tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366670135847123894.post4822062375590715410..comments2023-06-07T11:31:36.691+02:00Comments on Cathie Dunn writes...: My Place - Home, Sweet Texas Home by Caroline ClemmonsCathie Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08537946350336674340noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366670135847123894.post-71713460700159064962011-11-15T03:25:43.412+01:002011-11-15T03:25:43.412+01:00Margaret, great to see you. Hope you are enjoying ...Margaret, great to see you. Hope you are enjoying your retirement! Soon you won't know how you found time to manage a job. Writing is way more fun.Caroline Clemmonshttp://www.carolineclemmons.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366670135847123894.post-91647405002949248902011-11-14T20:18:14.186+01:002011-11-14T20:18:14.186+01:00Hello Margaret, thanks for popping in. :-)
Caroli...Hello Margaret, thanks for popping in. :-)<br /><br />Caroline, you're very welcome. I enjoyed reading about the area and your experiences there. The Heritage Landmark place sounds fascinating. I love checking out links to interesting sites. So many places to discover. Thank you for sharing your place with us!Cathie Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08537946350336674340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366670135847123894.post-19527460542476806352011-11-14T10:28:13.856+01:002011-11-14T10:28:13.856+01:00Hi Caroline,
Great blog and so interesting. Texas ...Hi Caroline,<br />Great blog and so interesting. Texas is one place I have always wanted to visit. The country side looks similar to the Australian outback. The Texan's Irish Bride was a fabulous story, I could not recommend it too highly. You are definitely one of my favourite authors.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />MargaretMargaret Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123830410502520003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366670135847123894.post-87212930771337845612011-11-14T05:35:35.898+01:002011-11-14T05:35:35.898+01:00Cathie, thanks very much for making the Lubbock La...Cathie, thanks very much for making the Lubbock Lake site and ranching heritage center hot links. I'm sorry the gif for the ranching heritage exhibit isn't larger. It's impressive to see. My husband's uncle managed the Masterson ranch for a while, and a stone line shack from that ranch is in the exhibit. I love visiting the exhibit and seeing what's been added. The Lubbock Lake National Heritage Landmark site is near where my husband and his friends used to hunt arrowheads and spear points. Being a sheltered girl, my friends and I were never allowed to go there, but I did ride horses through the canyon while a friend had a horse. As I said in the interview, it's unusual landscape, but it grows on you. Not as lovely as Scotland, of course, but it has a different kind of beauty.Caroline Clemmonshttp://www.carolineclemmons.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366670135847123894.post-9515473645012361412011-11-14T05:21:50.077+01:002011-11-14T05:21:50.077+01:00Christine, thank you so much for stopping by. I lo...Christine, thank you so much for stopping by. I love getting to know authors also. Thank you for the good wishes, too. If you like the story, please let me know. If not, shhhhh, please keep it a secret. ;)Caroline Clemmonshttp://www.carolineclemmons.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366670135847123894.post-72387542670367531852011-11-14T04:36:01.615+01:002011-11-14T04:36:01.615+01:00I loved reading about Texas, your blurb and excerp...I loved reading about Texas, your blurb and excerpt! Your story sounds wonderful. It was great to learn a bit about you and in the process add a great sounding book to my 'tbr' pile! Thanks for sharing Caroline and much success with your story!Christine Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16004865226636460465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366670135847123894.post-87769880820452456892011-11-14T04:15:11.954+01:002011-11-14T04:15:11.954+01:00Calisa, I didn't realize you were from Texas o...Calisa, I didn't realize you were from Texas or I'd have said "Howdy."<br /><br />Mary, you are so correct--we never outgrow home, do we?Caroline Clemmonshttp://www.carolineclemmons.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366670135847123894.post-16610050843685656432011-11-14T04:13:17.337+01:002011-11-14T04:13:17.337+01:00Celia, I do remember when the tornadoes hit Lubboc...Celia, I do remember when the tornadoes hit Lubbock. It damaged my inlaw's home, plus terrorized them. I didn't know about the missed graduation ceremony, though. Thanks for stopping by and sharing a part of my hometown I didn't know.Caroline Clemmonshttp://wwww.carolineclemmons.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366670135847123894.post-5887135616777485442011-11-14T04:08:29.124+01:002011-11-14T04:08:29.124+01:00Rachel, thank you for coming by. I love Cathie'...Rachel, thank you for coming by. I love Cathie's site, don't you?Caroline Clemmonshttp://www.carolineclemmons.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366670135847123894.post-70282405674197101942011-11-14T04:06:09.073+01:002011-11-14T04:06:09.073+01:00Kimberlee, I left because I refused to change my n...Kimberlee, I left because I refused to change my name after my first book came out. It was the last month of the Ballad series, so bookstores didn't buy it and orders were low. The print run was lower--I didn't even get my author copies and had to buy copies for my mom and my daughters. Then the second book got great reviews, but the marketing guy gave me a white cover. Barnes and Noble's buyer won't buy white covers, so my sales were not good and Kensington dropped me except for a novella in an anthology--again with a white cover--in 2004. I spent several years looking for an agent and writing mysteries and romances, but then was introduced to The Wild Rose Press by friends on a private loop. Six of us got together and did a novella set around the Civil War. I loved working with Wild Rose Press, and have stayed with them. My backlist, though, is on Amazon Kindle and I have just published a mystery there. Wild Rose doesn't do straight mysteries, and this is definitely not a romantic suspense althouth there is a hint of romance. Although I love The Wild Rose Press, I am making more from my backlist even though they are priced at only 99 cents each.Caroline Clemmonshttp://www.carolineclemmons.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366670135847123894.post-85385763388469630052011-11-13T22:50:54.155+01:002011-11-13T22:50:54.155+01:00Thank you, Mary and Celia, for visiting.
Mary, y...Thank you, Mary and Celia, for visiting. <br /><br />Mary, you're so right. Even though 'home' is relative... ;-)<br /><br />Celia, what a lovely invitation from your uni. Very moving. Are you sad you didn't go?<br /><br />Love hearing about everyone's experiences in their home places. Makes such fascinating reading!Cathie Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08537946350336674340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366670135847123894.post-11602781861396456012011-11-13T22:19:44.609+01:002011-11-13T22:19:44.609+01:00For each of us, there's no place like home...
...For each of us, there's no place like home...<br />:0)Mary Ricksenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12676306822821614446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366670135847123894.post-62655903274059559262011-11-13T22:08:14.714+01:002011-11-13T22:08:14.714+01:00Caroline--well, my friend, you have taken me on a ...Caroline--well, my friend, you have taken me on a sentimental journey. Of course, I know about every single thing you wrote about the South Plains. Personally, I believe the South Plain is a special place. Maybe it's because I grew up there and have all good memories--and I married there, lived for a while, and then moved away.<br />But I do need to make a correction. The proper name is Texas Tech University.<br />Let me tell you a story--I began college at age 27 when my kids were pre-school. We lived in Levelland and I attended South Plains College for two years, and then transferred to Tech for my Bachelor's. <br />My graduating class was the first to graduate from "Texas Tech University." There was a big commotion about using Tech, saying there's no such word. But it was so commonly used, they did choose it.<br />At graduation that year, two tornadoes hit Lubbock--they called it a Twin Tornadoe, but later found it was one small and one very big tornado--not connected.<br />So, because so much of Lubbock was torn up, the colliseum was used for refugees. No graduation ceremony that year. I had bought my cap and gown and everything.<br />Twenty-five years later, Tech sent special invitations to all of us from that year to participate in the graducation--we would wear red, while the others wore black.<br />But I did not go--just enjoyed reading about it.<br />And now...I'll stop. Very good. Loved it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272417114895975742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366670135847123894.post-77565890684984447862011-11-13T17:36:12.224+01:002011-11-13T17:36:12.224+01:00Rachel and Calisa, thanks so much for joining us. ...Rachel and Calisa, thanks so much for joining us. :-)<br /><br />Rachel, I agree. It's fascinating to discover so many diverse and interesting settings.Cathie Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08537946350336674340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366670135847123894.post-19500259136627493432011-11-13T16:39:54.492+01:002011-11-13T16:39:54.492+01:00Great excerpt, Caroline. I love Texas around Dalla...Great excerpt, Caroline. I love Texas around Dallas where I lived for a short time when my daughters were little. My family is from around various areas of the state and I spent a large chunk of childhood in south Texas.Calisa Rhosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743891437445099016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366670135847123894.post-32815312593634548932011-11-13T16:08:12.503+01:002011-11-13T16:08:12.503+01:00Hi Caroline,
Really interesting setting, Caroline...Hi Caroline,<br /><br />Really interesting setting, Caroline especially for us English folk! Great premise for a blog series, Cathie! It's fun finding out about so many places writers live and write about. Look forward the next one!<br /><br />Rachel xRachel Brimble https://www.blogger.com/profile/07704679320900435805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366670135847123894.post-26323343003288428862011-11-13T13:40:40.528+01:002011-11-13T13:40:40.528+01:00Kemberlee, thank you for popping by. Excellent que...Kemberlee, thank you for popping by. Excellent questions! :-)Cathie Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08537946350336674340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366670135847123894.post-69458037570527687582011-11-13T13:39:34.012+01:002011-11-13T13:39:34.012+01:00Caroline, welcome to My Place. I'm delighted t...Caroline, welcome to My Place. I'm delighted to have you on board. Your Texas setting reminds me of the many Western movies and series I used to watch growing up in the '70s. Good to see it's not all a thing of the past and there are still cowboys roaming the plains.Cathie Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08537946350336674340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366670135847123894.post-75500764593373305822011-11-13T12:03:57.809+01:002011-11-13T12:03:57.809+01:00HI Caroline,
This sounds like a great story. Anot...HI Caroline,<br /><br />This sounds like a great story. Another one to add to my TBR pile!<br /><br />You said you were at Kensington in 1998. They had some marvelous books come out then. One of my BFFs wrote for them. Maybe you knew/know her . . . Charlene Raddon. I know why she left Kensington, but may I ask why you left? It seems like so many of the great authors from the big traditional houses, like those at Kensington in the 90s, left and are now pursuing digital publication. What was it for you?<br /><br />Also, I came across The Texan's Irish Bride not too long ago, also on my TBR pile (just realized it was you when I clicked on your buy link above). Having lived in Ireland for what seems a thousand years now and having read a LOT of Irish romances, I'm intrigued to know what your interest in Ireland is, and what research did you do for your story to ensure your Irish bits are accurate?<br /><br />Great piece today. I'm now looking forward to both new books on my TBR pile! :-)Kemberlee Shortlandhttp://www.kemberlee.comnoreply@blogger.com