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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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I ate a cat???? ROTFL. Never thought of it that way before, but that's EXACTLY the look...oh dear!
I'm a pastor's wife and I get that look when I say non-pastor's-wife things. Like in choir when the director tells us we're coming in too soon on the word "but". I still can't get it right until I discover I'm on the wrong page. Before I knew it the words popped out of my mouth: "Oh! I'm looking at the wrong but!"
Oh my gosh Jill, that's hysterical. I am so grateful God did not make me a pastor's wife. I would have offended the entire congregation in the first week. : ) Yes, Rachel, I ate a cat. See, I've seen that look often.
Kristin, this happened to me last Wednesday night at bible study. Needless to say, I shocked a few people with my mouth, lol! I posted about it on my blog.
It's good to keep people on their toes.
The hubs swears I have foot-in-mouth disease. I finally wrote a character with that trait so I wouldn't feel so alone. I'm glad you're there, Kristin. :D
Um yeah. When I am nervous, I ramble and I also do not respond well to gushing compliments. I once was serving dinner after a funeral and the widow's mom thanked me for serving. I didn't know how to respond so I quickly responded with, "Anything to get out of the house." Ugh. Say it with me...you're welcome...you're welcome... It happened a few years ago and I am still practicing that simple response.
I'm the resident smart-aleck, and the pastor's wife. I'm forever sticking my two cents in where it doesn't belong. Went to Bible study tonight after taking two Benadryl for an allergic reaction, and kept getting the giggles over stupid stuff (if this ends up in someone's novel, at least mention me in the acknowledgements):
Was told the a/c guy came out to check out our air conditioner, and he crawled through the duct work to see if it all was clean...got the giggles and spouted out "So, he duck-walked?"
Then, husband was reading about the Bereans, and son made a crack about "Don't they own a bookstore?" which sent me into another fit of giggles.
And those are just a few of tonight's highlights:-)
Studying on Heaven, and husband/pastor responds he thinks he'll still have the same personality in Heaven, and I snorted really loudly...before I could stop it--he's a giant goofball...can't see that entering the Pearly Gates:-)
LOL, Lisa. Sounds like something I would say. I am also lacking a filter, and frequently get looks like I've suddenly sprouted two more heads. Or I get that puppy dog tilt looking at me. LOL. Or that look where the whole face looks horrified but they force a smile - ROFL. Yes, that's pretty much daily.
I have the problem that nothing really offends me. I lived in a sorority house for three years and worked on a ship for five summers (sailors have their reputations for a reason). I've pretty much heard it all (and seen some of it too...ick).
So when I start talking with people, I just go. I don't understand the big deal about bodily functions, married intimacy issues, or scars/injuries. Everyone does it/has them...but so many people don't like to talk about 'em.
I really need to keep a journal with me so I know what I can say around who.
Well, all are welcome here. Oh my gosh, I can totally picture myself saying "Anything to get out of the house". I might have added, "If your husband hadn't died, my social life would suck." Ugh.
Benedryl does that same thing to me, gets me totally drunk/tired. My son, who I gave it on an airplane, gets hyper. Which I'd tried that out beforehand. LOL
I guess we all do it at times, but I'm glad there are those out there who do it more often than others. LOL
I'm always saying something. Sigh.
I am convinced we are sisters, Kristin. Really must speak with my mom about this... Btw, I just started reading a blog called the pantyless preacher's wife and I think she's our triplet...
I pretty much say what people are thinking in a situation and then that look appears from their faces... part in horror that I said it but I think partly because they wish they had the nerve to do it ;-)
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