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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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A lot of people say "just do it" but sometimes the hardest thing is getting started.
I've had a lot of things I didn't feel ready for but had no choice. Most recently this... I have a chronic illness that has always been seen as a heart problem. For some strange reason, traditional treatments haven't worked for me. Last November I went to a new specialist who told me I may have a connective tissue disorder causing my heart problem. I tested positive. so now I have 3 diseases, lovely :/
Anyways the best thing for this form connective tissue disease is very specific exercise. Exercise is torture with my heart being so crazy. My specialist set me up with a really knowledgable exercise physiologist and he layed out a program for me.
I didn't want to do it, it scared me, but I had follow up appointments so I HAD to do it. Well, I chose to do it.
For months I have felt like this was the end of me....just this week is the first time I haven't felt so overwhelmed by it all. It's one step less of a struggle.
My point is sometimes you just have to jump in but with a plan.
-Can you say I'm going to write this much this day
-then reward yourself when you do
-find a way to track your progress
- and have someone to be accountable too
It's not easy, but it may be worth it.
Several years back I kept getting this thought that I should go in and see if I could write for the local newspaper. I had no background for this. It made no sense to me at all. The idea of walking in cold turkey and asking for a job looked like the Great Wall of China. But the urging remained, so one day as I drove through town, I stopped and offered my services. The editor gave me a one-time trial assignment and I ended up stringing for them for two years and freelancing for another three. She really liked my writing and reader feedback was very gratifying. The Great Wall had an open door in God's timing.
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