tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post7874371743187958035..comments2024-03-22T03:27:19.859-04:00Comments on Sourcebooks Casablanca Romance Authors: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12914920560584429315noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-4151582327920214732013-08-21T10:14:52.258-04:002013-08-21T10:14:52.258-04:00Wow, Julie Ann. What a trip from hell. You handled...Wow, Julie Ann. What a trip from hell. You handled it like a seasoned pro though.<br /><br />I have to ask if you shed a tear or two. I don't think I would've handled the situation quite so eloquently. Victoria Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14655411862542154351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-81786672535514196962013-08-17T14:59:15.374-04:002013-08-17T14:59:15.374-04:00After reading all of these stories, I am tempted t...After reading all of these stories, I am tempted to never travel again, lol. I tend to bring lots of things with me in my carryon just because I am paranoid about my luggage being lost but thus far (knock on wood) it hasn't happened. Glad that you made it back safely!ELFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00507018016608103452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-77392546013491516012013-08-17T02:36:20.881-04:002013-08-17T02:36:20.881-04:00Oh, I think I would have hit the bar and just not ...Oh, I think I would have hit the bar and just not bothered to stop drinking until either <br />A-My luggage arrived safely (and when it arrived wet I would have kept drinking) or<br />B-I passed out!June M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14929817630779731177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-75908054872785225582013-08-16T18:39:11.206-04:002013-08-16T18:39:11.206-04:00Ha, @Leah, the horrors of RV-ing! Stephen King sho...Ha, @Leah, the horrors of RV-ing! Stephen King should make THAT into a book. *shiver*Julie Ann Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11946239445283425756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-31304194733540464522013-08-16T18:37:52.072-04:002013-08-16T18:37:52.072-04:00@Vickie Powell, best of luck to you, doll!@Vickie Powell, best of luck to you, doll!Julie Ann Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11946239445283425756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-63983528664346580962013-08-16T18:37:12.074-04:002013-08-16T18:37:12.074-04:00@Mia Marlowe, me thinks you left out a great deal ...@Mia Marlowe, me thinks you left out a great deal of detail! O.oJulie Ann Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11946239445283425756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-61269598588482841992013-08-16T18:36:15.994-04:002013-08-16T18:36:15.994-04:00@BN100, I've only had to spend the night in th...@BN100, I've only had to spend the night in the airport once. And, let me tell you, that was MORE than enough. Julie Ann Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11946239445283425756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-37701474976935890832013-08-16T18:35:13.400-04:002013-08-16T18:35:13.400-04:00@April, dear, NOTHING is safe from my writerly way...@April, dear, NOTHING is safe from my writerly ways. EVERYTHING is possible story fodder. Mwahahaha! (Evil laugh)Julie Ann Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11946239445283425756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-33822574708658241632013-08-16T18:33:45.010-04:002013-08-16T18:33:45.010-04:00@Michelle, you are too kind. And the photo is kind...@Michelle, you are too kind. And the photo is kinda fuzzy, so that helps. ;-)Julie Ann Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11946239445283425756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-23680440161623087512013-08-16T18:31:32.511-04:002013-08-16T18:31:32.511-04:00Oh, @Catslady, I feel your pain. There's nothi...Oh, @Catslady, I feel your pain. There's nothing more awful than flying when you don't feel well. Thanks for the antihistamine tip. I'll have to try that!Julie Ann Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11946239445283425756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-26170092311363312052013-08-16T18:29:08.308-04:002013-08-16T18:29:08.308-04:00Oh, @Erin Bailey! I love this! The worst/best prop...Oh, @Erin Bailey! I love this! The worst/best proposal trip if all time! Julie Ann Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11946239445283425756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-46469342864955111702013-08-16T18:24:37.977-04:002013-08-16T18:24:37.977-04:00@Mary, sadly the books were un-salvageable. I thin...@Mary, sadly the books were un-salvageable. I think United should have to reimburse me for those, come to think of it. *scratches chin*Julie Ann Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11946239445283425756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-77471996510092883202013-08-16T18:22:56.045-04:002013-08-16T18:22:56.045-04:00@ShanaGalen, holy crap! I completely forgot about ...@ShanaGalen, holy crap! I completely forgot about that! Thanks for the reminder. *snicker*Julie Ann Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11946239445283425756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-1501656850398266232013-08-16T17:33:12.447-04:002013-08-16T17:33:12.447-04:00Ok, so I don't have any flight horror stories ...Ok, so I don't have any flight horror stories but when I was in high school and college by family had an RV. Have you seen the movie RV with Robin Williams, that could have been my family. We drove it into the mountains to go skiing, and got it stuck in the parking lot. Normal people would go to the transportation hut where they have all kinds of help (including a huge truck to pull out people like us) but no, my dad looks at my mom and I and says "get out and push" are you f'ing kidding me...we went out and pushed....shocker it didn't help. Mom and I then walked over to the transportation hut to get help. They were barely able to contain their laughter long enough to tell us they'd seen us and help was on the way. Then there was the trip to California where my little brother (then 4) kicked my little sister (then 2) and she fell and hit her head on the bedside table and needed to go to the hospital to get looked at. We didn't tow a car and it was after 11pm. We had to unhook everything and trek to the ER, sit there while she got looked at (at least me and my brothers got to stay in the RV not the waiting room) then drive back and hook up (at least the power and water) at 2am in the dark. Those are just a couple highlights of the RV years, needless to say I was a happy girl when they sold that sucker!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05333798524615868807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-87188618495490213432013-08-16T17:06:28.041-04:002013-08-16T17:06:28.041-04:00No way can I top your tale of travel troubles!!!
B...No way can I top your tale of travel troubles!!!<br />But I WOULD love to win your new book!Vickie Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00465714792710153916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-22668866486173969682013-08-16T16:37:03.038-04:002013-08-16T16:37:03.038-04:00Other than a 36 hour trip from Salt Lake City to B...Other than a 36 hour trip from Salt Lake City to Brussels which was supposed to 14, I have no horror stories to tell. Sorry you had such a time in Atlanta! Mia Marlowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930845943475139449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-58217762974107706082013-08-16T15:04:23.293-04:002013-08-16T15:04:23.293-04:00beginning stuck overnight in a deserted airport be...beginning stuck overnight in a deserted airport because of "unforeseen delays" by the airline<br /><br />bn100candg at hotmail dot combn100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-46569689897503550352013-08-16T13:46:49.321-04:002013-08-16T13:46:49.321-04:00i don't have any horror stories on traveling. ...i don't have any horror stories on traveling. *knock on wood* <br />Julie, have you ever thought of using this or other travel horror stories for a story?<br /><br />drgnrdr@mail.comaprilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-1867436205253328442013-08-16T13:21:38.748-04:002013-08-16T13:21:38.748-04:00I knew you had troubles on your way to RWA but I d...I knew you had troubles on your way to RWA but I didn't realize they were that crazy for you :(<br /><br />I personally don't have any stories like yours or the ones I have been reading... mine are more about how nerve racking it was to drive through monsoon rain storms or ice storms when I lived up north.<br /><br />Thank you for the giveaway!!!<br /><br />PS: Thought you looked cute in your braided pigtails :)<br /><br />mharper1023@gmail.commichelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11804329614915381366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-18434521788796121142013-08-16T12:57:49.006-04:002013-08-16T12:57:49.006-04:00Oh, wow! I guess your books were ruined too. I gue...Oh, wow! I guess your books were ruined too. I guess if you travel these things are going to happen but they seemed to have all happened at the same time - how horrible. They lost my husband's luggage when we went to Europe - thank goodness it wasn't mine. It took 3 days to get it back from it's trip. But the last day of our trip we had dinner in a medieval castle with weird foods and bottomless drinks. I never felt so bad in my whole life. My husband lost my contact while trying to help me take them out so I was blind too. Had to take a bus the the airport early next morning and an early flight. I looked like hell to say the least and felt the same way. Someone saved my life by giving me an antihistamine which helped settle my stomach - I highly recommend it lol. catsladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06375770995988927860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-18844275285990301392013-08-16T12:41:03.835-04:002013-08-16T12:41:03.835-04:00I have travel quite a bit over the years and for t...I have travel quite a bit over the years and for the most part the trips are uneventful as far as arriving its mostly just me and younger brothers bickering. However, those are family trips. This past May I went on my first vacation just me and the boyfriend. This should have been a fairly easy trip. We weren't leaving the state or flying or anything like that. We were driving, going two hours away to Knoxville. I should have known better. See I'm the planner in our relationship, he is super forgetful. We got up at 4 that morning to make it to a toy convention (the man and I are both super nerdy, and I had to go for work[I worked at a comic book store at the time]) on time. He actually fell asleep in the shower which meant we were late leaving. It started raining halfway to town to get gas because he had forgotten the night before. This is when we found out his defroster had stopped working. The whole way there I was trying not to be sick from the Hardee's biscuit I'd gotten. He's also alternating between freezing me and burning me up since the defroster died. He's also a nervous wreck since his car threw a rod the last time he tried to go to Knoxville. We make it there in piece. But he had over planned for traffic and time change. We were two hours early and couldn't check into our hotel so we had to sit in the lobby. Before making it through the doors to the event room he made a trip to the ATM to get some cash, another thing he'd forgotten to do before we left. We only had a small budget for the trip. He took out the entire spending budget thinking the hotel had already billed us. We finally made it inside and it was not what either of us had expected. We shopped, he got his Transformers and I got Star Wars stuff. I was also getting a tattoo while we were there. He applied the stencil and there was a quarter sized spot on my back that refused to take the stencil ink. He freehanded that section and I'm so not happy with it. Its the most painful one I've ever gotten and healed really poorly. We left early to get lunch and I was hoping for pizza. We got PF Changs, my food was completely messed up and we overspent. So that night for dinner we were going to TGI Friday's my favorite restaurant. We ordered our food and I got a drink. He checked the bank account on his phone and realized we were almost out of money. I paid for my food and drink. It was really strong so by the time I was finished eating my overcooked food, I'd only drank half. He fussed at me to finish it so I did. I very rarely drink and I have a family history of lightweights, so I got drunk on one drink. We get back to the hotel and I have to go. It raining and its only making my need to relieve myself worse and for some reason he won't let me go back to the room even though I have my own key. I waited for him and we walked back to the lobby together and as soon as I crossed the threshold I couldn't wait any longer and made a mad dash to the room. I did my business and was walking over to the bed to sit down and he's standing there in the walkway and says "You are totally ruining this." I'm confused "I'm ruining what?" He gestures around and says “do you see anything different about the room?" I look around and I see Transformers everywhere. I glance behind me and there's this strange looking Transformer on the entry bench and it has something sparkly on it. I go over to it and its a ring, which I dropped like twenty times. He proposed, the one good thing that came out of this trip. We got lost countless times, even with our GPS throughout the trip. It rained and flooded the whole way home. Even though it was one of the worst trips in my history book it is still my favorite.<br />erin.mich.bailey@gmail.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12081059768452603360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-18315279858170458922013-08-16T12:24:45.334-04:002013-08-16T12:24:45.334-04:00Yes, but did the books in your suitcase make it ou...Yes, but did the books in your suitcase make it out unscathed or were they as soggy as your clothes?<br /><br />I'm going to knock on wood and say I haven't had any travel horror stories. <br /><br />Marytini @ hotmail dot comMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195239241944644996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-18797129672884764682013-08-16T12:05:31.631-04:002013-08-16T12:05:31.631-04:00Oh, Julie. That is way worse than I even knew. I r...Oh, Julie. That is way worse than I even knew. I remember you lost your luggage, but that's just horrific. And you didn't even add the part about how you almost threw up in the limo on the way to the dinner. :-)Shanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06267793335415078380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-67722848132599793692013-08-16T11:49:25.965-04:002013-08-16T11:49:25.965-04:00Oh, @Christine, what a nightmare. But thank goodne...Oh, @Christine, what a nightmare. But thank goodness we have romance novels where chivalry is still alive and well! And I hope your son is happy and healthy. Julie Ann Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11946239445283425756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-5563332908641284952013-08-16T11:41:40.601-04:002013-08-16T11:41:40.601-04:00@Angrla Love, oh, believe me, I sedate myself. It&...@Angrla Love, oh, believe me, I sedate myself. It's just with wine and not pharmaceuticals. ;-) Cheers!Julie Ann Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11946239445283425756noreply@blogger.com