April's Affections and Intrigues: Love and Mystery Bloom

Heidi Durham

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25 comments posted.

Re: The Spy Who Left Me (5:30am November 28, 2011):

my husband has to work on Christmas eve and on Christmas and I am going to be stuck in town all by myself. All the more reason to loose myself in a good book don't you think? Happy holidays everyone.

Re: Waking Up Dead (5:23am November 28, 2011):

Wow! What an inspirational story! I would love to win your book but I am putting it on my Amazon.com wish list for sure.

Coolness!

Re: Learning To Trust (5:17am November 28, 2011):

perfect characters aren't as interesting as the flawed and all to human ones. And it sounds like you put a LOT of work into this book. I learned things I didn't know just from the blog. :^) Very intriguing,

Re: The Storm That Is Sterling (9:16am November 23, 2011):

I have a lot of favorites. Wow, it is hard to choose. I guess one of my favorites is Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights.

Happy Thanksgiving Ya'll

Re: Tall, Dark And Cowboy (5:13am November 12, 2011):

I had to start over about 9 years ago. I left my family and friends and two jobs where I had been severely burned out and started a new life with my husband in a modern day version of Mayberry. I think I actually went a little insane at first. Everybody I used to know was too busy to talk to me on the phone or even email me. I stared talking to my pets and stuffed toys and answered back for them. ;^) But I also think I needed some time to do the hermit thing so I could heal up and reinvent myself. in time I gained new friends, a happy new life Plus I think that sanity is overrated anyway. it helped my find a new creativity. I like the idea of your books. they inspire me.

Re: Liver Let Die (5:04am November 12, 2011):

names I think give a character personhood. It helps to flesh them out in the minds of the readers. They are very important to a story. Can one forget Professor Moriarty, Scarlet Ohara, or Ebenezer Scrooge?

Re: Risking Trust (4:48am November 12, 2011):

While I really do love to hang around positive folks without too much drama baggage like myself. I expect them to have quirks, flaws, hangups, idiosyncrasies. You know the stuff that makes them human. I knew a lady at work once that always had the same blank smile 24/7, she never complained, had a grumpy thing to say about anything. I think she was a pod person. it was a bit scary.

Re: Shadowlander (4:41am November 12, 2011):

I read Wuthering Heights when I was about 16 and I still have a crush on Heathcliff.

Re: Unleashed (11:03pm October 11, 2011):

deep in the heart of me I know I am part cat. I have green eyes and have recently found myself sprouting whiskers.:^) But then again. I'm a bit of the raucous, playful, sparkle loving crow as well. What a hard decision.

Re: Chosen By Fate (3:45pm October 9, 2011):

Men are just wired differently. I very much like books that aren't such cookie cutter, follow the formula everyone else does genre. A whole new mix of things is quite refreshing.

Re: Wilder (5:49pm October 7, 2011):

Wow, I know people who have visited Africa, and it is very different backdrop but perfect for the story of a stubborn passionate woman.

Re: Baer Truth (4:13am October 6, 2011):

Wow, I remember when I was little I wanted to grow up to be a cowboy. Then I got to be a teenager and read all of my Dads Lois Lamoure books. Love a good cowboy story and yours sounds like great fun.

Re: The Goblin King (4:08am October 6, 2011):

well, I must say that the idea of the Goblin King does intrigue me.

The question of what inspires me is not an easy one to answer. It's a lot little things woven together in a complex pattern, that sometimes do not seem to have any outward connection, but still give me that little ding ding ding in the back of my mind that brings forth ideas, yes, usually at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning. That crow feather outside my door in the morning, the creepy feeling that I am being watched as I walk through the woods, the frog that hopped itself into the house, the strange dream, The odd comment the lady at the store said that was later echoed by a two year old child. All of a sudden the hairs stand up on the back of your neck, and you understand something you didn't understand before.

Re: Roommates (3:54am October 6, 2011):

Hey Katherine, I'm hooked on anything paranormal, like Ghost Hunters, and Paranormal Witness, but I also like things like Auction Hunters, and Storage Wars. When I was little I played with a little boy called Rex, I always thought that was kind of a cool name. I've always like the name Aaron as well. :^)

Re: Studenstein (8:37pm October 2, 2011):

oh my, what wonderful wicked fun.

Yes, I believe in my younger single days I certainly would have tried to find out where I can sign up for one of those. ;^)

Re: Chaos Tryst (8:19pm October 2, 2011):

Worst date, Wow, it's a tough choice between the guy that dressed up as a clown to take me to a tractor pull, or the guy who's idea of a first date was to take me to church and sit me down right by his mother, afterwards he told me unless I went to his church he wouldn't date me. Well, I wasn't that much into the guy anyway, and wasn't it a little early to be introducing anyone to Mother? All very strange.

funny contest idea though.

Re: The Norse King's Daughter (4:52am September 29, 2011):

I hate those slumps, it makes me feel so out of sync. I usually go for a walk, or I play with tarot cards and it usually gets me focused again.

Re: Soulless (3:45am September 26, 2011):

a girlfriend of mine recently turned me on both your books and the genre and I love them both. I cant wait to read Timeless now. :^)

Gail, I live in a small southern town that is the equivalent of a modern day Mayberry. There isn't a lot of opportunity to express my new found steampunk self without being considered more odd and eccentric then already am. could you give me any ideas how I could integrate it into my mundane life? Thanks Gail. please keep writing.

Re: The Dragon And The Pearl (10:56am September 14, 2011):

costuming certainly can put the reader in the story.

the one that comes to my mind is the old classic Gone With the Wind scene where Scarlet makes a dress out of the draperies. It put me right there with her in her determination to put on a good show for Rett.

Re: Out in Blue (10:47am September 14, 2011):

Now that is a very hard question! I love them all, the more exotic the better sometimes. I suppose I have always had a bit of a crush on the vamps though. :^)

Re: Notorious (12:40pm July 29, 2011):

I would become a spiritualist and oculist and travel the world like Helena Blavatsky and write of my experiences

Re: The Genesis Key (12:37pm July 28, 2011):

Sounds like a fun book.

I suspect it would depend on the quality of life you have. I know of a man in his 80s who is as active and keeps as busy as anyone in their 30s. And he doesn't show any signs of slowing down any time soon. But my husband had an elderly relative who lived well into her 90s and when the would tell her, "Oh I hope you many more good years, would always reply, "oh don't wish that on me. I don't want to live that much longer."

I think I would enjoy living past 120. I think I would have fun being a crazy old lady.

Re: What A Goddess Wants (12:10pm July 28, 2011):

I think women have been "keeping all the balls in the air" since the dawn of time. Somebody had to watch the kids and keep the fire going when the men went off to hunt the mastodon. We are all amazing creatures. :^) And some of us are really creative and can entertain others with their stories and art while doing all of those things. Who cares if the dishes aren't washed right away. We all need good stories.

Re: A Gentleman Never Tells (11:03am July 26, 2011):

Hey Amelia,

Your book looks like it is wonderful fun.

a good book blooper I remember was actually in the book The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantès is naked when he is thrown into the sea in a body bag and escapes, and later, he puts something in his pockets.

I think one of my most interesting book blooper finds is a book I found at the bookstore I worked at. It was printed backwards. Really! The beginning of the book was at the back of the book and the back of the book was at the beginning. I bought the book just because it was so strange and quirky. And I guess I am strange and quirky to want it. but it made me laugh.

Blessings, Heidi.

Re: Night Walker (11:12am July 18, 2011):

Hey LIsa,


You know a part of me would love living forever, I think I could think of things to keep myself entertained for quite a few centuries, sooo many things to learn and explore. Bur really, I have always been fascinated about what happens after we die, as much as I love life, I would hate to miss the chance for that last great adventure.