tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post4033593802398110027..comments2024-03-27T00:13:45.857-07:00Comments on Tote Bags 'n' Blogs: Vonnie Hughes: Exotic Locales For BooksLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14583249444580245924noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-80242874533035109332011-04-02T21:13:46.250-07:002011-04-02T21:13:46.250-07:00Thank you for having me on your blog, Lee. Enjoyed...Thank you for having me on your blog, Lee. Enjoyed it!Vonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07092475086889028716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-19091910101069733262011-04-02T18:35:42.443-07:002011-04-02T18:35:42.443-07:00You're welcome, Ally. Now that I've market...You're welcome, Ally. Now that I've marketed TWRP and New Zealand, here's hoping people buy LETHAL REFUGE!Vonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07092475086889028716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-51962951694090266182011-04-02T18:00:05.179-07:002011-04-02T18:00:05.179-07:00As Vonnie's TWRP editor, I can say that I love...As Vonnie's TWRP editor, I can say that I loved her setting, loved her book and I'm so glad she landed at TWRP. :-)<br /><br />New Zealand does sound beautiful and I'd love to visit some day. Very informative post, Vonnie. Thank you.allywildrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195052213110429010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-32137546192519786112011-04-02T16:03:17.992-07:002011-04-02T16:03:17.992-07:00Vonnie,
I think the term "exotic" locat...Vonnie,<br /><br />I think the term "exotic" locations mean somewhere in the Northern Hemisphere - unusual but familiar. <br /><br />You don't see a swag of romances in many places south of the equator. There might be the odd one or two based on islands or the odd well known place ie. Sydney.<br /><br />I'd love to see more books with places like Australia and New Zealand. We Kylie Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00469214884337936604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-68528572644009433562011-04-02T15:46:58.929-07:002011-04-02T15:46:58.929-07:00New Zealand is very beautiful. I lived there for t...New Zealand is very beautiful. I lived there for the last so many years and visited right from the Northern point Cape Reinga lighthouse to Invercargil, which is the last town on the south Island. <br /><br />And Kaelee, you have to visit me for the exotic you looking at! Small Island with sea all around and palm trees.Nashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984530648140460594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-63609870019775182832011-04-02T14:40:51.702-07:002011-04-02T14:40:51.702-07:00Margaret, I remember you. I read an excerpt from y...Margaret, I remember you. I read an excerpt from your Antartica book. I've been hung up on that cold, still place since I was in the second to last Air New Zealand flight there many years ago. It was a day out of time, looking down at the blues and greens and greys and pristine whites. Absolutely the best day of my life. Without doubt.<br /><br />Exotic Tasmania? Hmm. It has about the same Vonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07092475086889028716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-13563193724072641992011-04-02T14:35:04.670-07:002011-04-02T14:35:04.670-07:00Hello Kiwis Leigh and Laverne. Nice to hear from y...Hello Kiwis Leigh and Laverne. Nice to hear from you over the ethernet.Vonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07092475086889028716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-8329632443329086682011-04-02T14:31:10.465-07:002011-04-02T14:31:10.465-07:00Ah Kaelee. Essie Summers. Yes! I read most of her ...Ah Kaelee. Essie Summers. Yes! I read most of her books with laconic heroes and English immigrant heroines. Most of them set in the high country of the Southern Alps. Hmm. Doesn't time fly?Vonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07092475086889028716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-61393150369120721652011-04-02T14:29:39.768-07:002011-04-02T14:29:39.768-07:00Glad to have stirred your interest Desere. I see I...Glad to have stirred your interest Desere. I see I'm doing a great job as tourist director!Vonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07092475086889028716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-62956404276551668952011-04-02T14:28:14.536-07:002011-04-02T14:28:14.536-07:00Yes Beth and Maeve. Better off at TWRP!Yes Beth and Maeve. Better off at TWRP!Vonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07092475086889028716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-48297248915879157942011-04-02T14:19:49.625-07:002011-04-02T14:19:49.625-07:00The late Hale author, Loren Teague, used New Zeala...The late Hale author, Loren Teague, used New Zealand’s high country as the setting for her first crime/mystery story, but as she lived in Nelson, the South Island of NZ was home to her.<br />In my last book I chose the Antarctic Peninsula as a setting, the previous one was the Pampas of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego – both exotic settings and both accepted by Robert Hale.<br />The problem with M. C. Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13443902997432695441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-75071199899714196822011-04-02T14:07:45.594-07:002011-04-02T14:07:45.594-07:00Hi Vonnie and congrats on your contract! Great tit...Hi Vonnie and congrats on your contract! Great title by the way ; )<br /><br />Another Kiwi here, and I have to say I love the fact some people think we live in an 'exotic' location. I do feel privileged to live here.<br /><br />You're right Beth - The Lord of the Rings has been HUGE for getting New Zealand on the map. I believe Sir Peter Jackson deserves having the 'Sir' in LaVerne Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10418742073687153863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-63583186212870777922011-04-02T13:17:35.409-07:002011-04-02T13:17:35.409-07:00Hey Vonnie. Shame about so many editors and publis...Hey Vonnie. Shame about so many editors and publishers turning down your work because it's set in NZ. Good on TWRP. I'm a Kiwi born and bred and I think New Zealand has it all - there are dramatic landscapes and intimate and expansive areas of extreme natural beauty. I don't know what could be more exotic than a full moon gleaming on a dark lake fringed with ferns and the smell of Leigh D'Anseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07239096327493902466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-15268089168379115752011-04-02T12:50:14.653-07:002011-04-02T12:50:14.653-07:00Well to someone from Canada, who has always wanted...Well to someone from Canada, who has always wanted to travel to New Zealand (Thanks to Essie Summers and quite a few other Harlequin authors)it might be considered exotic. However I don't think of either New Zealand or Australia that way. Maybe because I studied them so much in school as part of the British Commonwealth. Somehow exotic evokes small island with palm trees and very few kaeleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17935892189792730767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-46122141159175462452011-04-02T08:08:20.927-07:002011-04-02T08:08:20.927-07:00Sounds to me like you wrote what you knew best - a...Sounds to me like you wrote what you knew best - and THAT always makes for a great story. And I agree. The Wild Rose Press is a fantastic place to be. I'm proud to be counted among the "Roses" in the garden. Great post, Vonnie!Maeve Greysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14947265251857551496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-68033389784759650532011-04-02T08:04:57.211-07:002011-04-02T08:04:57.211-07:00I just loved this post I have never before thought...I just loved this post I have never before thought of going to New Zealand but you definitely sparked my interest thank you so much ! It sounds amazing !<br /><br />Take Care<br />Desere<br /><br />desere_steenberg@yahoo.comdesere_steenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18108693180466406034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-40479062033502685412011-04-02T06:37:23.294-07:002011-04-02T06:37:23.294-07:00I love your setting and think it sounds fascinatin...I love your setting and think it sounds fascinating and beautiful for a romance story. They filmed The Lord of the Rings there, so we all know it has magnificent scenery. Maybe if you'd told those 'other' publishers it was set in Middle Earth you would have gotten a bite, but you're better off at TWRP anyway. :)Beth Trisselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13742049964476824594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-79317647042412690672011-04-02T03:01:35.056-07:002011-04-02T03:01:35.056-07:00That's great Marybelle. Go on over! Yes, it...That's great Marybelle. Go on over! Yes, it's not 'exotic' but very beautiful. But somehow every time I got emails from agents and editors that strange word 'exotic' cropped up!<br /><br /><br />VonnieVonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07092475086889028716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-20231266966949100212011-04-02T01:25:50.746-07:002011-04-02T01:25:50.746-07:00I live in Australia & I have to tell you that ...I live in Australia & I have to tell you that New Zealand is top of my list for overseas travel, when I eventually take the plunge. I probably wouldn't say exotic; more natural beauty. I have friends & family who rave!!!<br /><br />marypres@gmail.comMary Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02201076939557413255noreply@blogger.com