| Tweet |  Delicious |
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.
9 Comments:
I love that picture too!
Light and airy is the first thing that comes to mind. Sunshine. Space.
These are all things we loved in the house we're in now (it's over 100 years old!) It had fresh paint and the wooden floors were rugged but beautiful and shiny. My office has two huge windows with blinds that stay up 24/7. It seems alive and bright. Our living room - right next to the office - has blinds we keep closed most of the time, and it's dark and snuggly. (We're only in there at night for the most part.) The dining room blinds stay closed too - unless we're having guests, and then we open them to let the natural light liven up the place.
And the kitchen windows don't have any covering on them - sunshine comes in all the time. The kitchen is at the back of the house, and sits high - like in the middle of the trees - so it's like a kitchen tree-house. LOL!
Being able to see the outdoors is a huge factor to me, and sounds like what a modified A-frame was built to do.
When I look for signs of life, I think books near a couch, and a blanket folded up. Towels in the bathroom, a stuffy on a bed, a telephone in a corner. Perhaps a musical instrument, such as a guitar in a corner...
As for lighting, Tracy, we just recently moved and the first thing I did was take down (actually I probably ripped) the drapes in the living room. They made the area feel enclosed, dark and sad. Now everything is cheery because I can SEE.
Tracy, your house sounds like a dream! I love the light and airy, feel, as well, which is what I like about the one we're redoing. That ceiling to the top of the A-frame is breathtaking.
As for the drapes, we're looking at some curtains that will be long enough to pool at the floor beneath the windows and open to the sunshine. Is that even a fashion option these days?
To me, it would be so inviting to have a beautiful quilt thrown over the railing or hanging on a wall over a couch. I love how quilts make a room feel lived in and homey! Lots of pillow would also give that loved look to your moms home.
I've only been to Lake Tahoe once, but I absolutely fell in love with it. It was winter and the snow would crunch under my feet as I walked and the pine cones were scattered all under the trees.
What a tribute to your mom to fix up her home. I know someone will fall in love with it and take care of all the beautiful plants your mom put in the yard.
Please, when its done take a picture in the spring and post it?
To me, it would be so inviting to have a beautiful quilt thrown over the railing or hanging on a wall over a couch. I love how quilts make a room feel lived in and homey! Lots of pillow would also give that loved look to your moms home.
I've only been to Lake Tahoe once, but I absolutely fell in love with it. It was winter and the snow would crunch under my feet as I walked and the pine cones were scattered all under the trees.
What a tribute to your mom to fix up her home. I know someone will fall in love with it and take care of all the beautiful plants your mom put in the yard.
Please, when its done take a picture in the spring and post it?
Thanks, Cheri. Those are good suggestions. I need to remember to send a photo of the house surrounded by all the trees along the yard line. Some have died and will need to be replaced, but Mom worked really hard to bring beauty to a flat part of prairie land.
I cannot wait to read this.. so so so stoked!!! please enter me in this wonderful give away blessings to you
Thank you for the great give away... so so stoked to read this one.. beautiful cover.. love love it
Jewel, you need to post on the blog after this one. I'm not a part of the Smitten novellas, only Colleen, Denise, Diann and Kristin. I came along too late to get involved in that ;-(
Post a Comment
<< Home