tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post7563664882233611799..comments2024-03-15T13:28:39.771-04:00Comments on Sourcebooks Casablanca Romance Authors: Hurricanes HappenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12914920560584429315noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-39110404056320346362008-05-14T21:13:00.000-04:002008-05-14T21:13:00.000-04:00Actually, what made me think of this post was the ...Actually, what made me think of this post was the tornadoes that struck our area the other night.The NC Piedmont is prone to them in the spring.<BR/><BR/>The roof on my new townhouse was damaged, which was the bad news, but the good news was that I still HAD a roof. Others weren't so fortunate.<BR/><BR/>And that made me think of how I would use a tornado in a story. (Everything mekes me think of how I would use it in a story.)<BR/><BR/>I laughed out loud about Cheryl's son who fears not death and destruction from storms, but power outages!<BR/><BR/>Christina, you went straight to heart of why I went for the hurricane in the first place. Sitting one out with the right person can be...enlightening. :-)<BR/><BR/>Mary MargretMary Margrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04777940150169201630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-67272290171955272902008-05-14T20:17:00.000-04:002008-05-14T20:17:00.000-04:00Hey, Mary Margret. This was an interesting post, ...Hey, Mary Margret. This was an interesting post, both for your enviable SEAL research and for your hurricane tales. Here in Missouri, we get violent thunderstorms, floods and a fair share of tornados, so I have had to sit through a few soggy power outages myself. With the right companion, the whole experience can be a lot of fun.<BR/>ChristinaChristina Harlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573077374647045372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-91481975531398123832008-05-14T17:04:00.000-04:002008-05-14T17:04:00.000-04:00Mary Margret,I live in Indiana, and we get more to...Mary Margret,<BR/>I live in Indiana, and we get more tornadoes than hurricanes, but even I knew about hurricane parties! Those who haven't must never watch the Weather Channel!<BR/>And yes, no power is boring, boring, boring! My youngest son has always had a fear of storms--not because of the possibility of death and destruction, but because the power goes off!<BR/>I've read your book, and the SEAL stuff isn't overwhelming at all. No worries!<BR/>CherylCheryl Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11464377381132807409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-37752111881669248562008-05-14T14:59:00.000-04:002008-05-14T14:59:00.000-04:00I just got this book and I am looking forward to r...I just got this book and I am looking forward to read it!<BR/><BR/>What a fascinating post. Livng in Georgia, I haven't experienced an actual hurricane (just the storms that come from them)...we have lost power from storms so I can only imagine the boredom.Jennifer Y.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17872094673771046272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-74050592449598586852008-05-14T14:56:00.000-04:002008-05-14T14:56:00.000-04:00Hi Mary Margaret,Great post! I've lived through a ...Hi Mary Margaret,<BR/>Great post! I've lived through a couple of category 2-3 hurricanes up here in RI, both of which occurred when I was in college and oddly at home for a brief visit. So while all my friends were partying at school, I was home with mom & dad. LOL<BR/><BR/>Research is definitely the toughest part for me, too. You worry and obsess about getting it right and then you have to take a little literary license to make things work. In my most recent MS, my heroine is a Washington DC police detective. Making the DC police department believable without overwhelming the reader was a real challenge for me. I finally decided there was no way I could accurately portray the real department, which has 3800 officers and a community policing system so complicated it boggled my mind, let alone my readers. So I created my own version of it rather than try to make it mirror the real thing. It worked out pretty well, and my cop friend who reads my romantic suspense MSs said it was a good way to do it.<BR/><BR/>Looking forward to reading SEALED. It's next on my pile!<BR/>MarieMarie Forcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550719567520289405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-91907800462952392872008-05-14T13:44:00.000-04:002008-05-14T13:44:00.000-04:00Hi Mary Margret!Thanx for an interesting post. Hav...Hi Mary Margret!<BR/><BR/>Thanx for an interesting post. Having never been in a hurricane myself, I will gladly take your word for it! :-)<BR/><BR/>Being a native Californian, I get asked about earthquakes a lot, mostly by people who don't live here or have even visited here. The que sera sera attitude pretty much sums up most Californians' view on earthquakes. And for the record, the only MAJOR earthquake I was ever in happened when I was on vacation in Hawaii! <BR/><BR/>Go figure.Loucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.com