tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post7525995974364547704..comments2024-03-28T23:06:34.406-04:00Comments on The Romance Dish: Today's Special - - Caren Cranepjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-65381769628323272062014-09-18T22:37:07.762-04:002014-09-18T22:37:07.762-04:00Our family seems to have problems with parties. B...Our family seems to have problems with parties. Both happened when I was much younger, many years ago.<br /> We planned a big 50th wedding anniversary party for my grandparents. We had a lovely 3 tiered cake and many people invited. Early that morning, my grandmother's mother, my great-grandmother,died. It put a pall over the party and most people didn't attend knowing we really Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-2166418203599491922014-09-18T21:21:32.773-04:002014-09-18T21:21:32.773-04:00Definitely marriage. I was married to my husband ...Definitely marriage. I was married to my husband for 39-1/2 years when he died last year. We had planned to grow old together.Cathy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03402868229427304647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-54808414073178974782014-09-17T23:43:21.680-04:002014-09-17T23:43:21.680-04:00Hi Caren! Thanks so much for being here today. I...Hi Caren! Thanks so much for being here today. I've been driving for the past 14 hours which is why I've been MIA today. I have <i>Tiara Wars</i>on my Kindle and am looking forward to another visit to Cross Springs!pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-34778648804350561512014-09-17T21:46:52.612-04:002014-09-17T21:46:52.612-04:00Jeanne, thanks for the Cross Springs love! I hope ...Jeanne, thanks for the Cross Springs love! I hope Tiara Wars meets all your expectations. I really did love writing Katie's book, although she was very challenging at times. :) I can SO RELATE to all the unexpected things you mentioned. Especially those unplanned children. I had three of those! It worked out well for all of us, but man were those baby/toddler years a wild ride!Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537601048651486452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-55407766312795223922014-09-17T21:03:44.644-04:002014-09-17T21:03:44.644-04:00Hi Caren!! You know how much I LOVE Cross Springs...Hi Caren!! You know how much I LOVE Cross Springs! Can't wait to read Tiara Wars!! I'm so excited for this story. It's totally cool to visit the town again. As to crazy things going wrong...ohhhhh yeah. Unplanned kids, planning for kids and not getting them...that was unexpected. Snork! Then there's the jobs that don't turn out to be the job you actually were hired forJeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-26359751635936031132014-09-17T18:37:50.505-04:002014-09-17T18:37:50.505-04:00Also, I managed to get into my website and just go...Also, I managed to get into my website and just got everything updated. Hooray! I was only, like, 4 months and 2 releases behind. Doh! Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537601048651486452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-33132777689261740862014-09-17T18:36:44.625-04:002014-09-17T18:36:44.625-04:00Thank you so much! I hope you really enjoy it. I p...Thank you so much! I hope you really enjoy it. I put poor Linda through the ringer! Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537601048651486452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-81240662877630102242014-09-17T18:35:34.335-04:002014-09-17T18:35:34.335-04:00Vacation plans can seriously go awry, can't th...Vacation plans can seriously go awry, can't they? We recently spent a week at the beach and it rained almost every day! We still had a great time, though. It's all about the attitude. :DCaren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537601048651486452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-40794020133189693952014-09-17T18:16:49.278-04:002014-09-17T18:16:49.278-04:00Just wanted you to know I downloaded Kick Start ea...Just wanted you to know I downloaded Kick Start earlier today...will let you know what I think...good luck with you new book.deerdoe69https://www.blogger.com/profile/11749548902980843245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-22188794996057814992014-09-17T17:46:41.612-04:002014-09-17T17:46:41.612-04:00sometimes, like on vacationsometimes, like on vacationbn100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-60282080217084653862014-09-17T17:45:50.705-04:002014-09-17T17:45:50.705-04:00Thanks, Erin! I think for lots of us, we dreamed o...Thanks, Erin! I think for lots of us, we dreamed of pairing off early and starting a family and end up single longer than expected, with much furrier children than expected. :) Of course, I did everything backward and had a baby, then got married, then had a couple more babies, then added fur babies. Of all those, only the fur one is still at home. Thank goodness for feral rescue kitties! :D I Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537601048651486452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-29937874493781162302014-09-17T17:43:23.610-04:002014-09-17T17:43:23.610-04:00Anna, it's certainly true that if things humme...Anna, it's certainly true that if things hummed along as we planned, we would miss some VERY interesting detours and alternate routes! While it can be tempting to play "what if" and think about how things might have been, if only [fill in the blank], things would never have been as they are now. And we would miss so much. Like awesome Bandita friends! :DCaren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537601048651486452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-28902796071201697772014-09-17T17:41:12.763-04:002014-09-17T17:41:12.763-04:00Sabrina, with kids you just NEVER know what you...Sabrina, with kids you just NEVER know what you're going to get, do you? They are all wonderful, but so individual and often nothing at all like you expect! Your son is a sweetheart, which is a real gift. Even with other things being a challenge, a great disposition is a real blessing! Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537601048651486452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-47940355975551630422014-09-17T17:39:20.693-04:002014-09-17T17:39:20.693-04:00Laney, what a great plan! You really were lucky to...Laney, what a great plan! You really were lucky to have your sister as a role model - both of what worked well and not so well. It sounds like things worked out perfectly for you and your family. Best laid plans going along swimmingly! I'm really happy for you. And my eldest will be 29 in a few months, too! :)Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537601048651486452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-56265575459776531492014-09-17T16:52:10.393-04:002014-09-17T16:52:10.393-04:00Congrats to Caren on the new release!!! Looks and ...Congrats to Caren on the new release!!! Looks and sounds awesome :) Ummm... I thought I'd be married by now w/ a couple of kids and I'm very happily single with my furbaby!!! erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10905574606129534214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-45256986396192966362014-09-17T16:40:43.744-04:002014-09-17T16:40:43.744-04:00Hi Caren! Congratulations on the release of your n...Hi Caren! Congratulations on the release of your next Cross Springs book. What an intriguing premise! I actually think sometimes those best-laid plans aren't actually the best things for us. The machinations of fate can make things MUCH more interesting! <br /><br />Hiya Dishes! Thanks for having my friend Caren as your guest today! Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-87073951294751389612014-09-17T16:37:32.663-04:002014-09-17T16:37:32.663-04:00I am so looking forward to reading Tiara Wars! And...I am so looking forward to reading Tiara Wars! And yes, I would say that having children is the one thing that always turns out very different from what you expect. :-)Sabrina Jeffrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01525039171682222276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-44660659971561140192014-09-17T14:44:54.675-04:002014-09-17T14:44:54.675-04:00I wanted to be a teacher when I grew up. I had th...I wanted to be a teacher when I grew up. I had the marks, most certainly. Then my sister couldn't be a teacher any longer because she and her new husband moved far away. She would have had to have started over. Instead she was older and raising a family, so she started typing for a neighbour when her baby was sleeping. It was that moment when my light bulb went off - when I was 13! *I* Laney4https://www.blogger.com/profile/06990122242183752771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-15663537358201016932014-09-17T13:45:04.962-04:002014-09-17T13:45:04.962-04:00Oh, deerdoe69, please don't go look at my webs...Oh, deerdoe69, please don't go look at my website too soon. I managed to lock myself out and am waiting for HAILP! from my webmistress. But it will be updated soon with the Tiara Wars information! Meanwhile, the other Cross Springs novels are all on there, so explore away on those! :D <br /><br />I hope you enjoy Cross Springs and I look forward to hearing from you!Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537601048651486452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-49978931935232817252014-09-17T13:43:08.217-04:002014-09-17T13:43:08.217-04:00Nancy, isn't it terrible that the world expect...Nancy, isn't it terrible that the world expects us to know, at 18, exactly what we want from life and higher education? I had NO CLUE what I wanted at 18. Heck, I'm still not sure what I want from life at times!<br /><br />Thank you for the kind words about Tiara Wars and Cross Springs. I love that town and its very "real" citizens. They are all in fine form in Tiara Wars. I Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537601048651486452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-5924873442660885662014-09-17T13:35:05.767-04:002014-09-17T13:35:05.767-04:00Hi Caren!
I somehow missed reading any of your bo...Hi Caren!<br />I somehow missed reading any of your books yet. I am going to your site to look them up. I love "town series books" and Tiara Wars sound like my kind of book...deerdoe69https://www.blogger.com/profile/11749548902980843245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-86458481945644389672014-09-17T12:59:31.265-04:002014-09-17T12:59:31.265-04:00Hi, Caren--I have my copy of Tiara Wars and am loo...Hi, Caren--I have my copy of Tiara Wars and am looking forward to it. I love Cross Springs!<br /><br />Unexpected twists and turns, eh? I expected to love the school I attended my freshman year in college but ended up not liking it much and transferring out.Nancy Northcotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08223226786134462222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-71821351052157380212014-09-17T11:52:03.153-04:002014-09-17T11:52:03.153-04:00Thanks, Kieran! I saw you were here yesterday and ...Thanks, Kieran! I saw you were here yesterday and thought it quite appropriate that Southern fiction was taking over this week. Hope to see you soon! Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537601048651486452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-81755797200226961492014-09-17T11:41:42.491-04:002014-09-17T11:41:42.491-04:00Caren, I can't wait to read this book! It soun...Caren, I can't wait to read this book! It sounds fantastic! So good to touch base with you here at The Romance Dish!! XOXOKieranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10361296468164017351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-4609107940142300322014-09-17T11:14:57.253-04:002014-09-17T11:14:57.253-04:00Thanks, Deb! I know it can be hard to redeem a nem...Thanks, Deb! I know it can be hard to redeem a nemesis, so I hope I've pulled it off with Katie over the course of the Cross Springs novels (and novella!). She was only supposed to be a foil for Linda in KICK START. I had no idea Katie would take over the books, just like she did Cross Springs. That Katie! I'm glad you were rooting for her. She really surprised me! :)Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537601048651486452noreply@blogger.com