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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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Oh, thank goodness--I'm not alone in this wierd affliction.
Last year at the ACFW conference I was introduced to a writer I've admired from afar. What did I say? "Hello, I've always presented you."
What??!! I simply smiled, walked away, and never spoke to her again.
I also used the word wimple in a sentence once when I was nervous. And, no. I wasn't talking about a nun's habit.
I think it comes with being a writer, you're used to being able to edit, and you're not around people that much any longer, so when you get there, you forget that you can't hit backspace! LOL.
I tend to mix idioms and sayings--to my great embarrassment. (E.g., "He's not the sharpest penny in the drawer.") Sadly, my students remember every slip like that I've made--and enjoy reminding me (and others) of my many mix-ups.
Also, even when I know perfectly well who someone is and in my mind I say, "Kristin", what comes out is "Karen."
I'm glad to know I'm not alone!!.
I Just did this last weekend.
Sometimes words just will not come out like they should.
My brain is saying one thing and my tongue other!
This happens to me when I'm writing a letter to my friend.
Again the brain is telling write one thing and my hand is writing want it wants. "?" I need help I know.
We are all more alike then we think ..LOL
Diann, you're just a master of spoonerism. No reason to be ashamed.
Of course it does! And as far as speaking goes, when it happens when I'm speaking, everyone laughs WITH me because it's a universal bonding point--making a fool of oneself. LOL
My dad used to exchange the first letters of two words for fun when talking to us as kids but the sad part - I now catch myself randomly doing the same thing in regular conversation. Oh and than add in the fact that I talk to fast sometimes...
I bet there are days I sound like a babbling idiot :P
Oh good! Thanks for letting me know I'm not alone in this! :-)
Happens all the time to me. Sometimes I stop a few words later, as whatever I said finally reaches my brain, and I ask, "Did I just say what I think I said?" Then friends, family, and perfect strangers nod and laugh.
Same thing happens with my fingers. They can type the strangest things, nowhere close to what is in my mind.
Robin
http://robinlee.typepad.com
All. The. Time.
Only mine is always naively inappropriate. Like the one time I was the secretary for the Executive Chef at a resort. I had to walk through the cold kitchen to get to the mail room on the other side of the hotel. When I walked through there were three Pantry Chef's (they handle all the cold appetizers and salad stuff) all slicing cheese for the veggie trays for a huge luncheon.
I had been in the mail room and business office for an hour. When I back through the kitchen to my office, The Pantry Chef's were still dressing the tray's. I walked in and said "Wow, Y'all are still cutting the cheese?"
It's been almost 10 years and I still cringe at that one.
I'm famous for it in my family. When I get too tired and Chronic Fatigue kicks in, my words get more tangled than a ball of yarn with a kitten attached to it!
And we have an entire made up vocabulary from our verbal mixups...like the time my husband thought church, said people, and it came out cheeple.
Plus, I tend to talk in kidspeak...when my son was little he loved Snoopy as "Joe Cool" but he called him, "Cool Jew"...so when something impresses us, we tend to say, "Cool Jew"...and get the oddest looks....
These stories are cracking me up! Kellie and Deena those were hilarious!
I'm sure if Suzanne shows up, she'll have a funny story--she's full of them! *g*
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I have a perfect example of this. One day at work, my brother was feeling cold so he asked his boss "Do we have any Choc Hocolate in the break room?" meaning of course "Do we have an hot Chocolate?" haha- his boss teased him for weeks.
So badly, my crit group has a hall of fame of my bad faux pases. Unfortunatly, mine tend to be in typing. Case in point when I typed "but it" the space went in the wrong place.
Color me blushing.
Try being a preacher and saying things like that! My preacher husband said, "Let's set some side atime this week to seek the Lord" (set some time aside). He's done other things like that. I have, too. Funny!
Too funny, Shelley!
Ane, somehow I KNEW you would understand!!! *g*
You know what's really scary, Kristy? I read that comment and didn't see anything wrong with what your husband said until I read your explanation! LOL!
Personally, I think it is the true genius who does this!! The problem is not that your brain is not working hard enough - it's that your toungue can't keep up with how fast your brain is moving! It's like the difference between writing with pen on paper and typing on the keyboard. I'm much faster at the keyboard and therefore can think faster when writing. But if I use pen and paper, my handwriting soon becomes a dismal, garbled mess. My hand can't keep up with my brain!
So you see, there's no reason to feel embarrssment when your tang gets toungled. Just calmly explain that you were thinking at the speed of light, but your tongue just couldn't keep up!
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