A Glimpse into the Thoughts & Imaginings of Vibeke Hiatt
Vibeke Hiatt Parched, cracked slabs of grey-brown earth reaching to a brown-grey horizon. Desolate expanse of lifelessness. Helpless, hopeless, barren, alone. A curled figure sits on the ground, knees drawn to her chest—a fragile shell encasing a broken soul. A faint sound. A vibration through the infertile terrain. A second figure approaching. At his step, moisture bubbles … Read more
Our society has become one where fame matters. The line between admiration for a celebrity and worship of a celebrity can be very thin. Everywhere we turn, celebrities and influencers are telling us how to think, how to feel, how to speak, what to buy, and what to believe. There seems to be a natural … Read more
Last year, I was asked to speak in my ward’s Sacrament meeting. We moved to Bluffdale, Utah, in July of 2020 and, because of my pregnancy with and the birth of Knudsine, I had only been to church a handful of times. This particular Sunday would be the first Sunday the entire ward was invited … Read more
A few years ago, I learned about a book about Jane Austen that I thought would be an interesting read. I put it on my Amazon wish list, and there it sat year after year. No one bought it for me. I finally decided to see if the Salt Lake County Library had it. They … Read more
I’m reading a book by a twenty-something author who started her manuscript as a teen, worked on it for a few years, spent a couple of years finding an agent, then was picked up by a big publisher. It’s a good book. But it triggered something in me that I hate to admit I ever … Read more
I drafted the final scene of the final book of the Forgotten King trilogy today. It feels strange. Do you know that listless, bittersweet feeling you have when you finish reading a great book? You’ve invested so much emotionally into the characters and their lives, it’s hard to say goodbye. Finishing writing a book, especially … Read more
For self-published authors, marketing is not easy. We need to sell the vision—the story, the characters, the world—we put so much of our heart and soul into with a very limited budget. Authors with greater resources can afford to buy advertising, but most of us don’t have that luxury. So, we have to market to … Read more
“Who am I to judge?” This is a statement you have likely heard many times. Often it’s spoken by someone who judges without a second thought, until they are caught making an error in judgment. Judgments are a reality of life. We all make them. We all need to make them. They range from the … Read more
I control time. The hands of the clock surrender to my fingers. Forward and backward, inside-out and outside-in. The past is the future and the present is timeless. Actions of today become feats of a past year. Words understood before they are spoken. Thoughts and feelings erased from existence. Time measured and time felt. Time … Read more
For a long time, I resisted the idea of self-publishing my books. In my mind, a self-published book was a book that wasn’t good enough—a low quality vanity project for a person with no skill and no training. I have a lot of confidence in my stories and have worked hard on them. I have … Read more