.com to get notifications too. See below for an example of Nerd Nite!

27/12/2021

My book - To Starve an Ember - is now available at the LIBRARY - the Pikes Peak Library District ordered both print and e-book versions. Will you ask YOUR LIBRARY to order it too?

11/10/2021

45 million homes in the United States are built in or next to natural areas that are subject to wildfire, so we need to understand its rules. To Starve an Ember, a novel about wildfires and family disasters is now available to the world. See LisaHatfieldWriter.com for all the details. I know this book can save lives and property from wildfire if we share it with enough people.

11/10/2021