Taryn R. Hutchison's Blog: The Glorious Muddle

I’m proud to introduce to the world, (drum roll, please) . . . my newest book and the final installment of A Cold War Trilogy: Three Colors of Courage! It’s been nine years since I wrote the first chapter of the first novel for my graduate fiction writing class in 2015. Five years since I […]

July is half over and I’m not yet half finished with my one huge task for the month: revision. Thinking of this causes me stress. I am revising my third and final novel, Three Colors of Courage. It’s an action-packed conclusion to the series, and it’s so good–really good!–that I can’t wait to get it out […]

I wanted to be snowed in this Christmas. To be tucked away at home, all cozy and wrapped up in blankets, reading books in front of the fireplace, my husband and I with cups of hot chocolate in our hands. Exactly the way I love for the week between Christmas and New Year’s to be: […]

Our number has been cut in half this year. With the loss of both my parents, my father last year and my mother three months ago, we’ve gone from four to two. Any season of grief is hard enough, but the holidays magnify the sense of loss and sadness exponentially. We all expect to be […]

I am fresh into a new grief that started three weeks ago and I’m still living in the wake of one that began many years ago. Everyone faces grief at some point; it’s part of being human. I’ve learned a few things about grief and mourning that I hope may help you. Did you know […]

Yesterday my mother, Patricia Adele Patton Richardson, died. Did you notice the world get dim about 3:42 pm? I did. That’s when Mom opened her long-closed eyes, looked at the light streaming in through the window, took one last calm quiet breath and then no more on earth. Her next breath was a gulp of […]

Every week, babies change. They grow. They develop. It’s exciting. Parents, grandparents, everyone marvels the first time the baby does anything. Smiles. Rolls over. Laughs. Recognizes their hand. Crawls. Stands. Each new word is reason to cheer. Each accomplishment, no matter how tiny, is met with enthusiasm. Videos are made and shared. Every week, if […]

Announcing the long-awaited arrival of Two Lights of Hope, the middle book in A Cold War Trilogy! Like any parent with a middle child, I feared this middle one might be overlooked. Sequels often are. The newness of the firstborn has worn off, replaced by sheer exhaustion. But it’s here. It’s a good story. And […]

I’m thrilled to announce the upcoming birth of my second novel, Two Lights of Hope, Book Two in A Cold War Trilogy. It will be released sometime this summer, so stay tuned to find out exactly when as that becomes clearer. The Storyline The story picks up with Adriana Nicu, a teenager in Communist Romania […]

My mom has had three trips to the Emergency Department already this year. She’s had twice as many falls. Every time the telephone rings, I tense up. It’s often a nurse, and it’s often bad news. In the final months of my father’s life, when he was in assisted living an hour away and Mom […]