tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post3950398938991872271..comments2024-03-22T05:18:29.555-04:00Comments on Romance Bandits: A Haint in the HouseLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-71533321633353459922010-06-13T00:47:16.947-04:002010-06-13T00:47:16.947-04:00My favorite ghost story would have to be "The...My favorite ghost story would have to be "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir." I love that story. It's an oldie but a goodie. I also like the movie "Ghost." Ahhh, I cry everytime I watch it.Lady_Graeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02697093619684822302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-22378362913743101092010-06-13T00:17:27.370-04:002010-06-13T00:17:27.370-04:00Ladies,
Thanks so much for having me. I thoroughly...Ladies,<br />Thanks so much for having me. I thoroughly enjoyed our visit.Mo Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13644902211036445323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-53089351748032529392010-06-13T00:14:05.716-04:002010-06-13T00:14:05.716-04:00Louisa,
Very cool story about your brother's i...Louisa,<br />Very cool story about your brother's imaginary friend. For this series, I made up rules for the ghosts, and one rule is that imaginary friends are ghosts!<br /><br />I hope your niece likes Haint Misbehavin' as much as you and your mom like the Mossy Creek series!Mo Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13644902211036445323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-8896621321713755372010-06-12T21:00:57.403-04:002010-06-12T21:00:57.403-04:00Louisa, what a cool story! Kinda creepy, but cool...Louisa, what a cool story! Kinda creepy, but cool.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-60245746341028804242010-06-12T20:31:40.083-04:002010-06-12T20:31:40.083-04:00Good on you, Helen! What the GR! He's a "...Good on you, Helen! What the GR! He's a "two pot screamer!"<br /><br />Loved the excerpt, Maureen! And can I just say that my Mom and I are big fans of the Mossy Creek series! <br /><br />I have a 16 year old niece who will LOVE this book! <br /><br />We are big believers in ghosts in my family. We lived in a haunted house in England. We kids would be in bed upstairs and my Mom would come to the bottom of the stairs and yell up at us to stop moving the furniture around. We would be sound asleep. My youngest brother was only three when we moved there so he was stuck at home while my other brother and I went to school. Mom would walk by his room and hear him talking to someone. She would peek in and see him playing on the floor with his trucks and ask "Who are you talking to, Brian?" He'd say "John. He's right there." He'd point to the rocking chair in his room that happened to be moving. Mom chalked it up to his imagination. His imaginary playmate named John. The week before we were to leave England we were invited to our landlord's home for tea. As we were leaving his house, my brother, now 6, pointed at a framed photo on the sideboard and said "That's John." We were all stunned, but none so much as our landlord when we explained who John was to my brother. Seems Brian's imaginary friend wasn't so imaginary. Our landlord's brother owned the house we rented before he died, in the house. His brother's name? John. <br /><br /><br />The funny thing is that Brian won't talk about it now. And the other brother and his wife are actually paranormal investigators in their spare time.Louisa Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971924594129471055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-37110149093853883182010-06-12T18:41:18.747-04:002010-06-12T18:41:18.747-04:00Cassondra,
I used to hate tearing out seams, too. ...Cassondra,<br />I used to hate tearing out seams, too. It doesn't bother me now. What bothers me is a dull seam ripper!<br /><br />I suspected bobcat or owl, but the sound wasn't quite right. Never would have thought it was a fox until I saw it, then heard the verification on some website!Mo Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13644902211036445323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-14028950243368087212010-06-12T18:37:49.017-04:002010-06-12T18:37:49.017-04:00Gannon,
Hi! I'm so glad you're interested ...Gannon,<br />Hi! I'm so glad you're interested in ghost stories. And dogs staring at nothing is creepy. I think I use that in chapter one of my story before the heroine sees the ghost for the first time. My cats stare at nothing all the time! It can be very creepy when they stare at something behind me!Mo Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13644902211036445323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-67360430550512980272010-06-12T18:34:03.209-04:002010-06-12T18:34:03.209-04:00Hi, Cassondra,
Glad my southern ghost appealed to ...Hi, Cassondra,<br />Glad my southern ghost appealed to you!Mo Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13644902211036445323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-55343926348664266992010-06-12T17:59:38.231-04:002010-06-12T17:59:38.231-04:00Gannon, that dogs staring at nothing thing is cree...Gannon, that dogs staring at nothing thing is creepy. Herself does that from time to time.<br /><br />When my mom was dying, she mentioned seeing people in the room no one else could see. She seemed to think they were really there. I was sorta glad this didn't happen while I was there.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-36371191150900166512010-06-12T17:48:42.595-04:002010-06-12T17:48:42.595-04:00Hi, Maureen! I love ghost stories. I frequently ...Hi, Maureen! I love ghost stories. I frequently watch all of the ghost/paranormal shows on TV: Ghost Hunters, A Haunting, etc.<br /><br />My best friend when I was very young had a ghost in her house. I never saw or heard it, but sometimes her dog would stare at "nothing" and the hair would go up on his back.Gannon Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636246789013520445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-83479759309934279432010-06-12T16:31:23.714-04:002010-06-12T16:31:23.714-04:00Cassondra, having been first a town kid and then a...Cassondra, having been first a town kid and then a city dweller, I've never heard a screech owl or a bobcat. We do occasionally see owls--and there was an eagle in our neighborhood for a week or two--along with lots of squirrels (known to our canine contingent as "uppity squirrels"), rabbits, the occasional possum, and chipmunks. <br /><br />Lots of songbirds, though we pulled in our bird feeder because the seed falling on the ground was drawing rats. Ugh. We have bird houses up, and one of them is occupied. But you just don't see the wildlife in the city that you do in more rural areas.<br /><br />Sitting on the dh's sister's porch in Colorado, we've seen deer, hawks, and a fox. At his folks' house, elk, hummingbirds, and a fox, and we've seen raccoons at his brother's place. They all live in the Front Range outside Denver, but that area is rapidly becoming built up now, which will cut down on the wild population.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-76106950528243326542010-06-12T16:19:11.044-04:002010-06-12T16:19:11.044-04:00Oh, a screech owl sounds like a woman screaming, a...Oh, a screech owl sounds like a woman screaming, and it's EEEEEEERIE in the middle of the still, moonless night with the windows open. <br /><br />The worst thing I ever heard was a bobcat though. We don't have them around here usually, but when I was a little girl, you'd see one just every now and then. I've heard them scream at night a couple of times and you talk about hair standing on end...OMG.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-25055844420439040882010-06-12T16:08:36.444-04:002010-06-12T16:08:36.444-04:00Virginia said:
I will let you do all the alterati...Virginia said:<br /><br /><i>I will let you do all the alterations though because I do not like to have to alter anything. Give me a new piece of fabric and I will work with that but not altering. I even hate hemming a pair of pants but usually have to because I am so short. I will even piece a quilt but please no altering.</i><br /><br />See...I'm this way too. I can sew--learned from my mom, who made all of my clothes when I was a kid. And I WOULD sew. Except sewing clothing involves ripping out seams and re-doing for proper fit. Which is, I suppose, altering in a way, and I won't do it. HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT. I am good with details, but not tedium, and that, to me, is tedium. Blech. I admire Maureen all the more because she can do this, and if I lived closer, I would be hiring her to alter things for me if she'd do it. ;0)Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-39445623668796851672010-06-12T16:06:33.470-04:002010-06-12T16:06:33.470-04:00Cassondra, I also have trouble finding something r...Cassondra, I also have trouble finding something really different in the adult market. I sometimes wonder if that's because the market resists the truly new and different. It's nice that YA is more open.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-88077122772484209142010-06-12T16:05:53.195-04:002010-06-12T16:05:53.195-04:00Wooohooooo Helen!
Got him back from Lime!Wooohooooo Helen!<br /><br />Got him back from Lime!Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-18429661727621783702010-06-12T16:05:11.004-04:002010-06-12T16:05:11.004-04:00Hi Maureen!
This concept is absolutely BRILLIANT,...Hi Maureen!<br /><br />This concept is absolutely BRILLIANT, and I love the sound of your books! I'm finding that *I* love to read a lot of the YA out there. It's unpredictable. Fresh. Maybe I'm jaded, but it's so hard to find fresh in the adult market nowadays. So many writers, so many brilliant paths people have gone down, and then trying to write one's own. <br /><br />It's always a pleasure when I find something I haven't seen before.<br /><br />I particularly love the southern twist. I grew up hearing about how certain houses were hainted. (How fitting that your guest appearance with this book follows yesterday's Christine Wells blog on slang--much of it southern).<br /><br />So even your title appeals to me.<br /><br />And congratulations on your forward-moving success!Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-20006896607832604412010-06-12T14:33:20.399-04:002010-06-12T14:33:20.399-04:00Maureen said: Should y'all paint the cabana an...Maureen said: <i>Should y'all paint the cabana and the writing caves haint blue to protect Nancy? :)<br /><br /></i>A distinct possibility, though I suspect I'd be protected mainly from my own imagination. <br /><br />At one point, blue was a popular kitchen color because it was thought to repel bugs.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-30168288179481368332010-06-12T14:28:13.461-04:002010-06-12T14:28:13.461-04:00Anna,
I wonder if there are other paint colors tou...Anna,<br />I wonder if there are other paint colors touted for their supernatural properties. <br /><br />Should y'all paint the cabana and the writing caves haint blue to protect Nancy? :)Mo Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13644902211036445323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-44420484700666273162010-06-12T14:14:42.176-04:002010-06-12T14:14:42.176-04:00Wow, how interesting about the paint color!Wow, how interesting about the paint color!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-38209345086806172242010-06-12T14:05:19.558-04:002010-06-12T14:05:19.558-04:00Jeanne said: It's kind of like that cold spot ...Jeanne said: <i>It's kind of like that cold spot on the steps in the Lair leading to the writing caves. Not always there, so very surprising when you hit it. Grins.<br /> <br /></i>Oh, <i>thank</i> you, Duchesse! I so needed that image. Now I'll be very fast on the stairs. Cabana boys with trays had best watch out!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-65474855213204562352010-06-12T14:04:19.265-04:002010-06-12T14:04:19.265-04:00Jo, I have to confess that I have not read Rebecca...Jo, I have to confess that I have not read <i>Rebecca</i>or seen the movie. <br /><br />I know, dreadful. *hangs head, scuffs toe*Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-13063789022099635122010-06-12T13:58:55.322-04:002010-06-12T13:58:55.322-04:00Jo,
I love Rebecca! Sure, we can consider it a gho...Jo,<br />I love Rebecca! Sure, we can consider it a ghost story. Do we have any other Daphne DuMaurier fans out there?Mo Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13644902211036445323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-45917238552907784222010-06-12T13:48:48.421-04:002010-06-12T13:48:48.421-04:00Nancy said: Jeanne, I'm glad I did not know th...Nancy said: <i>Jeanne, I'm glad I did not know this about the cold spot on the stairs when the bandits were at your house last summer. I have an overactive imagination despite my resolve not to be superstitious.</i><br /><br />It's kind of like that cold spot on the steps in the Lair leading to the writing caves. Not always there, so very surprising when you hit it. Grins.Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-5934941792544452952010-06-12T13:40:17.612-04:002010-06-12T13:40:17.612-04:00Hi, Maureen, welcome to the Lair. Your YA sounds ...Hi, Maureen, welcome to the Lair. Your YA sounds intriguing and clever. How great that you get to hang around girls that age! They're so delightful.<br /><br />Congratulations on getting the rooster, Helen!<br /><br />Hmmm, ghost stories. One of my favorites has always been REBECCA. Can we consider that a ghost story?jo robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16824237193217632098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-77147349810179733172010-06-12T11:39:10.593-04:002010-06-12T11:39:10.593-04:00PJ, I hadn't seen those. Thanks. The TBR pil...PJ, I hadn't seen those. Thanks. The TBR pile thanks you, too. <br /><br />*sigh*Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.com