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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 live in Nappanee. This area is defintely a conservative, behind-the-times area. And I love it. We often comment on how sheltered we are here. Most often when talking with others, I assume they are a Christian and surprised when I find out they aren't. I thought maybe I was the only one who thought this way. I have since talked with others who go with the same assumption. Most of the time, it is true. I work in a public school that holds to old values. Our children go to Bible Classes once a week during the school year. We opened our staff Christmas breakfast with prayer. We held a See You at the Pole service in the school at the end of the day and ALL students attended. No one ever thinks anything about it. We talk to each other in the grocery store whether you know them or not. When we are out taking a walk,people drive by and wave and you have no clue. How about a town Christmas parade where the Mayor reads the Christmas story from the Bible and then has the Christmas story projected in a laser light show! It is just a nice old fashioned community. I really love it! Good place for my kids. Yes it does have some "influence" from the outside world but not the same as a big city. And on the Star Trek front, my husband has always been a "trekkie" and has introduced my 11 yr old to it. He LOVES it. He got a tribble for Christmas that makes noises along with a tricorder and phaser. He has so many adventures! Another generation is born. :)
PS Sorry for writing a book! I just got started! LOL
I remember when NO ONE replaced No Man in TNG Star Trek. I didn't think much about it either way, because I knew what it meant all along. You have to understand that Uhura was a drastic leap in those times, and though she was expected to expose her gorgeous legs, she was taken seriously, for the most part, as a member of the team.
I would never rewrite the Bible, and I do understand that man is taken as mankind in many places by God, but not by the Jewish men. My mother always worked a man's job--when school bus driving was considered a man's job in CA, she did it, and was tormented by the men because of it. She had the strength and abilities of many men, and the mechanical skills, but was disrespected simply because she was a woman. She forged the way for me to feel like an equal, but there were times in our childhood when women weren't considered equal. All that said, I still love it when a man holds the door open for me, and I'm no feminist. But then, neither was Mom. She just wanted to make a living doing what she loved without being harrassed. Sometimes, in some situations, political correctness is a sign of respect. Other times it's just a load of hooey. LOL
Like you, I'm a star trek fan from way back and like science fiction in general. But I didn't like Avatar. Read my movie review at Writers Rest to find out why.
Love,
Molly
http://writersrest.blogspot.com
Yay! I fellow Trekkie! I am a die-hard fan. As you can tell from my blog. Although, I discuss politics on it, and I am not politically correct, I tend offend liberals, hee....so be it.
I was a bit flabbergasted when I heard the change of those infamous words, but what can we do? Gene and Majel, may they rest in peace, are not here anymore to protect Star Trek.
I loved the new characters as well, they played their roles fantastically. However, I was not thrilled about the HUGE changes, like what occurred with Romulus and Vulcan, or how they drastically changed the Romulans appearance. I could go on and on. However, I digress. I will always be a Star Trek fan no matter what.
Btw, I thought Spock was the bomb, too.
Live long and prosper...
I loved the movie. And the man / one didn't bother me since they've been doing it since (as mentioned before) TNG and also in Star Trek 5. As far as Roddenburry protecting Trek, He had some extremely liberal ideas that he wanted to introduce to the show but was not allowed to because of censors.
In my opinion, the new Trek is a great departure from DS9, Voyager and Enterprise.
HI--
I agree all the correctness has gotten out of hand and as I am from KC originally, I am surprised they said that about a 'server'. They must be from the KS side of the border, lol.
I love science fiction but in watching a new series this week following dental surgery, I really got tired of the 'gods' being mentioned all the time and the good guys wearing black hats and the bad guys didn't wear hats...
Anyway, as a grandmother I have trouble keeping up with my 11 year old granddaughter's texting "typing", which as a secretary drives me crazy. A sign of the times we live in, I guess.
I liked the new Star Trek movie but haven't seen Avatar. I have heard pretty good reviews from people but they said to only see it in 3D. They have gone back to get that privilege ~ and paid for it, so it must have something in it.
This is a late post and you may never even see it, Colleen, but we got to see Star Trek (in IMAX)on opening weekend at the Udvar Hazy Center in Washington D.C. It's part of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and it houses the space shuttle Enterprise. It was AWESOME to see the NCC-1701 USS Enterprise in the same place as the actual space shuttle Enterprise...!
I bought the deluxe DVD last night and enjoyed it all over again! :)
I would LOVE to see it on the big screen!
Oh, and by the way, the narration on Star Trek: The Next Generation had the wording changed to "no one, " so it's been that way for awhile...
But I wholeheartedly agree that we've gone too far with political correctness. It's a shame, too.
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