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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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Hi Colleen,
I'm no twenty or thirty-something, but from the first time we got email at the school district where I worked back in the early 90s, I've been hooked. When the newly-hired tech guy showed us the Internet through Mosaic, I couldn't wait to get my hands on that computer. The first time the district had a "computer buy" to encourage employees to become computer savvy, I was there.
My first purchase was one of those little Macs with the tiny screen. Next computer buy I moved up to another Mac with a more conventional screen. And, of course, I had the dot matrix printer. I only switched to PC when my office switched to them and because, at the time, the PC software had more bells and whistles than the Mac software.
I'm currently on an HP laptop, with wireless of course :-). It's hard to believe how far we've come in a relatively short time. I can't imagine being without email or the Web.
What I need now is to sell that book so maybe I can afford a Mac again. No more computer buys in my life since I early retired a couple years ago :-). They stopped doing that anyway after almost everyone has a computer anyway. (Except for a few like Colleen mentioned.)
Pam
So do you know anyone without a computer, Pam? I know tons of people, really. A lot of folks at church, especially the older crowd, wouldn't touch one. I don't get it but i'd like to understand. LOL
Another MacHead! I never suspected, Pam! LOL
Younger people pretty much have to use computers. It used to be that you almost had to be a computer geek to use one. The TRS-80 was a great machine (at the time), but it wasn't point and click. Now, the vast majority of computer users are non-geeks. Now, I am seeing people in their 80s and 90s learning to use computers.
I think some people stay away from computers because of fear and because they don't like change. Instead of focusing on what a computer can do for them, they focus on their fear of looking silly if they make a mistake, or their fear of messing something up.
I have to use computers because I'm in school but even if I weren't in school I would still be a HUGE computer geek. My dad, who is almost fifty, knows more about computers than I do so I guess the age thing doesn't always apply. My mother however, hasn't owned a computer in three or four years.
Maybe it's just temperament. Welcoming change. I know some people who are angry that businesses use computers. They think it lets the government know their business
My bff refuses to get herself an email account and it's thoroughly annoying. At first I thought it was her age--she's about 6 years older than me. But then I remembered how my dad retired, and said he'd never ever use a computer. So my mom bought one for herself and, ahem, guess who took it over???
When we were missionaries in Africa, my email was what kept me in touch with all my family and friends back here. I'm not sure I would have made it without that connection, unstable though it was. Someone mentioned to me that David Livingstone managed without a computer. I say that's why God brought me into the world in the twentieth century! He knew I couldn't have survived in those kind of conditions! LOL
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I love my computer because my friends live in it.
Oh my gosh! I couldn't imagine not having my computer! Being one who hates the phone, it's my lifeline... especially now that I've hopped on the myspace bandwagon. I didn't think something could be even more convenient (and fun) than email! And really, I think I'd bore the government to pieces - so no conspiracy fears here ;o)
Happy Belated Birthday Colleen!
I try not to let it show but I really do miss my P.C. When I'm not able to use it. It's scary how much it becomes a part of your life, When you can do so much on it now day's.
And yes, I do know some family and friends who are without a computer. But they do wish they had one!
Suzanne, that's EXACTLY RIGHT! That's what makes a computer so fun now! Our friends live there. LOL I always wanted to be a superhero.
Thanks for the birthday wishes, Anna Marie! You guys are all so wonderful. I treasure your friendship, all of you!
I got my first computer in 1985: a Sanyo. After that I had two Toshibas and then two no-names (where I bought the parts I wanted and had them put together for me). I picked out a dual-core processor on my current no-name.
The thing that makes me (a 54-year old) feel good is that I'm still able to teach my high school students something about surfing and researching on the internet, how to do cool things with powerpoint and Excel, and how to use Dreamweaver (for the school website). The gap between us may be dangerously narrow, but at least there is still a gap. Ah-ha! Age and fast-keyboarding can still win out over computer-savy skill and youth!
P.S. I agree with Timothy: people avoid computers due to fear of mistakes (or pushing the wrong key)and dislike of change.
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