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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 my goodness. I especially love the one with the angel wings. She is so precious!
Well, my advice would be that you channel all that baby-love into your WIP. Maybe your lead needs to be a new mama or a pediatrician or somebody just plain crazy about a certain little one.
Either that or volunteer to watch her for a couple of nights in a row.
Looks like you two are already well on your way to a very special grandma-granddaughter relationship. She's one blessed little girl with so many people to love her.
you know, you might be right, Sarah! Right now my protagonist is pregnant. Maybe I need to her having delivered the baby. Hmmm.
Pregnant? Did you start this one when your granddaughter was on the way? Sounds like grandmotherly anticipation has been seeping into your creative psyche for a while now. I never would have suspected! :)
You're exactly right! She WAS pregnant.
Isn't she lovely? Can you hear the music, Colleen? I can. And she is, indeed. :D Absolutely precious.
I can see the tea parties and special outings in your future.
You should see what one of my mentees is doing for her 3 granddaughters for Christmas. She's written a little children's book the girls (cousins) are 4, 3, and 2 (each beliongs to a set of different parents).
The book stars the girls, and it's about misplacing their Raggedy Ann dolls. But in the book, the girls are called Raggedy Maria, Raggedy Sarah, and Raggedy Melissa and how they look for their Raggedy Ann doll (I can't rememebr the girls real names, but she uses the real ones).
She cut out their faces and has pasted them onto the pages and painted the dolls around the girls. I hope I explained that so you can understand it. :)
Then she bought each granddaughter a Raggedy Ann costume and wig to wear, plus a Raggedy Ann doll. These are their Christmas presents.
She's written adventure books for her grandsons that are fabulous. You and she would get along great, Colleen. :D
Why would you want to resist? Cease the moment, they're only babies for a short time, and this is when they bond. Do you want her getting attached to a neighbor or something? Well, do you?
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She is beautiful, adorable, sweet, cuddly, precious, and much much more. Definitely a little angel! Congrats, grandma!
Don't work. Just sit and stare at her. She is SO cute.
What a cute idea for a book, Ane! I've been thinking I will need to write her a children's book. Like Donna said, how many babies have an author for a grammy? LOL
I haven't been resisting much, K. LOL I see her 2-3 times a week which is about all that's possible with an 80 mile round trip drive. Sigh. She knows my voice now. She'll be sleeping and I get her in my arms and start talking to her and she tries really hard to wake up and smile at Grammy. LOL
I've been doing lots of staring, Tina! Very little working yesterday. LOL Thanks for the congrats, Pam. We are CRAZY about her!
Awww what adorable pictures!!! I can understand your problem.
My mom had the same. I will say when my son was born she saw him every couple of days(she drove 3hrs each day too) and it seemed she was forever in red when she visited. We used to joke that he didn't know her if she wasn't in red! She was there for all his firsts. His first bath, his first walk, his first words, his first vacation(and trip to the beach), his first doctor's visit, his first pictures done professional..... but since I was thrilled with it, it was fine with me.
One thing I'd suggest, since I don't know your daughterinlaw, ask her when you visit if you can wash clothes or clean up for her. I loved when my mom would say "honey you sit and enjoy that boy, I'll clean up today" then she'd get her time with him, meanwhile I didn't have to stress over getting housework done. Or she'd bring over food or offer to cook supper for us so I wouldn't have to.
You have a struggle there. But isn't it the best struggle to have?
hugs,
WendyK
BTW my mom is Grammie as well.
Your mom sounds awesome, Wendy! I've got a terrific daughter-in-law. She loves me like a mom and I love her like a daughter. Great suggestions!
Those are the best pictures!
LOL Kristin.
I have a bunch of younger cousins, and Evelyn was just born a month ago. :) Babies are adorable, but I am definitely not ready for that challenge...even if I was remotely close to being married, and I'm not...so I'll just enjoy other people's babies.
I meant SEIZE the moment. Maybe I should have written it in Latin. LOL
Those pictures are adorable! She is such a beautiful baby. Awww. I bet you can't resist kissing on her cute little cheeks. Not the picture though, LOL.
Hugs,
Pammer
I absolutely LOVE the picture of her looking up at her parents. Oh my goodness, it melts my heart!!!
I love that one too, Di!
I can't comment bc I just melted all over the floor! :)
Oh, how precious! I'm a sap for angel photos too.
Congratulations on your little blessing. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy . . .
A prisoner of hope,
Megan
I feel exactly that same way every time I see her, Jaime. LOL
Oh good grief those are adorable!!!
I have NO idea how you would write with those in front of you, especially what YOU write.
Now me, I have my babies silly face all around me, but heck, I write romantic comedy (er, light hearted romance). If I need a bit of inspiration, I just minimize the screen, look at their goofy mugs on my desk top which ALWAYS make me laugh, then get back to writing.
Works like a charm.
Maybe they can dress her in a spooky halloween picture and take a pic... no, I don't know HOW you could make her look scary or suspicious!
Adorable!
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