tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post2755562638547236303..comments2023-05-24T08:06:43.882-04:00Comments on Romance Writer's Revenge: The Revenge Welcomes Catherine Bybee!Terri Osburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176989488447450585noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-60558818416978664972012-11-14T16:32:48.443-05:002012-11-14T16:32:48.443-05:00Ohhh a NANO caper... Last year I had a reader read...Ohhh a NANO caper... Last year I had a reader read WbW on her cell phone because she'd given her mother her e-reader to avoid the temptation of reading during November... <br /><br />Yeah, that didn't work out for her. <br /><br />How about this for a carrot. And it's a 'quick' read. Candy for the romantic in you... <br /><br />I'm such a tease... Catherine Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05804889684095619535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-37106564207529251612012-11-14T16:22:11.124-05:002012-11-14T16:22:11.124-05:00I'm doing nanowrimo right now so I can't r...I'm doing nanowrimo right now so I can't read without falling precariously behind on my word count. But after you made mention of a duke set in modern time, I went and looked up WbW and have purchased it. I'm so excited. So thank you for talking a little about the story. I can't wait to have a chance to read it. Which means it will probably be in stolen moments at 3am when I should be sleeping :)Sinhttp://www.romancewritersrevenge.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-43838544836531844322012-11-14T16:00:38.493-05:002012-11-14T16:00:38.493-05:00LOL - Funny you said that. I actually hired housek...LOL - Funny you said that. I actually hired housekeepers for the first time EVER earlier this year. I told my hubby... "I make more money sitting at my computer than cleaning the house." Point for me!<br /><br />I can't wait to hear your thoughts on it Terri. Catherine Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05804889684095619535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-42967814398578406932012-11-14T15:30:29.840-05:002012-11-14T15:30:29.840-05:00This has not been my day! And don't you get li...This has not been my day! And don't you get live in servants and a limitless gold card when you hit bestsellerdom? ;) Don't pop my bubble!<br /><br />Marn - Nancy Northcott's new para release is contemporary and very much in the real world. I'm enjoying it very much, which is cool since I don't even read paranormals.<br /><br />I have NOT QUITE DATING up next on the Kindle. Pre-ordered it!Terri Osburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176989488447450585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-34875388976724907922012-11-14T12:58:55.031-05:002012-11-14T12:58:55.031-05:00Marnee...
I find it interesting how people react ...Marnee...<br /><br />I find it interesting how people react to each other depending on their profession. People acted different to me when I worked in the ER as an RN... or as an at home Mom... and now as a NYT's Bestselling, yadda, yadda, Author some people think that I need to act different. <br /><br />When a book can pull you into the world of whoever and make you 'get' them... that book works for me. Catherine Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05804889684095619535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-20075132283258056342012-11-14T12:56:19.559-05:002012-11-14T12:56:19.559-05:00Sin,
I absolutely love your name. LOL - Thanks. ...Sin, <br /><br />I absolutely love your name. LOL - Thanks. Life is to short for bad attitudes. IMHO. I think that personality translates in my books as well. <br /><br />It is difficult to read while writing. I try and cram a few books in between manuscripts. Catherine Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05804889684095619535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-78880181469959181822012-11-14T12:53:48.698-05:002012-11-14T12:53:48.698-05:00Ms. Hellion,
Love that name BTW.
Thanks for comin...Ms. Hellion,<br />Love that name BTW. <br />Thanks for coming by today. I look forward to your reviews. Hint, hint... :)Catherine Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05804889684095619535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-48727998785266858482012-11-14T12:52:54.724-05:002012-11-14T12:52:54.724-05:00Irisheyes,
Love series romance. I can't let m...Irisheyes,<br /><br />Love series romance. I can't let my characters go and don't want my reader to either. <br />Thanks for stopping by. Catherine Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05804889684095619535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-66262949257767790312012-11-14T12:51:50.348-05:002012-11-14T12:51:50.348-05:00Leslie....
Kilted Pirate... and that can be the ...Leslie.... <br /><br />Kilted Pirate... and that can be the title, too. *scratches head* Catherine Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05804889684095619535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-22906420773803531432012-11-14T12:51:05.250-05:002012-11-14T12:51:05.250-05:00Maureen,
Montlake has been the bomb... did you s...Maureen, <br /><br />Montlake has been the bomb... did you see the flowers they sent me? Who does that? amazingCatherine Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05804889684095619535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-82024684008111930452012-11-14T12:50:24.536-05:002012-11-14T12:50:24.536-05:00Janga,
I agree. Believable characters are way up ...Janga,<br /><br />I agree. Believable characters are way up there. Even in my time travels I try and make it believable. No bit leaps for the reader to take to follow the story. Catherine Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05804889684095619535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-78688531941442033132012-11-14T12:49:27.660-05:002012-11-14T12:49:27.660-05:00Marnie,
Hi, darlin'...
I too love Historical...Marnie,<br /><br />Hi, darlin'... <br />I too love Historicals with the "I have to marry" theme. Did I mention that the hero in WbW is a Duke? Yeah... I love historicals. I think the reason it's been so popular is because we don't see modern Dukes in romance any longer. <br /><br />Check it out. I'd love your opinion. <br />Catherine Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05804889684095619535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-17175606722364350142012-11-14T12:47:38.706-05:002012-11-14T12:47:38.706-05:00Hi Terri...
Thanks... Top 100, wow I wasn't ex...Hi Terri...<br />Thanks... Top 100, wow I wasn't expecting that. <br />Voice and Characters are up there for me, too. <br />Thanks again for having me. Catherine Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05804889684095619535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-84842177019282012122012-11-14T12:45:11.849-05:002012-11-14T12:45:11.849-05:00The one thing all my autobuy authors have in commo...<i> The one thing all my autobuy authors have in common is their gift for creating characters in whom I believe and with whom I connect. </i><br /><br />I was just thinking about this last night. I finished up Something About You by Julie James last night. The characters seemed so... normal. Okay, I mean, he's an FBI agent and she's an Assistant US Atty, so they're not just average folks. But, they like normal things. They eat chinese food and wear jeans and she watches the Bachelor. I love that about contemporaries. There's all this stuff in there that I go, "awh, I LOVE General Tso's Chicken too!" and it makes me happy.<br /><br />Most of the contemporary set stuff I've read lately is paranormal. A lot of paranormals that I've read seem more interested in setting their paranormal world and less interested in making sure it feels rooted in OUR world, if that makes sense. Not in a bad way. I've read some great paras. I just mean that the contemps I've been reading are giving me more of the OUR world stuff and I'm enjoying it.Marnee Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533816213473440342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-87728002219459485522012-11-14T12:33:20.113-05:002012-11-14T12:33:20.113-05:00Catherine- I absolutely love your attitude!
Congr...Catherine- I absolutely love your attitude!<br /><br />Congrats on your new release with Montlake. Thank you for coming aboard!<br /><br />I think what keeps me coming back to a writer is their voice- how they tell the story, the characters the writer brings to life. To me, when I read, I want to read a book that feels like the writer loved writing. <br /><br />I'm a huge Kim Harrison fan and the one thing that hooked me was her world. She's built this fascinating alternative world to our own but weaved the world into something an average person can read and understand. I also enjoy when a book doesn't have fifty others between the real story and loses its sense of who the actual hero and heroine are. <br /><br />I haven't been reading much at all lately since I've been writing. I can't do both, unfortunately. Sinhttp://www.romancewritersrevenge.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-68832139397329319792012-11-14T12:30:55.898-05:002012-11-14T12:30:55.898-05:00Catherine, welcome aboard! Your books sound amazin...Catherine, welcome aboard! Your books sound amazing! I can't wait to read them! I like authors who write all over the place. :)<br /><br />One thing that keeps me coming back? Probably voice. If I fall in love with a voice I will read anything!Hellie Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933713255844695337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-82220887481304411162012-11-14T12:26:25.101-05:002012-11-14T12:26:25.101-05:00Welcome Catherine and congratulations on the new r...Welcome Catherine and congratulations on the new release!<br /><br />I would have to second (or third) characterization. I love to meet new people and find out what makes them tic and see how they relate to all the other people in their world. Probably why I'm so drawn to series. I not only get into the hero and heroine relationship but all the peripheral relationships as well.<br /><br />The brides series sounds right up my alley. I also love the rich guy trying to find his true love and avoid all the golddiggers storyline. Sounds like I really need to check out your books. :)irisheyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730974733998991144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-52817152463541116832012-11-14T12:15:36.530-05:002012-11-14T12:15:36.530-05:00Catherine - you have the loveliest covers! Althou...Catherine - you have the loveliest covers! Although you might trump that with a pirate in a kilt - WHICH WOULD BE AWESOME!<br />And I love how you get your ideas from life. Very cool!Leslie Langtryhttp://www.leslielangtry.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-36532932130533278992012-11-14T12:12:55.508-05:002012-11-14T12:12:55.508-05:00I'm the writer who pretty much doesn't pay...I'm the writer who pretty much doesn't pay a whole lot of attention to the separate parts of the books I read...but given a choice... I'd say the world building is what will capture me in a book.<br /><br />Jim Butcher has created a world I want to know more about and how it's going to survive each new challenge. His voice is also awesome and his characters are fascinating...but really, it's the world that I come back to.<br /><br />Congrats on taking off so sweetly! Montlake does sound like it has all it's ducks in a row!Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01517092592545660754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-57877590385398102822012-11-14T12:10:54.689-05:002012-11-14T12:10:54.689-05:00Congrats on the new release! I'm so excited to...Congrats on the new release! I'm so excited to see all the new contemporaries that are being released now. For a while there, they were getting scarce, but now it seems that every week brings a new contemprary author I need to check out.<br /><br />The one thing all my autobuy authors have in common is their gift for creating characters in whom I believe and with whom I connect. If I read a book and find the characters totally engaging, I'll look for that author's next book and the next and . . . Jangahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15128188159653860806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-62819072389282191762012-11-14T10:10:54.501-05:002012-11-14T10:10:54.501-05:00Good luck with the new release!
I love the idea o...Good luck with the new release!<br /><br />I love the idea of the brides series. I am going to give them a shot. I've been on a little bit of a contemporary kick the past week or so. :) This sounds good because it uses the whole "need to marry for a reason" trope I see so often in historical (which is the genre I'm currently sloughing through) and makes it fresh.<br /><br />I am also glad to hear about Montlake. I've been watching them (and listening to Terri rave about them) and seeing how it goes. It does seem like they have a bead on the market right now. Very cool and exciting stuff.Marnee Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533816213473440342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-18853032743335527422012-11-14T09:37:50.958-05:002012-11-14T09:37:50.958-05:00Thanks again for joining us today, Catherine, and ...Thanks again for joining us today, Catherine, and congrats on the new release! One day in and you're in the top 100. WTG!!<br /><br />I'm torn on this question. My first response is an author's voice but I think it might be more about characters. Making them real and relatable to me. (Which does not mean they'll be relatable to everyone.) But then I read one lately in which the heroine was not my favorite character. Kept going for the author's voice.<br /><br />I guess voice wins. Terri Osburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176989488447450585noreply@blogger.com