tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post8598898783155067288..comments2023-11-03T04:57:11.073-04:00Comments on Romance Bandits: Girlfriends We NeedLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-12949058237174938482009-03-01T10:45:00.000-05:002009-03-01T10:45:00.000-05:00Barbara is the friend that won't let me hole up in...Barbara is the friend that won't let me hole up in the house. She pushes, pulls and sometimes grabs me by the hair of the head and forces me out.....LOL.hrdwrkdmom aka Diannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520769151419586319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-46540226763955437992009-03-01T00:42:00.000-05:002009-03-01T00:42:00.000-05:00Suzanne - O-H indeed! lol I feel like High St will...Suzanne - O-H indeed! lol I feel like High St will be the place to be as long as the university is still there ;)limecellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331447498798826649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-76916243872983235122009-02-28T22:16:00.000-05:002009-02-28T22:16:00.000-05:00Late to the party! What a great post, Suzanne! Gir...Late to the party! What a great post, Suzanne! Girlfriends are just the best!<BR/><BR/>Good on you, Helen, for nabbing the GR. He needed another trip to Oz to see the grandbabies!<BR/><BR/>I absolutely count the Banditas and the Buddies as some of my favorite girlfriends. Whenever we get together it is ALWAYS time to celebrate. <BR/><BR/>My hometown writing group - The Broad Strokes - are a great group of women. We support each other and help each other with our writing, but we also have a great time and look out for each other! Thanks Tammy, Jeannie, Fran, Kathleen, and Audrey! <BR/><BR/>And my Golden Heart class - the Pixie Chicks - are another great group of women who have each other's backs, listen to each other's woes and are always there for each other. <BR/><BR/>When I started this writing journey I was lucky enough to be in the Avon FanLit Event and I met some great ladies there. <BR/><BR/>After the event I started critiquing with Sherry in Arizona. She has been such a wonderful friend to me. She was there for me when my dearly loved Great Dane, Glory was diagnosed with cancer and was a fabulous source of support through the entire year after that and especially when Glory lost her fight with cancer. We keep each other going and have lots of fun too. <BR/><BR/>Also from the Avon event I met an incredible quartet of women who have helped me in various ways in my writing and have been great friends to me - Erin, Gillian, Terry Jo and Marianne. Some really great women!<BR/><BR/>And of course I have the Avon event to thank for introducing me to one of my two mentors - La Incomparable Anna Campbell. MWAH! For all of your great advice and support and the photos of really hot opera singers!<BR/><BR/>My other mentor, the Divine Diane Gaston, is one of the classiest women on the planet. She is a doll even during late night phone calls from newbie writers in a panic over a request for a full manuscript!<BR/><BR/>Some of my singing buddies from all over the world have been the best friends in the world and even if we don't see or hear from each other for months, we always pick up right where we left off. Something about schlepping around on terrible trains and staying in hotels with no hot water in eastern Europe forms a bond that never breaks. <BR/><BR/>My Mom and I are much better friends now that we are both older. We always have a good time together and laugh long and often - most of the time at my brothers! (They think we need looking after! HA!)<BR/><BR/>Then there is my number one critique partner - my dear sister from another mother. You know who you are. She is one of those people who comes along once in a lifetime if you are very lucky. She won't let me get away with sloppy writing. She forces me to look at my stuff with a critical eye. She is a slavedriver and refuses to let me give up. I would not be anywhere near where I am with my writing without her.Louisa Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971924594129471055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-3496590884786697122009-02-28T19:41:00.000-05:002009-02-28T19:41:00.000-05:00Diseases, yes, but honey, all those organs were al...<I>Diseases, yes, but honey, all those organs were already there. No new models with extra features!! hehehe</I><BR/><BR/>Can't convince me. I have WAY too many patients who come in squealing like howler monkeys...<BR/><BR/>Extra addition to the larynx I swear :-0Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566704374877697300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-91259736933772042042009-02-28T19:26:00.000-05:002009-02-28T19:26:00.000-05:00AC wrote: I feel like in some areas, she is the on...<I> AC wrote: I feel like in some areas, she is the only person who truly does understand me. She does NOT, however, "get" my writing thing at all!</I><BR/><BR/>My sister gets my writing thing. But she swears if I just toss a serial killer into a book it will sell. Uh, Sami...I don't write serial killer books!!Suzanne Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761579189372602292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-34381515039701279092009-02-28T19:24:00.000-05:002009-02-28T19:24:00.000-05:00Hey Christine!Good to hear your mother-in-law is o...Hey Christine!<BR/><BR/>Good to hear your mother-in-law is on the list. I've had a pretty good relationship with mine. (Uh, did I ever mention she's a nurse, too? See a pattern here?)<BR/><BR/>And yes, we do need our girlfriends. Men just don't get our sense of humor, or the things we think are important....(romance novels, shoe or handbag shopping sprees, Hallmark commercials), do they?Suzanne Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761579189372602292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-42508554674581429002009-02-28T19:19:00.000-05:002009-02-28T19:19:00.000-05:00Joanie said:I know they've invented about a thousa...<I> Joanie said:I know they've invented about a thousand new diseases, added bones to the skeletal system and discovered new organs....<BR/></I> <BR/><BR/>Diseases, yes, but honey, all those organs were already there. No new models with extra features!! heheheSuzanne Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761579189372602292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-11226476597798182492009-02-28T19:18:00.000-05:002009-02-28T19:18:00.000-05:00Hey Virginia!I'm sorry you've been without your mo...Hey Virginia!<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry you've been without your mom for so long. I bet when you're with your sisters, though, you can feel her influence or presence in the room, huh?Suzanne Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761579189372602292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-58995835042962345362009-02-28T19:17:00.000-05:002009-02-28T19:17:00.000-05:00Hey Pat!My mom's friends are like that.There were ...Hey Pat!<BR/><BR/>My mom's friends are like that.<BR/><BR/>There were her mom, two sisters and myriad of cousins growing up. Then friends whose kids were friends with us. Church friends and work friends, and of course, me and my sister. And now her granddaughters.<BR/><BR/>I think each group speaks to a special need in us. And among those groups, there is usually one or two who are even more special, don't you?Suzanne Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761579189372602292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-91933636886171764952009-02-28T19:14:00.000-05:002009-02-28T19:14:00.000-05:00Hey Jo Davis!!! You KNOW you're on that list perma...Hey Jo Davis!!! <BR/><BR/>You KNOW you're on that list permanently, girlfriend!!!! <BR/><BR/>Get back to work....you have a book due, like this week!!<BR/><BR/>Which, y'all........is smokin' HOT!Suzanne Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761579189372602292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-39643378519309055192009-02-28T19:13:00.000-05:002009-02-28T19:13:00.000-05:00Anna said: I was just thinking something similar. ...<I> Anna said: I was just thinking something similar. And you know I love my Bandita sisters!</I><BR/><BR/>Isn't it odd how we sometimes have similar thoughts on topics among the Banditas?<BR/><BR/>By the way, a friend of mine who looked at the blog today, Megan...hey Megan!, just emailed me to ask, didn't I have Tempt The Devil at work the other night and was it as good as it looks? <BR/><BR/>YES!!Suzanne Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761579189372602292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-90926896066640653622009-02-28T19:09:00.000-05:002009-02-28T19:09:00.000-05:00oooooooo, Annie, I like your RBY. And yes Helen wo...oooooooo, Annie, I like your RBY. And yes Helen would be a great reader for that! We know how much she loves her romances and authors!!Suzanne Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761579189372602292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-31060669392759816382009-02-28T19:08:00.000-05:002009-02-28T19:08:00.000-05:00Hey Tracy G!!! How are things up in Missouri today...Hey Tracy G!!! How are things up in Missouri today? <BR/><BR/>Tracy is one of the Writer Foxes, and the picture on the blog is all of us outside a neat restaurant we lunched at when we took a road trip to see her! The name of the inn was...and the picture proves it...<BR/><BR/>Big Dick's Half Way Inn<BR/><BR/>And Tracy, you are one of those girlfriends I can' live without!Suzanne Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761579189372602292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-35885707674461868332009-02-28T19:05:00.000-05:002009-02-28T19:05:00.000-05:00Sorry I dropped out of sight today, y'all. It was ...Sorry I dropped out of sight today, y'all. It was a meeting day for my writing chapter. It was a good day with talk about voice and writing market with guest author Tracy Wolf. And I had some much needed bonding time with my girlfriends!!Suzanne Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761579189372602292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-91425107441509311712009-02-28T17:42:00.000-05:002009-02-28T17:42:00.000-05:00Suz,Remember I used to SUPERVISE nurses. I know AL...Suz,<BR/>Remember I used to SUPERVISE nurses. I know ALL ABOUT nurses' raunchy humor, and I LOVE IT!<BR/><BR/>I find it interesting that my sister and I were never close while growing up. We had TONS of sibling rivalry (she was the "cute" one & I was the "smart" one), but once we reached our 30s and lived 1500 miles apart, we actually became "closer." :-) Even more so after we lost our mom in 1999. Because of our shared childhood (which was very different from my younger brothers) I feel like in some areas, she is the only person who truly does understand me. She does NOT, however, "get" my writing thing at all!<BR/><BR/>ACLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-59640150537098522182009-02-28T17:40:00.000-05:002009-02-28T17:40:00.000-05:00Suz, what a thoroughly lovely post! You made me te...Suz, what a thoroughly lovely post! You made me tear up and you KNOW how I hate to cry. I always wanted a sister, but my lovely Banditas are a pretty darn good substitute! I'd also list my mother (my sanity), my mother-in-law (aren't I lucky?) my lovely, loyal school friends with a wicked sense of humour, Vikki and Yasmin and my CP Denise Rossetti. We need our girlfriends, don't we?<BR/><BR/>Ah, Helen, congrats on the GR!Christine Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260589566405262159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-2567308153438590042009-02-28T16:36:00.000-05:002009-02-28T16:36:00.000-05:00There have been many friends overthe years but onl...There have been many friends over<BR/>the years but only a handful who have really shared the highs and lows of my life. Patsy, Lillian, <BR/>Carol Ann & Shirley in high school, Barbara through the reunion years, Dee, Agnes, Fran & Pam through our children's middle & high school years, and my church & choir "buds" over the past 35 years!<BR/><BR/>Pat CochranPat Cochranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997396930842831460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-7945788223835660062009-02-28T15:50:00.000-05:002009-02-28T15:50:00.000-05:00Suz,What an awesome post! You made me think of all...Suz,<BR/>What an awesome post! You made me think of all the wonderful women in my life who have influenced me: mom, my grandmother, friends.<BR/><BR/>I'm so proud to be one of the Foxes and have you as one of my CP's! (love the photo you picked--hehe)<BR/><BR/>Tissue, anyone? :)<BR/>JoJo Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132008896370320303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-72503681438054811432009-02-28T15:49:00.000-05:002009-02-28T15:49:00.000-05:00Helen, congratulations on the rooster. I wouldn't ...Helen, congratulations on the rooster. I wouldn't be surprised if he's at the root of your computer problems! You know how mischievous he is! <BR/><BR/>Suz, what a gorgeous post. I was just thinking something similar. And you know I love my Bandita sisters! <BR/><BR/>Hey, Miss Annie, you NEVER call me divine to my face! I'm printing out that comment and keeping it to remind you!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-34125090815053108062009-02-28T15:39:00.000-05:002009-02-28T15:39:00.000-05:00Yes I am back here now thanks for that Annie I was...Yes I am back here now thanks for that Annie I wasn't sure exactly what the award was but I am enjoying reading the books it is going to be a lovely way to spend my next few days that I have left on holidays before I go back to work.<BR/><BR/>Have Fun<BR/>HelenHelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03984438742736003285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-30601797878280325772009-02-28T15:09:00.000-05:002009-02-28T15:09:00.000-05:00Suz,I think Helen must be offline. You asked her w...Suz,<BR/><BR/>I think Helen must be offline. You asked her what the RBY award is. It's the Australian Romantic Book of the year. Rather like the Aus version of the RITA except ours is judged strictly by readers who are not also writers. Helen's just signed up to be a reader which is tremendous as she's such a romance lover.<BR/><BR/>Waving hi, Helen, if you're out there.<BR/><BR/>AnnieAnnie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-65694353635644029232009-02-28T14:58:00.000-05:002009-02-28T14:58:00.000-05:00Nursing School--it's like bootcamp for the brain? ...<I>Nursing School--it's like bootcamp for the brain? That experince is definitely a bonding one, isn't it? </I><BR/><BR/>Um....I can't remember. Too long ago (gulp)<BR/><BR/>I know they've invented about a thousand new diseases, added bones to the skeletal system and discovered new organs.... <BR/><BR/>I KNOW they have!Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566704374877697300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-71055680209234302622009-02-28T12:13:00.000-05:002009-02-28T12:13:00.000-05:00Congrats Helen, I would say the rooster is glad to...Congrats Helen, I would say the rooster is glad to be back with you to get Tim Tams! Have fun with him!<BR/><BR/>Great post! I also get those girlfriend e-mails. I have a girlfriend that I have had for almost 50 years and she is always there when I need her. <BR/><BR/>My mother has been gone for almost 20 years now, but I have two wonderful sister and we are pretty close. I spent the day with one of them yesterday and we went out to lunch. When we were younger we were not that close but that has changed over the years.Virginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06924888528166831610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-83676588469795850902009-02-28T10:55:00.000-05:002009-02-28T10:55:00.000-05:00Suz, you made me weepy first thing in the morning....Suz, you made me weepy first thing in the morning. Thanks for sharing and for including me in your list of girlfriends we can't live without! [Yes, I know what the sign says. lol]<BR/>Tracy G.Tracy Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324834317261795076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-23494797947293035072009-02-28T09:23:00.000-05:002009-02-28T09:23:00.000-05:00By the way....did anyone read the sign on the pict...By the way....did anyone read the sign on the picture behind my Writer Foxes picture? heheheSuzanne Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761579189372602292noreply@blogger.com