Comments on: Welcome http://hopetarr.com/blog/2006/11/welcome/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:39:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Hope Tarr http://hopetarr.com/blog/2006/11/welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Hope Tarr Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:27:00 +0000 http://hopetarr.com/blog/?p=3#comment-9 Thanks, Diane and Emily, for sharing your "worst ever" moving stories. As some of you may know, I recently sold my Victorian-style house -- which just happens to look a heck of a lot like my heroine, Maggie's house, in THE HAUNTING (coming this April). Parting with the house was tough but culling through my belongings was kind of cathartic. I also ran across, not a diary like Maggie, but a Christmas card from the 1920's. I actually found it behind some shelving in the attic -- hence the seeds of inspiration for Maggie finding a 145-year-old diary behind some loose attic wallboards. Of course, finding a diary is a lot juicier than a holiday greeting, tho I cherish the latter all the same. When I left the house, the greeting card went with me, sort a nice segue into a new phase of life. Thanks, Diane and Emily, for sharing your “worst ever” moving stories. As some of you may know, I recently sold my Victorian-style house — which just happens to look a heck of a lot like my heroine, Maggie’s house, in THE HAUNTING (coming this April). Parting with the house was tough but culling through my belongings was kind of cathartic. I also ran across, not a diary like Maggie, but a Christmas card from the 1920′s. I actually found it behind some shelving in the attic — hence the seeds of inspiration for Maggie finding a 145-year-old diary behind some loose attic wallboards. Of course, finding a diary is a lot juicier than a holiday greeting, tho I cherish the latter all the same. When I left the house, the greeting card went with me, sort a nice segue into a new phase of life.

]]> By: kim http://hopetarr.com/blog/2006/11/welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-8 kim Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:13:00 +0000 http://hopetarr.com/blog/?p=3#comment-8 that is great Hope, can't wait that is great Hope, can’t wait

]]> By: Emily Cotler http://hopetarr.com/blog/2006/11/welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Emily Cotler Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:03:00 +0000 http://hopetarr.com/blog/?p=3#comment-7 My worst ever move? Hmmm. The last one, at 7+ months pregnant. Since I couldn't carry anything (doctor's orders), and since I was only moving across town, I moved in a gazillion shopping bags with handles, no bag weighing more than a few pounds. My new neighbors must have thought I reaaaaalllllllyyy loved Trader Joe's because I was unloading just so many bags, day after day, waddling from my car to my door.<br /><br />And then, once moved, I had to set up the office, and once that was done we had to get the nursery ready and then there was this baby... Needless to say, said baby is nearly a year old and I am just getting to hanging stuff on the walls.<br /><br />It's hard to change homes. It's hard to redesign websites... But the end result is so cathartic.<br /><br />I just don't recommend ever doing it in the third trimester, ah-hem.<br /><br />Emily My worst ever move? Hmmm. The last one, at 7+ months pregnant. Since I couldn’t carry anything (doctor’s orders), and since I was only moving across town, I moved in a gazillion shopping bags with handles, no bag weighing more than a few pounds. My new neighbors must have thought I reaaaaalllllllyyy loved Trader Joe’s because I was unloading just so many bags, day after day, waddling from my car to my door.

And then, once moved, I had to set up the office, and once that was done we had to get the nursery ready and then there was this baby… Needless to say, said baby is nearly a year old and I am just getting to hanging stuff on the walls.

It’s hard to change homes. It’s hard to redesign websites… But the end result is so cathartic.

I just don’t recommend ever doing it in the third trimester, ah-hem.

Emily

]]> By: Diane Perkins http://hopetarr.com/blog/2006/11/welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Diane Perkins Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:30:00 +0000 http://hopetarr.com/blog/?p=3#comment-6 Hi, Hope! It is wonderful to see you here. Your site is fabulous. <br />I remember when I was VERY young, like 4 years old, I put my "night-night" (security blanket) in a very safe place, thus traumatically losing it, until we moved and found it stuck behind some books in a bookcase. <br />Maybe that began my love of books!! <br />Cheers,<br />Diane<br /><br /><i>A Twelfth Night Tale</i> by Diane Gaston in <b>Mistletoe Kisses</b> Nov 2006 Hi, Hope! It is wonderful to see you here. Your site is fabulous.
I remember when I was VERY young, like 4 years old, I put my “night-night” (security blanket) in a very safe place, thus traumatically losing it, until we moved and found it stuck behind some books in a bookcase.
Maybe that began my love of books!!
Cheers,
Diane

A Twelfth Night Tale by Diane Gaston in Mistletoe Kisses Nov 2006

]]> By: Hope Tarr http://hopetarr.com/blog/2006/11/welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Hope Tarr Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:05:00 +0000 http://hopetarr.com/blog/?p=3#comment-5 Thanks so much, Kim. I'm so pleased to hear IT'S A WONDERFULLY SEXY LIFE helped put you in the Christmas spirit. ;) I set the book in my birthplace of Baltimore, MD and revisiting (make, that researching) all the great restaurants, pubs, shops, you name it that Charm City has to offer was just so much fun.<br /><br />My next Extreme Blaze, due out this April 2007, is THE HAUNTING. Set in the Fredericksburg VA Historic District where I've made my home coming on six years, it continues the paranormal thread I started in WONDERFULLY only instead of traveling back a week in time, my sexy hero turned ghost, Capt. Ethan O'Malley, must "cross over" after 145 years of "living" in limbo to reunite with the present day incarnation of his Civil War era sweetheart. As you may imagine, after spending 145 years apart, theirs is quite a reunion. ;)<br /><br />We'll be posting the cover and a sneak peak excerpt of THE HAUNTING as we get closer to the release date. In the interim, I hope you'll check back to see other coming attractions as well as my monthly changing blog musings -- always in the form of a question to readers.<br /><br />Happy Holidays,<br /><br />Hope Thanks so much, Kim. I’m so pleased to hear IT’S A WONDERFULLY SEXY LIFE helped put you in the Christmas spirit. ;) I set the book in my birthplace of Baltimore, MD and revisiting (make, that researching) all the great restaurants, pubs, shops, you name it that Charm City has to offer was just so much fun.

My next Extreme Blaze, due out this April 2007, is THE HAUNTING. Set in the Fredericksburg VA Historic District where I’ve made my home coming on six years, it continues the paranormal thread I started in WONDERFULLY only instead of traveling back a week in time, my sexy hero turned ghost, Capt. Ethan O’Malley, must “cross over” after 145 years of “living” in limbo to reunite with the present day incarnation of his Civil War era sweetheart. As you may imagine, after spending 145 years apart, theirs is quite a reunion. ;)

We’ll be posting the cover and a sneak peak excerpt of THE HAUNTING as we get closer to the release date. In the interim, I hope you’ll check back to see other coming attractions as well as my monthly changing blog musings — always in the form of a question to readers.

Happy Holidays,

Hope

]]> By: kim http://hopetarr.com/blog/2006/11/welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-4 kim Sun, 03 Dec 2006 05:20:00 +0000 http://hopetarr.com/blog/?p=3#comment-4 cool i loved your blaze book!!!!!!!!!! it was great and especially hot and sizzling. one of the best of the year, cant wait til your next blaze cool i loved your blaze book!!!!!!!!!! it was great and especially hot and sizzling. one of the best of the year, cant wait til your next blaze

]]> By: Hope Tarr http://hopetarr.com/blog/2006/11/welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Hope Tarr Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:57:00 +0000 http://hopetarr.com/blog/?p=3#comment-3 Thanks so much for stopping by, Beth. FYI, Beth is my fellow Medallion *and* fellow Harlequin author. :-) Hope Thanks so much for stopping by, Beth. FYI, Beth is my fellow Medallion *and* fellow Harlequin author. :-) Hope

]]> By: Beth Ciotta http://hopetarr.com/blog/2006/11/welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Beth Ciotta Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:38:00 +0000 http://hopetarr.com/blog/?p=3#comment-2 Welcome to blogosphere, Hope! Looking forward to your upcoming posts. :) <br /><br />Happy Holidays! Welcome to blogosphere, Hope! Looking forward to your upcoming posts. :)

Happy Holidays!

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