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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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It's so tempting to cheat when you're writing, and just look at a guidebook. But you really do the reader a disservice. There's no way to get across the feel of a place if you haven't been there (or don't know someone else who has).
Great advice. I love the imagery in this post.
Natalia Gortova
www.nataliagortova.blogspot.com (Today I'm featuring author Sarah Witenhafer)
That's exactly right, Natalie! Without going to Hawaii, I never would have known there were wild chickens running everywhere!
I loved your Hawaii especially how each one was a different locale but you tied them together through the family. My best friend lived on the Big Island - had to return to the mainland due to divorce and not being able to afford living there. She and her children loved spending a lot of time at the volcano so we had a lot to talk about when I read the first book and subsequent books.
My novel is set among the wild blueberry barrens of Machias, Maine. My husband and I went there last year for our anniversary and I know that I could never portray the landscape without seeing it in person first. The Internet pictures are beautiful, but don't do full justice. If you've never been there, Maine is something to see. It's definately different from what I'm used to here in Indiana!
I highly enjoy your books, Colleen. Denise is one of my favorites, also. You both do a great job with setting and pulling the reader in. Reading Smitten had me searching for Kristin and Diann's books as well. You girls keep up the good work!
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