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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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Read! It's my favorite pastime, and I use every spare moment (when I'm not writing) to read. The Bible, a few writing books, mostly fiction. I even used to keep an "emergency book" in the car; whenever I was stuck in traffic without something to pass the time, I'd pull the book out of the glove compartment and read.
The other thing is brainstorm. If I don't have a novel handy, but I'm stuck somewhere drear, I stare out into space and mentally refine a new plot. Of course, this isn't a good thing to do in the car. But it helps in the long line at Target. : )
I would love to say I read, but I usually forget to bring any reading material along....so I usually pick at my cuticles.
If I remember to bring a book I read. Other than that I usually stare into space like Gracie. BTW, are there any good books on writing anyone can recommend? I still haven't found a good one.
I always carry a book with me. The only challenge is then remembering which bag I've tucked that book in that I'm 20 pages from finishing. But I always carry one, so that I can redeem those pockets of time.
Reading! Making lists and planning! Saying as many Bible verses as I can remember! Daydreaming! :)
I have the exact same problem #1 as you! In fact, I have this problem today. Ugh. Anyhoo, I always take a book and a notebook--and a video for the toddlers who sit in back, and would otherwise run wild =)
I read or text. Usually both at once.
I've always got a few books or magazines in the car, just for those lulls. I devoured and marked up Plot and Structure awhile back in 5 to 15 minute increments, and then used it to help me plot out my last book--so it was time very well spent :)
Have to admit, though, that I also keep a copy of Coastal Living in there too, just in case I don't feel like thinking too much ;)
I too cart kids to lots of places and end up waiting often. So I take a big bag with me everywhere I go. I have a small purse inside it, so I can pull that out and zip into a store. I also carry folders of things I'm working on, books, articles or speeches. I also have a novel I'm reading and often a nonfiction book I'm in the middle of reading. Sometimes I stick a magazine in the bag as well. I always have something to do! Or else there is always the cell phone to call someone and just gab for a moment or two.
If I've forgotten to bring a book--GASP--I daydream the next scene in the book I'm working on. Or I watch people and come up with a reason for how they're acting. LOL
Good idea, only it won't work for me. :D I don't chauffer anyone any more. LOL Somehow I think the guy behind me at the light wouldn't appreciate it if I got hooked by a good chapter. :D
However, I do read in teh line at the grocery store and anywhere else I have to wait. That's when I read writing books.
Read, read, read.
ok i dont drive so reading and biking may be dangerous. (push bike that is)
but if i go to the dentist they normally are running late so i normally take a book (after reading the latest magazine there they keep up to date and we dont buy them) the same if i go to the drs. I take a book to the bookshop when i am on as wednesday afternoon is always slow so after doing a few jobs i get to read.
when I travel its normally by bus and i will take a book to read and my mp3 player. sometimes i am to tired but i normally get some reading done on the bus.
otherwise i also gaze into the distance!
i tend to do my daydreaming on my bike or walking.
I do the same thing!! I love having a book in the car with me, but at times I have to make myself behave and put it down. I frequently read one while my husband drives to and from church (we have a 30 minute drive). One time I was in the middle of a good book, and was reading it on the way to a resturant. I was at an especially pivotal moment so took it inside with me. After I got through the moment, I put it down because I started to receive funny looks for other customers, not to mention my annoyed husband. I haven't stooped to that level since!!
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