tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post3658749502293640198..comments2023-11-03T04:57:11.073-04:00Comments on Romance Bandits: Three Diamonds of the First Water!Loucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-56325966227191800702009-05-06T11:22:00.000-04:002009-05-06T11:22:00.000-04:00Bloduedd, what an interesting post! Writing to the...Bloduedd, what an interesting post! Writing to the president? I wonder if that kept him busy!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-81014874053439596112009-05-06T09:39:00.000-04:002009-05-06T09:39:00.000-04:00Fun post :D
As for the question, nope my family wo...Fun post :D<br />As for the question, nope my family wouldn't really be anthology material. I think tat would be a rather boring read, where nothing big happens.<br /><br />But I guess if we create drama, like that my mum and dad where happy just living together, but their families wanted a wedding so they got married when my mum was 5 months along.<br /><br />And my aunt that wanted to get married at 17, but then you had to write to teh president to ask permission,Blodeueddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-37662559426007065552009-05-06T01:25:00.000-04:002009-05-06T01:25:00.000-04:00lol Joan - how is that *possible*? I only counted ...lol Joan - how is that *possible*? I only counted the kids my aunts/uncles had-which ends up at nineteen, on my dad's side. If I counted their spouses and the cousins on my mom's side the number would increase, but 63 would still be WAY more. Ack!limecellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04302402669154868499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-89023156670897031232009-05-05T23:11:00.002-04:002009-05-05T23:11:00.002-04:00Oh, and don't forget to check back t see who won t...Oh, and don't forget to check back t see who won the book!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-31030171114858616542009-05-05T23:11:00.001-04:002009-05-05T23:11:00.001-04:00Thank you, everyone, for a great day in the lair! ...Thank you, everyone, for a great day in the lair! Thank you to Amanda, Diane and Deb. May your anthology fly off the shelves!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-38886848287470934162009-05-05T23:11:00.000-04:002009-05-05T23:11:00.000-04:00Wow, Jen, what a story! It's certainly a sweeping ...Wow, Jen, what a story! It's certainly a sweeping epic too. And I love the love across the lines of war story about the Japanese soldier too. I only remember meeting my great aunt once - she was very tall and thin and elegant, although she had cancer at the time so it could have been a result of the illness. She had the most exquisite taste! She and my father's uncle basically brought my father up - I think his uncle dying stayed a source of powerful grief for my father all his life. He was like a surrogate father and he sounds like such a dashing, wonderful man!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-61522065487118656642009-05-05T21:48:00.000-04:002009-05-05T21:48:00.000-04:00Anna...I know you write historicals but the story ...Anna...I know you write historicals but the story of your aunt and the colonel from VA, the sheep station..omigosh..it could be another sweeping epic like The Thorn Birds! I think their story needs to be written! I would love to hear more about it! My mom's sister fell in love with a Japanese officer in Malaya during WWII. He used to bring them food during the occupation. After the war, he was imprisoned in a camp and the family would visit him and bring him food. When he was released, he asked my aunt to marry him but my granny wouldn't allow it. The soldier settled in Taiwan and became a successful businessman and visited my aunt, who was also married (unhappily) and still living in Malaysia. <br /><br />The aunt in HK who married the first man she saw on the street...He was a commoner (hiss!) and when they married, they moved into a mansion. They had one son, who was well educated but never worked. He bought a lot of land in China and then lost it after the war when the communists took over. He unwisely attempted to argue his case with the communists, who imprisoned him and then executed him for being a spy. His son, a retired teacher, lives in China and has been known to say that if his father wasn't such a hot head, he too, would have lived in the lap of luxury! The department store heiress' family owned "Sincere" which kind of the equivalent of Macy's here in the States. Ah, what could have been!PinkPeonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474965710589933443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-45699782763102147622009-05-05T21:22:00.000-04:002009-05-05T21:22:00.000-04:00OMG--PinkPeony--I just saw your post! Holy cow--t...OMG--PinkPeony--I just saw your post! Holy cow--that's an amazing story!Deb Marlowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09088536848274738995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-79341572939455490032009-05-05T21:20:00.000-04:002009-05-05T21:20:00.000-04:00Hey Nancy! I'm with you--my family is dullsville ...Hey Nancy! I'm with you--my family is dullsville compared to some of these stories!<br /><br />Anna, your aunt sounds amazing. I wish you had known her better too--I'd love to hear more.<br /><br />Thanks so much for a great banditas!Deb Marlowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09088536848274738995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-18452484507068362992009-05-05T21:16:00.000-04:002009-05-05T21:16:00.000-04:00Sounds like a great day, Diane!
Hey PJ! Thanks s...Sounds like a great day, Diane!<br /><br />Hey PJ! Thanks so much for the good wishes and the kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed AIA--I loved Trey and Chione!Deb Marlowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09088536848274738995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-81307845084149811992009-05-05T21:14:00.000-04:002009-05-05T21:14:00.000-04:00LOL, Mari! Nice to 'meet' you!LOL, Mari! Nice to 'meet' you!Deb Marlowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09088536848274738995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-8633314821387208012009-05-05T21:13:00.000-04:002009-05-05T21:13:00.000-04:00Hi etirv!
I'd love to do another project like thi...Hi etirv!<br /><br />I'd love to do another project like this! Maybe Diane and Amanda and I will get the chance! Keep your fingers crossed for us!Deb Marlowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09088536848274738995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-16297901376453780592009-05-05T21:09:00.000-04:002009-05-05T21:09:00.000-04:00Congrats to Deb and Diane on your wonderful Golden...Congrats to Deb and Diane on your wonderful Golden Quill finals!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-73856945469915690962009-05-05T21:04:00.001-04:002009-05-05T21:04:00.001-04:00Actually I always wish I'd known my father's aunt ...Actually I always wish I'd known my father's aunt better. Her first husband was a WWII ace who died in a crash in 1942 when he was training other pilots near Townsville in north Queensland. She had a really swish and stylish apartment in central Sydney and she spent the later years of the war having what sounds like a very passionate affair with a Colonel from Virginia. He wanted to marry her but she couldn't leave Australia where she was now running a huge sheep station (in between trips to Sydney). We've got some bits and pieces she gave Mum and Dad over the years - she was a woman of amazingly sophisticated taste and I think I would have really liked her!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-66767843764732288652009-05-05T21:04:00.000-04:002009-05-05T21:04:00.000-04:00Sorry I'm late to the party, y'all! What a fun po...Sorry I'm late to the party, y'all! What a fun post. Welcome to the lair, Diane, Deb, and Amanda.<br /><br />Anna C., thanks for hosting them.<br /><br />Looks like y'all have had a great day. I prefer linked to non-linked anthologies. I feel more as if I'm reading one big story when they're linked. I have this book and am looking forward to reading it.<br /><br />I don't think our family would be a good anthology candidate. We're too mundane. :-)Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-45450434725988991882009-05-05T21:02:00.000-04:002009-05-05T21:02:00.000-04:00Jen, what happened? Was she happy?Jen, what happened? Was she happy?Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-86069488190095365712009-05-05T20:57:00.000-04:002009-05-05T20:57:00.000-04:00Anna..unfortunately, the really interesting charac...Anna..unfortunately, the really interesting characters are long gone. I always wanted to meet the aunt, the Hong Kong department store heiress, who was told by a fortune teller that the key to happiness was to marry the first man she met on the street. And she did!PinkPeonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474965710589933443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-34546386625690231362009-05-05T20:53:00.000-04:002009-05-05T20:53:00.000-04:00Jen, your family sounds like it could fill a soap ...Jen, your family sounds like it could fill a soap opera, forget the anthology! Must be fun when you all get together!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-33122454076912776382009-05-05T20:48:00.000-04:002009-05-05T20:48:00.000-04:00Ditto what Deb said on the genesis of the antholog...Ditto what Deb said on the genesis of the anthology! Harlequin gave us an extraordinary amount of freedom--they just took us out to dinner at RWA, said "we'd like you 3 to do a Regency anthology, whatever you'd like" and we were off! :) Luckily they liked our idea and we didn't have to go back to the drawing board.<br /><br />Anna, my alter-ego is Laurel McKee (my middle name + random Irish name from the phone book) and she has 3 books coming out from Grand Central called "The Daughters of Erin." They're stories of 3 aristocratic Irish sisters (another connected family!) during the time of the 1798 Rebellion. It's been a blast to research and work on so far!!Amanda McCabe/Amanda Carmack/Laurel McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15575437197334661544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-52026433966075986852009-05-05T20:44:00.000-04:002009-05-05T20:44:00.000-04:00Hello Amanda, Deb & Diane and Lady Anna... I&#...Hello Amanda, Deb & Diane and Lady Anna... I've read a few anthologies but never a linked anthology. Your's sounds wonderful. As for anthology about my family...it would end up being a huge tome encompassing arranged marriages, unrequited love, the ravages of war, murder, insanity, long-held secrets, secret babies, kooks, a few normal people and lots of inordinately cruel nicknames. Of course there are tales of love, fortune and triump over adversity... but it's not as exciting to write about!PinkPeonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474965710589933443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-1945243951270601182009-05-05T20:00:00.000-04:002009-05-05T20:00:00.000-04:00Hey, PJ, as always, great to see you! The party co...Hey, PJ, as always, great to see you! The party continues in the lair. It's been a huge week so far, hasn't it? I thought everyone would still be licking their wounds after the anniversary bash. But it just seems to have challenged the party animals to keep the fiesta going. <br /><br />Pat, P226 always cracks me up! <br /><br />Catslady, you've never read a linked anthology? The ones I've read have mainly been tied up with a holiday like Christmas but I always find them fun!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-35582005299852287492009-05-05T19:51:00.000-04:002009-05-05T19:51:00.000-04:00I don't think I've ever read a linked anthology (d...I don't think I've ever read a linked anthology (ducking) but I love historicals and I'm sure I'd enjoy it :)catsladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06375770995988927860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-2698949460545726552009-05-05T19:50:00.000-04:002009-05-05T19:50:00.000-04:00Welcome, Diane, Amanda & Deb! So nice to have...Welcome, Diane, Amanda & Deb! So nice to have you in the Lair today!<br />Congratulations on your book!<br /><br />I join the "for anthologies" group.<br />Like p226, I like the idea of the multiple perspectives on a story.<br />But I think that's about all on which I can agree with him! Hazmat?<br />LOL!!!!!! (Sorry, p226!)<br /><br />Pat CochranPat Cochranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997396930842831460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-78560640888515316602009-05-05T19:34:00.001-04:002009-05-05T19:34:00.001-04:00Hi All! Looks like it's been a fun day in the lai...Hi All! Looks like it's been a fun day in the lair. A big welcome to our diamonds of the first water! :)<br /><br />I love anthologies and connected anthologies are even better. I enjoy the writing of all three of you so I'm very much looking forward to <I>The Diamonds of Welbourne Manor</I>. <br /><br />Deb, congrats on finaling with <I>An Improper Aristocrat</I>. I thought it was terrific!pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-88334439300923075252009-05-05T19:34:00.000-04:002009-05-05T19:34:00.000-04:00Goodness, it's a quiver of Golden Quill finalists....Goodness, it's a quiver of Golden Quill finalists. Congratulations, Diane! And what's coming next sounds grand! <br /><br />MJP is the keynote speaker for our Aussie conference this year and I'm very much looking forward to meeting her. <br /><br />Mari, snickering at your family and Proust! I hope you've got lots of biscuits for dipping in your coffee!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.com