tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post5618851096149744234..comments2024-02-19T15:25:57.626+11:00Comments on Breathless In the Bush: Research and InspirationHelzKathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01921987291520604201noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-72693980037415897502016-07-22T13:57:03.745+10:002016-07-22T13:57:03.745+10:00Thank you Kelly for this uplifting post. I am so p...Thank you Kelly for this uplifting post. I am so proud of what I write but sometimes we have to wear the Jack Nicholson smile - and that's kinda sad. i write Regency historicals so there is also lots of research and woe-be-tied if you get something wrong. I can't wait for my next research trip to the UK.Cassandra Samuelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818025453828445251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-42275895734658882152016-07-21T16:42:55.423+10:002016-07-21T16:42:55.423+10:00Thank you!!Thank you!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229810970636487006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-65685960935099067702016-07-21T09:18:19.988+10:002016-07-21T09:18:19.988+10:00Congratulations on the win and finalist spot for t...Congratulations on the win and finalist spot for the story. Sounds great.Kelly Hunterhttp://www.kellyhunter.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-70691233731378110522016-07-20T19:28:54.466+10:002016-07-20T19:28:54.466+10:00Yeah...I have one brother and he chose to be a cow...Yeah...I have one brother and he chose to be a cowboy...probably because he needed to get away from his six sisters! LOL<br />My Wales story, Believe in Fairy Tales, is finished but as yet unpublished. Thank you for asking. I won the Ripping Start last year (2015) and finalled in the VP (2015) with it. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229810970636487006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-76633877676559616382016-07-19T15:47:23.045+10:002016-07-19T15:47:23.045+10:00We definitely can't complain when research is ...We definitely can't complain when research is fun. Although I can probably give it a whirl... <br /><br />Too distracting, can be never-ending, makes the tax man sigh, makes it hard to settle down and write the necessary words ... I'm guilty of a couple of these. Kelly Hunterhttp://www.kellyhunter.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-32409500424824035392016-07-19T15:39:30.933+10:002016-07-19T15:39:30.933+10:00Thanks, Dee, for the lovely compliment. Second, a ...Thanks, Dee, for the lovely compliment. Second, a former bull rider for a brother? Wow! How come I don't have one of those? (I have none). <br /><br />I'm in awe of any kind of historical research and the stories that come of it. Is your Wales story finished? Title?<br /><br />Kelly Hunterhttp://www.kellyhunter.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-91270181732852393352016-07-19T11:58:10.815+10:002016-07-19T11:58:10.815+10:00Hi, Kelly!
First let me say...LOVE YOUR WORK!
Se...Hi, Kelly!<br />First let me say...LOVE YOUR WORK! <br />Second...my brother is an ex-bull rider so I'm really looking forward to your upcoming PBR inspired romance!<br />Third...the weirdest (and most difficult) things I've researched for my romance set in 10th C Wales are: did 9th C Welsh people wear underpants (yes...and no), what form of birth control was used (not a discussion for this blog), and what were the inheritance laws (youngest boys inherited the lot)?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229810970636487006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-2707048738237729242016-07-19T10:08:13.466+10:002016-07-19T10:08:13.466+10:00Hi Kelly, thanks for your post. I always like a ha...Hi Kelly, thanks for your post. I always like a happy ever after ending in any type of book - not just romance. I have never been to a rodeo but would love to go, it looks like fun... and what a way to research. Can't complain about that. My books are based in Sydney so I haven't had to go too far for research as yet but I look forward to exploring some of Australia's outback one day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772971731747379071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-49757540356415430702016-07-18T14:37:39.666+10:002016-07-18T14:37:39.666+10:00Coleen, I never know what I'm looking for when...Coleen, I never know what I'm looking for when I go somewhere. Everything! I want to experience everything and then be able to remember specific sounds, sights, sensory stuff as I'm writing. Yes, I'll be at the PBR in Sydney, along with Aussie author Amy Andrews (who will also write a story for the series). I'm pretty sure I'll be there clocking differences and similarities with its US counterparts. <br /><br />The cowboys were so good with the kids, I thought.Kelly Hunterhttp://www.kellyhunter.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-62200137210217733902016-07-18T14:26:33.218+10:002016-07-18T14:26:33.218+10:00Loved seeing the photos from Deadwood as I have so...Loved seeing the photos from Deadwood as I have some of the very same ones; the little kid interacting with the pick-up man (who I recently learned is my husband's cousin's son. Did not know that at the time.); the young bull riding champion being introduced the second night. And yes, I tune out the announcers' banter. Also interesting to read what you were 'looking for' when you attended; details I had not thought about as a rodeo junkie. I will be very interested in reading the bull riders series when it finally hits print. Will you be attending the PBR in Sydney?Coleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15524527146209155875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-47463833138627789782016-07-18T12:47:39.821+10:002016-07-18T12:47:39.821+10:00As a reader, I love that shock of 'I know this...As a reader, I love that shock of 'I know this place'. As for the mystery of the faraway places, don't they just grab you. I've always wanted to go to Manderley. Why? Rebecca: Last night I dreamed of Manderley again...Kelly Hunterhttp://www.kellyhunter.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-89842739304377601222016-07-18T12:36:21.207+10:002016-07-18T12:36:21.207+10:00Ha. Wish I'd known earlier. :)Ha. Wish I'd known earlier. :)Enisa Hainesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-60029566331066087702016-07-18T12:23:08.875+10:002016-07-18T12:23:08.875+10:00I'd love to visit a pearl farm one day, Marily...I'd love to visit a pearl farm one day, Marilyn. And yes to the atmospheric details that come of writing about places you've been. Who was the pearl farmer in your story? Hero or heroine? For some reason I have an old film memory of Sophia Loren emerging from the ocean after having been diving for something. Probably pearls. Huge goddess moment!Kelly Hunterhttp://www.kellyhunter.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-84952961740427106422016-07-18T11:27:32.554+10:002016-07-18T11:27:32.554+10:00Hi Kelly! Love the story of your bull rider resear...Hi Kelly! Love the story of your bull rider research. I love to read stories that are set far, far away from Sydney, Australia. The saying 'everything I know I learnt from a romance novel' could be said of me! It could be the other side of Australia - that's certainly far, far away - or overseas. Love them all. But I also love reading locally set romances. I get that little lovely shock of recognition of the 'I've been there!' Malvinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01643063300200396369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-82544037336981965922016-07-18T11:18:46.582+10:002016-07-18T11:18:46.582+10:00It's an emotionally charged rollercoaster to w...It's an emotionally charged rollercoaster to watch, Enisa. Not everyone's cuppa. ps. The PBR Australian Championship is on in Sydney this weekend. Sat 23rd at Olympic park.Kelly Hunterhttp://www.kellyhunter.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-79185659127957630792016-07-18T10:51:45.865+10:002016-07-18T10:51:45.865+10:00Hi Kelly! Your Bull Riders collaboration series so...Hi Kelly! Your Bull Riders collaboration series sounds great. Looking forward to having a read. <br />I did a lot of internet research on the Kimberley area and on pearl farms before I wrote The Farmer's Perfect Match, but nothing brings home the atmosphere like actually visiting those places. You get a whole new perspective on places-the unique sights, sounds and smells-when you experience them for yourself, and I know it brought a new level of reality to my book after I'd spent some time around Broome.Marilyn Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17264683453138649702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-8605833283537806952016-07-18T10:46:36.727+10:002016-07-18T10:46:36.727+10:00Hi Kelly. Loved reading about how you incorporate ...Hi Kelly. Loved reading about how you incorporate your research into your stories. Very hands-on, which then adds that realistic touch to fiction and makes readers feel like they are right there in the stories. And you've piqued my interest in bull riding now. Would love to see it myself one day!Enisa Hainesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-25948499310668604072016-07-18T10:22:27.655+10:002016-07-18T10:22:27.655+10:00New-to-me places are always fun to read about. I r...New-to-me places are always fun to read about. I remember a Liz fielding (fav category author) setting one of her stories in a treehouse in Africa (I want to say South Africa or Zimbabwe but I'm not sure). Hero had a broken leg and spent a lot of time roaring from his bed. Very wounded lion. Loved that story!Kelly Hunterhttp://www.kellyhunter.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603806150366948575.post-54962690121289762942016-07-18T09:51:00.385+10:002016-07-18T09:51:00.385+10:00Thank you for a really interesting post, Kelly. I ...Thank you for a really interesting post, Kelly. I like to read about places as different as possible from Sydney, where I live. Being from the city, I find Central America, Outback Australia, and countries in Europe particularly fascinating.Sharon Bryanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01662544181464130756noreply@blogger.com