Our Smitten Summit is finally here, and we girls are soooo happy to be together! The only mar on this week is Di can't be with us, and neither can our agent Karen Solem (shingles.) Di conserving her strength for the big surgery next Monday (it was postponed from yesterday because of insurance red tape to unravel) but she's here in spirit!
This house has to be seen to be believed. The pictures do NOT do it justice. You should see the master bathroom. Dave and I have the master and there is one of those rain showers in it (hugs) with jets all over the place. There's also a gigantic jetted tub and double sinks.
The entire house has gorgeous wood floors and it's decorated kind of rustic with bear things around. Kristin and Denise have one wing of the house with their own bathroom (Kristin took a bath first thing) and Natalie and Ami, our editors, will have the downstairs level all to themselves. it has a kitchenette and a room with a pool table down there as well as two bedrooms and a bathroom.
I'm playing the mom this week and brought in food. I enjoyed fixing the girls breakfast this morning. :) When our editors get here, we will brainstorm more Smitten books plus novels for each of us. Our publicist Katie Bond, marketing manager Andrea Lyons, and fiction publisher Daisy Hutton are coming tonight. Katie is cooking dinner for all of us, and she is going to LOVE the kitchen with Viking appliances! I've never seen a refrigerator that big.
So we're having a great retreat already. So what's your favorite getaway place? I'm giving away a bed-and-breakfast getaway on Facebook on August 23 so check out the details and hop on over to be eligible to win! https://www.facebook.com/events/369943576411022/
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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 love Tennessee - Chattanooga, Nashville & Gatlinburg. We will be going to Gatlinburg in September again. Have rented a condo which is georgeous according to the pictures. So looking forward to it. You ladies have a great time brainstorming. There is always Skype to include Diann which is a wonderful tool. Exciting news about SMITTEN being optioned for a movie.
Sorry that Karen has shingles. I hope Diann's surgery is successful and the last she has to have. As to a favorite getaway, my husband and I occasionally slip out to a hotel about an hour away just to get away. There are a lot of stores there that we frequent - Michael's, Hobby Lobby, Booksamillion, Bed Bath and Beyond. It generally costs much more than we expect but we have a nice time away from the everyday worries.
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