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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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The older I get, the less interested I am in "competing" and impressing. Character rocks and character outlasts all the junk.
In general, people do exaggerate a bit when they tell stories of their lives in order to make themselves look better or more like the "heroes" of their accounts. I wonder what "a little" Swahili meant? Maybe it was "Where is the bathroom?" / "Do you speak English?" / "Do you have change?"
Isn't it a bit like reading resumes? What a lot of impressive-sounding "hooey" one has to wade through!
What cracks me up is how ridiculous we all were in junior high and high school--those 'plague' years! Ugh! Last week I was in the town where I graduated high school 22 years ago, and you know what? All I could remember was people's faces at 17 & 18. Then I realized I probably wouldn't recognize them if I passed them in Stop & Shop while I was buying pie crust and overpriced eggs. What seemed so vital then means little to nothing now. As in who we know, what we wear, what we drive (or don't drive).
Ahh Kris can I join you on the soapbox?
It's so bad in church. I go to church with so many great and talented people, but many of them get overlooked because they don't have an impressive story to tell. When I look at how my Mom cleans the bathroom faithfully, scrubbing the floor on her hands and knees because sometimes a mop won't just do the job...well, I have so much more respect for her than for people sitting in cushy offices and schmoozing on the phone.
I so know what you mean, Kristin! Sounds like a shiny little 'upper crust' veneer put on commonplace boasting. I'd have been rolling my eyes at my husband right about then.
I agree with Kayla, too...I have waaay more respect for those who quietly go about their work for the Lord not wanting the attention for it, but just doing WELL what needs to be done, than those who jump to be in the limelight boasting, posturing or otherwise drawing attention to themselves.
You nailed that one, Kristin. There IS more of a depth of character to the first, and a real superficality to the latter.
Matthew 23:12 pretty much summarizes my thoughts on the matter, "Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
The African tourists will eventually get their commeuppance.
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