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Cindy Ervin Huff is a jubilee writer. Fifty years is spoken of in the Old Testament as the year of jubilee. It was a time of renewal. After raising five children, homeschooling for fifteen years, and teaching in her local church and serving as short-term missionary; she has renewed her love for writing in this season of her life. She enjoys honing her craft and pursuing her calling. They say sixty is the new forty, so she’s just getting started.
Years of Blogging
Books Published
Plus Years of Writing Experience
Plus Words and Counting
Her Experience
Cindy has been writing since high school in many arenas. She served as a guest columnist for the Beacon News, wrote scripts for Children’s Bible Hour, children’s stories, as well as magazine articles and devotionals in a variety of publications. This doesn’t include a plethora of skits, monologues, and mimes performed in church services and by homeschoolers. She also coached drama teams and a teen mime group.
Her Journey
Her debut novel Secrets & Charades won the Editor’s Choice Award in 2014, third place in the Maxwell Awards in 2017, and first place Serious Writer Medal 2018. Her contemporary romance New Duet was released in May 2018 and was a finalist in the 2019 Selah Awards. She is part of the novella collection The Cowboys released August 2019. Cindy is a member of ACFW, Mentor for Word Weavers International, founding member of the Word Weavers international-Aurora, Illinois, and alumni of the Christian Writers Guild. Like most writers, she reads extensively to improve her writing skills and immerses herself in the beauty of the written word and forgets to sleep or fix dinner.
What She’s Passionate About
In her quest to give other writers a helping hand, she has over 100 book reviews to her credit. Her blog is a platform to encourage other writers. Face-to-face networking feeds her extrovert personality. She enjoys talking about writerly things and is available to speak. Helping other writers toward publication gives her a lot of joy.
Discovering she had fans was a humbling experience. Their encouragement fuels her desire to give them excellent stories.
She and her husband of 50 years, Charles, make their home in Aurora, Illinois. They have five married children and 11 grandchildren. Now that she and hubby are retired, they love to visit museums, historical sites, watch movie matinees during the week and find the perfect seat for watching a theater production.
Recognitions
Serious Writer Award
For fiction
Maxwell Medal for Writing
Fiction
Selah Award
Finalist
Serious Writer Book of the Year
Finalist