Comments on: Southern Speak http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2008/01/16/southern-speak/ Group author website offers new books, excerpts, biographies, and appearance schedules. Sun, 20 May 2012 20:37:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dianne Castell http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2008/01/16/southern-speak/comment-page-1/#comment-5089 Dianne Castell Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:31:37 +0000 http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2008/01/16/southern-speak/#comment-5089 I agree, Michele. After I read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil then went to Savannah it was so neat to see the places I'd just read about. Boniventure Cemetary, Jones Street, the courthouse, etc. I think it's one of the reasons I set Hot and Bothered there. Even based one of my characters after Jim Williams...except he isn't gay or kill anyone, he's dashing, in love and ownes a hotel. I agree, Michele.
After I read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil then went to Savannah it was so neat to see the places I’d just read about. Boniventure Cemetary,
Jones Street, the courthouse, etc. I think it’s one of the reasons I set Hot and Bothered there. Even based one of my characters after Jim Williams…except he isn’t gay or kill anyone, he’s dashing, in love and ownes a hotel.

]]> By: Melis L. http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2008/01/16/southern-speak/comment-page-1/#comment-5088 Melis L. Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:22:03 +0000 http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2008/01/16/southern-speak/#comment-5088 Congrats Angie-La and Pearl! I am sure you will love her book HOT AND BOTHERED! Dianne is such an awesome writer! Hey Angie-La, I just loved the book, THE THREE MISS MARGARETS! Oh how neat to have it modeled after your hometown along with the book's characters resembling the people you know! The town close to me called Valparaiso,Indiana was also modeled after in a book. It is the Flower Shop series by Kate Collins who wrote MUM'S THE WORD, SLAY IT WITH FLOWERS, etc. I met her at the Barnes & Noble in Valpraiso. I got to ask her questions about the books and she autographed them for me. It is so much fun reading a book when it is set in a town that you know about! I would love to visit your town sometime! I love the south! Michele L. Congrats Angie-La and Pearl! I am sure you will love her book HOT AND BOTHERED! Dianne is such an awesome writer!

Hey Angie-La,

I just loved the book, THE THREE MISS MARGARETS! Oh how neat to have it modeled after your hometown along with the book’s characters resembling the people you know!

The town close to me called Valparaiso,Indiana was also modeled after in a book. It is the Flower Shop series by Kate Collins who wrote MUM’S THE WORD, SLAY IT WITH FLOWERS, etc. I met her at the Barnes & Noble in Valpraiso. I got to ask her questions about the books and she autographed them for me. It is so much fun reading a book when it is set in a town that you know about! I would love to visit your town sometime! I love the south!

Michele L.

]]> By: Dianne Castell http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2008/01/16/southern-speak/comment-page-1/#comment-5087 Dianne Castell Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:18:01 +0000 http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2008/01/16/southern-speak/#comment-5087 Karen does great Southern! And what humor. :-) Thanks for the suggestions. Y'all have a great weekend too. Hugs Karen does great Southern! And what humor. :-)
Thanks for the suggestions.
Y’all have a great weekend too.
Hugs

]]> By: Pat L. http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2008/01/16/southern-speak/comment-page-1/#comment-5082 Pat L. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:23:58 +0000 http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2008/01/16/southern-speak/#comment-5082 :sad: Congrats, winners. Rats, I missed out on this one. Enjoy. Here is my 2 cents anyway: Yes, those SEXY CALLAHAN BROTHERS, Sherryl Woods Sweet Magnolia series and Karen Kelly's Southern Exposure and Southern Comfort. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. :sad: Congrats, winners. Rats, I missed out on this one.
Enjoy. Here is my 2 cents anyway:

Yes, those SEXY CALLAHAN BROTHERS, Sherryl Woods Sweet Magnolia series and Karen Kelly’s Southern Exposure and Southern Comfort.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

]]> By: Dianne Castell http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2008/01/16/southern-speak/comment-page-1/#comment-5081 Dianne Castell Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:58:14 +0000 http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2008/01/16/southern-speak/#comment-5081 Howdy Liane. A Lowcountry girl, neat! Where are you from? I'd miss it like the dickens if I moved away. I love watching Paula Deen. My hero. How can anything with a stick of butter taste bad! Go, Paula. I subscribe to Southern Living and Cooking Light. I figure they balance each other out. :mrgreen: Howdy Liane.
A Lowcountry girl, neat! Where are you from? I’d miss it like the dickens if I moved away.

I love watching Paula Deen. My hero. How can anything with a stick of butter taste bad! Go, Paula. I subscribe to Southern Living and Cooking Light. I figure they balance each other out. :mrgreen:

]]> By: Liane Gentry Skye http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2008/01/16/southern-speak/comment-page-1/#comment-5080 Liane Gentry Skye Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:25:43 +0000 http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2008/01/16/southern-speak/#comment-5080 Any piece by Dorothea Benton Frank and Sue Monk Kidd ought steep you thorougly in the languid rhythms of the south. Dorothea Benton Frank is also a good primer to get a feel for the basics of the Gullah dialect. I'm a low country girl from way back, and I must say, this is one belle who yearns to go home. :) Colloquial sayings don't strike me as being necessarily southern, but a light peppering with y'alls ought get the point across. :D Watching a few episodes of Paula Deen on The Food Network would be a nice primer, as well. :D Any piece by Dorothea Benton Frank and Sue Monk Kidd ought steep you thorougly in the languid rhythms of the south. Dorothea Benton Frank is also a good primer to get a feel for the basics of the Gullah dialect.

I’m a low country girl from way back, and I must say, this is one belle who yearns to go home. :)

Colloquial sayings don’t strike me as being necessarily southern, but a light peppering with y’alls ought get the point across. :D

Watching a few episodes of Paula Deen on The Food Network would be a nice primer, as well. :D

]]> By: Dianne Castell http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2008/01/16/southern-speak/comment-page-1/#comment-5079 Dianne Castell Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:21:39 +0000 http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2008/01/16/southern-speak/#comment-5079 I always wonder if folks get upset if they find themselves in books. I wrote my brother into Hot and Bothered but I asked him first...well, sort of told him. He's a great supporter and I thought it would be fun and it was. All his friend will know it's him. His name is Ray and lives in Cleveland so I named the character Ray Cleveland. :grin: I always wonder if folks get upset if they find themselves in books. I wrote my brother into Hot and Bothered but I asked him first…well, sort of told him. He’s a great supporter and I thought it would be fun and it was. All his friend will know it’s him. His name is Ray and lives in Cleveland so I named the character Ray Cleveland. :grin:

]]> By: Angie-la http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2008/01/16/southern-speak/comment-page-1/#comment-5078 Angie-la Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:24:07 +0000 http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2008/01/16/southern-speak/#comment-5078 WOW! Thanks Dianne! And you know, no one was upset when the book came out. The characters were well camoflagued and very well written. The sequel 'The Ladies of Garrison Gardens' is also a must read. Garrison Gardens is modeled after Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, GA. WOW! Thanks Dianne!
And you know, no one was upset when the book came out. The characters were well camoflagued and very well written. The sequel ‘The Ladies of Garrison Gardens’ is also a must read. Garrison Gardens is modeled after Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, GA.

]]> By: Dianne Castell http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2008/01/16/southern-speak/comment-page-1/#comment-5077 Dianne Castell Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:57:36 +0000 http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2008/01/16/southern-speak/#comment-5077 The ARC Winners are... Angie and Pearl. Email me at DianneCastell@hotmail.com with your address and I'll send you each an ARC. The ARC Winners are…

Angie and Pearl.

Email me at DianneCastell@hotmail.com with your address and I’ll send you each an ARC.

]]> By: Dianne Castell http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2008/01/16/southern-speak/comment-page-1/#comment-5076 Dianne Castell Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:55:35 +0000 http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2008/01/16/southern-speak/#comment-5076 Okay, this Three Miss Margarets sounds very interesting. I'll have to get it. Thank! The small town atmosphere of the South is so much fun. Wonderful characters. Angie, did the people in your town get upset that they were in a book? I keep thinking of that October Road TV show where everyone in the town is totally pissed at this guy for putting them in his book. :-) Okay, this Three Miss Margarets sounds very interesting. I’ll have to get it. Thank!

The small town atmosphere of the South is so much fun. Wonderful characters.

Angie, did the people in your town get upset that they were in a book? I keep thinking of that October Road TV show where everyone in the town is totally pissed at this guy for putting them in his book. :-)

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