4 Responses to “Kick-butt heroines”

1. I love your books I count the days between them. If you make blunders you catch them before they get to the shops.

   Try getting some catnip spray and putting it on the things you want your kitty to play with. Beware some cats get really high on the good stuff. This worked to stop my cat being a cat burglar with my earrings

   by Megan on November 29th, 2005 at 5:21 am
   
   

2. Oooh, Megan beat me to it… I was going to say, catnip what you wanted Abby to scratch..anything else just won’t (shouldn’t anyway ) appeal to her.

   A few years ago, I had made a homemade kitty toy for my friend’s 3 cats. I, ah, didn’t know that professional cat toys only put a smidgen of catnip inside…I put in…say…1/4 cup???

   Let’s just say..her cats weren’t they same. Instead of Speedy Gonzales, they turned into Slow Draw McGraw. The term "Lap Cat" took on a new meaning…I’m sitting here chuckling over the memory. She invited me over a few weeks after the holiday to see how my "toy" went over..Dang, they were happy. LOL

   Hmm, Kick-butt heroines…you wouldn’t be talking about Anita would ya? If so..it gets better….
   If not..well, I’ve noticed the trend. The pendulum is aswingin’. I just read an old, OLD Harlequin romance. So funny! He’s 12 yrs her senior, Greek, rich and she’ss 22, an elemetary school teacher and oh so easily flustered. Someone says to her" Why do you treat him that way?" She’s like, HUH?..clueless.. Meanwhile Hunky Greek stalks away to "compose himself"..and comes back cool and with glacial eyes. Geesh…Where’s the middle ground??? She’s clueless but he falls in love with her anyway…He’s domineering and noncommunicative, makes her blush painfully (how’s that?) and falls in love with him anyway.
   NOW, we have a woman who will kick his butt if he looks at her crosseyed..but will fall in love and a man who is in touch with his manly "female" side..and falls in love…
   Give me Vampires…now THEY are men and they make a tough woman into a WOMAN…..if you get my drift….lets face it..when they can read their minds, they can avoid a lot of the pitfalls…unless they have a metal plate in their head…LOL ( I refer to a new fav book out there)

   BTW-you have blunders?? Surely not! Haven’t noticed any….I like all your characters.

   Hope your stint at jury duty ends quickly. It CAN be interesting, if inconvenient.
   And if it inspires a new romance…well..that’s just the silver lining etched with ..whooops can’t be silver…not good for our Favorite Vamps…so lets make it gold..for golden opportunity.
   Have a wonderful day and I hope you wake up well rested.
   TTFN!!!!

   by Michele on November 29th, 2005 at 7:11 pm
   
   

3. Just think of it this way….the jury duty thing is like a field trip for a writer!

   I like strong heroines, but only abrasive if needed. I think they can be strong and kick-butt, but also nice women!

   by Robin Miller on November 29th, 2005 at 7:43 pm
   
   

4. Abby’s scratching habit sounds all too familiar. I think you have a two-fold problem here. Your cat is attracted to clawing a piece of furniture (must be a feminine piece of furniture and Abby’s asserting herself as the Alpha Female) as well the place in the room. You need to distract her by (a)placing a catnip scented scratching post near the piece of furniture she claws to pieces and (b)deter her by taping a strip of heavy duty foil (most cats detest foil) around the piece of furniture on the entire area she normally attacks.
   With love and encouragement she should be willing to make the switch. I had to bring a cat tower into my bedroom when my fellows began to shred the corner of our bed. Don’t ask! We felt like we lived in one of those anti-martian homes for weeks, but it did work!

   Thank you for creating such strong wonderful people and sharing their worlds with us. I love your work and can’t wait for your next book to come out!

   by Gabby on December 1st, 2005 at 5:15 pm
   
   

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