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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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As president of the Big Ol' Honkin' Chicken Club, I am distraught that Colleen - formerly one of my favorite authors - has gone over to the dark side...just like another of my former favorite authors, Brandilyn Collins. Where has all the good ol' cozy, romantic, women's fiction gone? : (
Diann, I'm the VP of the Big Honkin' Chicken Club. Deb Raney is the president. You are welcome to join us at any time. BHCC members sleep peacefully in our beds because we avoid "scary therapy," even when said therapy is written by talented authors who may also be our good friends. Membership in the BHCC is free, but you will be teased by those who go where we fear to tread.
Robin
pfft all you chickens!
i'll be first in line to read the book.
hehehehe.
Okay, I love this blog and y'alls banter, but I'm going to admit something.....I've never read any of Colleen's work. I'm going to have to remedy that. Although I am a bonafide member of BHCC, I have this dark facination with things scary and creepy. All those CSI shows - LOVE THEM! But I can't watch them alone. I make my husband sleep downstairs on the couch until I'm done watching my late night scare-shows. Or there have been times where he's gone to bed and set the alarm to come back and hold my hand and walk me to bed. And he keeps the boogey-man away! I love that man! Is it any wonder why I married him?!
So now to hunt up some of Colleen's work......
Oh, and you gotta love gel nails! You can't chew them. LOL!
Sweet dreams....(ha, ha,)
Shauna
Your Man is A good find Shauna lacky you!
Happy scary and creepy reading!
Shauna, truly I'm the same way. I'm scared spitless to read that stuff, yet I can hardly wait to get back to it and see what will happen. I have a love/hate thing going on with scary books. LOL
Colleen's are awesome--in a creepy sort of way! :-)
Feed me Fright! :)
love it!
You folks are such chickens! I always have romance and women's fiction issues going on in the books too! It's not like EVERYTHING is scary. LOL You can just skip the scary parts like I skip the sex scenes in Nora Roberts books.
Not you, Di. You have to read the whole thing and critique it. LOL
You are such a good friend. :)
Well, now, Colleen, you can just imagine what I'm going to say.
ROCK ON, BABE!!!
As for the BHCC folks (I think that name was coined on my blog, by the way)--we love 'em, don't we, Colleen. We are good Christian women, and we forgive all.
I really want to read a scary book...one that keeps me up (I'm up late anyway) but I just haven't read a REALLY scary one. sigh...I did just finish Denise's book "Finding Faith" and I'm about to read Brandilyn's...scare me! I double dog dare you!
:)
oops...I entered my my blog name up there...last post came from allen.
thriller over gore any day.
I knew Brandilyn would urge me on. LOL
I don't do gory either. I'm not opposed to reading it though. LOL
Awww, c'mon Di, it's not THAT scary. Very intriguing. I have to say, I'm reading it up like there's no tomorrow. I love this one! Think it's her best yet!
Scary is as scary does. That's SUCH an objective thing. I'll have one person tell me I scared them to death with a book, and others say, hey I liked it--but I didn't have to keep the lights on all night.
I did have one reader come close to shooting her husband, though, 'cause he came home unexpectedly (he worked all night shift) as she was reading a frightening scene in...I forget which book. Sheesh. I wouldn't have wanted that one on my conscience.
Anyway, I'm with the rest of you. Gory isn't scary. Gory's ... gory. Scary is tension. Not knowing what will happen next. There's two kinds of suspense--when the reader knows more than the character (a la the movie scene when the gal's walking down a dark corridor, and we know the killer's lurking in the doorway, but she doesn't); and when the reader doesn't know, but is led to imagine all sorts of things based on set-up. Either can be used very effectively. Has to do with tone and such.
But I am now beginning to sound like a teacher. Frankly, what I am doing is procrastinating, because I should be writing. (Finishing a book this week.) And talking about writing is always infinitely easier than actually doing it. :]
Keep rockin' Colleen. You da babe.
Oh, while I am here--one other thing on a totally different subject. Kristin, hubby and I were in Starbucks, and I saw this cute tall hot pink thermos. I picked it up and said, "This is a Kristin Billerbeck thermos." Now THAT'S branding. :]
It is an AWESOME story, Robin! But in my book, it IS scary! I've eaten every scrap of chocolate in the house while reading this book.
Thanks a lot, Colleen, for the extra five pounds. *g*
I've seen that coffee tumbler, Brandilyn, and it screams Kristin. LOL The flashy green one does too.
You all are giving me a complex!
Where do I sign up for this "Big Ol' Honkin' Chicken Club? Sounds like the type of club I should be a member of. Better yet, is there an "I-eat-chocolate-because-I'm scared" club you belong to, Diann? How do I join?
Colleen, You already know I'm not going to read ABOMINATION (I told you that on this blog a month or more ago--EVEN IF the cover has daisies or some other nice picture to soften the blow of a nasty person who cuts up his victims.) I think I'll stick with the other Rock Harbor books. I liked them just fine!
Kristin, I agree. I think REAR WINDOW is one of the scariest, creepiest movies I ever saw -- although THE BIRDS was pretty scary, too. We live on the north-south flyway for the birds migrating between Europe and Africa. Two days ago, the roofs of all the buildings around us were COVERED with hundreds of black-colored birds. I got the big-time creeps because it reminded me of THE BIRDS movie. I was sure Alfred Hitchcock must be lurking in the bushes somewhere.
Just in case there's any doubt, I want to make it absolutely clear that I think Abomination is FABULOUS!!!!! I'm one of those who likes to be scared, gulp, a little. Not to the point of a heart attack, mind you, but chill bumps up my spine are good. That's what this book does! It's a GREAT read (with the lights on)! *g*
I just like to whine about it so I have a reason to eat chocolate. *g*
Bring on the scary read! Woohoo. :) I can't wait to read it. Oh and that thermos sounds adorable.
Diann, What does *g* mean? (giggle? gasp? guffaw? gulp?) I honestly don't know. :)
Colleen, my husband read what I had to say and told me I shouldn't have written my earlier post because I might be misunderstood. Sorry. I didn't mean to be offensive. I can't help I'm a big chicken, though. It's kind of hard to close my eyes through the really scary parts--like I do at the movies--when I'm reading a book. I like the romance and Christian parts, though. :)
Just picked up all 3 Rock Harbor books (there are 3, right? tehehe . . .gotta know if I need to go hunting for more). I can't wait to get reading.
And I'm sure I'll be reading this newest one as well . .. I like me a good thriller. I'm a more tame reader than in my earlier years. I can't tell you how many true crime books I'd read by the time I was 16 (What was my mom thinking?!?!?!). Gory . . .can't do that anymore.
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