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Colleen Coble writes romantic suspense with a strong atmospheric element. A lovable animal of some kind--usually a dog--always populates her novels. She can be bribed with DeBrand mocha truffles.
Denise Hunter writes women's fiction and love stories with a strong emotional element. Her husband says he provides her with all her romantic material, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too.
Diann Hunt writes romantic comedy and humorous women's fiction. She has been happily married forever, loves her family, chocolate, her friends, chocolate, her dog, and well, chocolate.
Cheryl Hodde writes romantic medical suspense under the pen name of Hannah Alexander, using all the input she can get from her husband, Mel, for the medical expertise. For fun she hikes and reads. Out of guilt, she rescues discarded cats. She and Mel are presently taking orders from four pampered strays.
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That's AWFUL! I can't believe a professional reviewer would be so freakin' biased against Christian romance and then comment on things making it obvious she didn't even READ the book.
If I object to something in a book, I usually have a very concrete reason why. Like I didn't buy it when heroine heard a noise and went outside on a dark and stormy night without a flashlight in her nightgown when the news had been warning of a serial killer on the loose. Stuff like that doesn't really flip my "suspension of reality" button.
But I can't believe the reviewer didn't like the fact that the heroine had to become Christian first. Even secular marriage counselers recognize the fact that disparate religions is a huge roadblock to good marriages.
And then all the stuff she complained about that didn't even HAPPEN in the book? Come on, people! Did she stop reading on page 20?
Okay, okay. You're obviously much more calm and loving than I am.
Camy
You stay with what makes you Colleen! Proud of you.
Reviews are so entirely subjective. I always, always check the book out for myself. As a reader the test for me is not what some punk in a journal or whatever...has to say but when I read the back cover or open the book and read the first paragraph or catch the author in an interview somewhere.
The "literati" are so completely full of themselves sometimes it makes me want to puke. And then puke again. Some time I'll tell you how I really feel about the matter. ;)
Don't lose any sleep over the punk's review.
I don't think I've ever even READ a review. And I'm an avid reader. :)
I spent a month taking a journey into the world of secular romance which I'd never done before. I felt depressed for a whole week until I figured out the books were making me feel down just by reading the "great romance" filled with distrust, promiscuity, arrogant men who are filled with ego and lust (which somehow gets magically interpreted as love and TENDERNESS?!?), and women don't value themselves enough to be the treasure they really are.
Well, that test proved one thing - when I transferred back to Christian romance, the darkness lifted and i was filled with hope again.
So, thanks to people like you who write these "awful examples of boring Christian literature", people like me are reaffirmed daily that the choices we're making fill us with joy and hope and strength ... and glorify our Father too!
Colleen, you figured it out. The reviewer didn't really read the book, or if they did, they read it with attitude.
I love what you wrote though... "feels good to take a lick for Jesus." :) Amen. And you know what, He's looking out for you. I bet this is your best selling novel yet!
Merry Christmas. Rachel
Robin read me the review over the phone... I haven't read the book and I knew the reviewer hadn't read it!
Ditto what Eileen said!
Its funny how the "world" is quick to point out or degrade and if they can't do it with truth they make up stuff! I think of 1Cor1:18 and it all makes since why we get the reviews. But thats ok- Keep pushing Colleen, you MUST be on the right track! :-) Before you send each one in start praying that whoever reads it, touches it, or reviews it sees God's truth and falls on their knees!!
Never know.... the one that He wants to reach with your work might just be that review writer!! hehe
Well, C, I told you....A MAN wrote the review because he apparently didn't "get" the romance thread, if he even bothered to read it! Let's see....I have some tar around here...anyone have some feathers?
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