tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post6575978832277436366..comments2024-01-30T13:57:40.271+11:00Comments on LoveCats DownUnder: Special Guest Star: Fiona Lowe!Ally Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352564320902831489noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-89231469396898842742011-07-30T11:09:19.395+10:002011-07-30T11:09:19.395+10:00Helen, of *course*! Getting lost in a great book. ...Helen, of *course*! Getting lost in a great book. I do it all the time too. My worst habit is reading when I go to bed. Just one chapter, so I still get a good night's sleep... Yeah, right. Next thing I know, the book is almost done and the clock is showing it's muuuuch later than I thought. =)Rachel Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200504088343160284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-24424637249914661392011-07-30T11:05:17.874+10:002011-07-30T11:05:17.874+10:00Serena, fabulous lost story! You know, if you hadn...Serena, fabulous lost story! You know, if you hadn't got lost, you wouldn't have this great story to tell, so in some ways it was a blessing. ;)<br /><br />Oooh, lucky you having already read Boomerang Bride!Rachel Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200504088343160284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-42409146182321803312011-07-30T11:01:31.248+10:002011-07-30T11:01:31.248+10:00Natalie, I understand about the roads changing pos...Natalie, I understand about the roads changing post earthquake making it easier to get lost, but still, I bet you never think you'd get lost in your own city!Rachel Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200504088343160284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-38794021569437478142011-07-30T09:40:36.752+10:002011-07-30T09:40:36.752+10:00Natalie, Helen and Serena, thanks so much for call...Natalie, Helen and Serena, thanks so much for calling by! I am off for the weekend to celebrate my mother's 80 th so off the air for a while. I've enjoyed your lost stories...makes me feel like I am not alone!Fiona Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288636480105248658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-25849437916994021982011-07-30T06:26:45.542+10:002011-07-30T06:26:45.542+10:00Hi Fiona
I gotta say I soo love your stories and ...Hi Fiona<br /><br />I gotta say I soo love your stories and I have added this one to my must get list 8th Aug isn't long to wait.<br /><br />As for getting lost yea that happens to me when I pick up a great book and everything around me is just gone like all the housework that needs doing yep I love loosing myself in a book<br /><br />Congrats on the relaese<br /><br />Have Fun<br />HelenHelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03984438742736003285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-86308333869313675852011-07-29T22:25:15.999+10:002011-07-29T22:25:15.999+10:00Hi Fiona,
Hmmm last time I remember getting lost w...Hi Fiona,<br />Hmmm last time I remember getting lost was just before a Romance Writers of Australia Conference (6 years ago in Melbourne). I went to the airport to meet Lucy Monroe and raced out from the car and to the international arrivals lounge. Waited a while and then met up with the lovely Lucy and her gorgeous family. Stayed with them while they hired a car and waved them off with directions on how to get to their motel... and then went back to go to my car and realized I hadn't taken note of where I'd parked! So I had to go back to the arrivals lounge and then retrace my steps back to my car. Since then I ALWAYS make a mental note of where I am before I head off from a car park :)<br /><br />I LOVE all of Fiona's wonderful Medicals and lucky me has already read Boomerang Bride and I can promise you it's a fantastic read! Its' so different to her Medicals and yet just as wonderful. Love it. Love it. love it! <br /><br />Thanks for having the lovely Fiona as your special guest blogger, Rachel. <br />HugsSerenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00826387370008053308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-26208502513088884812011-07-29T22:16:02.188+10:002011-07-29T22:16:02.188+10:00Hi Fiona!! Congratulations on your upcoming releas...Hi Fiona!! Congratulations on your upcoming release - it sounds awesome, I'm really looking forward to reading it :)<br />Hmmm, the last time I got lost? Believe it or not it was just the other day here in my home town where I grew up and have lived for a good 2/3 of my life! I hadn't been to one part of town for ages and ages and post-earthquake lots of roads have been cut off or routes redirected... got hopelessly lost for a while there...Natalie Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08865508188630650384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-36741967662416486002011-07-29T21:10:00.255+10:002011-07-29T21:10:00.255+10:00LOL - Rach it's the 2nd time it's happened...LOL - Rach it's the 2nd time it's happened to us. I should have remembered they close all the doors at the shopping centre after a certain time! BWGMel Teshcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12945507690555119380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-38156841905043482722011-07-29T21:06:44.763+10:002011-07-29T21:06:44.763+10:00Robbie, how cool that you almost learned French! I...Robbie, how cool that you almost learned French! I did a term of French in grade 8. I pretty much just remember chocolate eclair.Rachel Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200504088343160284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-12932069529288831422011-07-29T21:04:00.155+10:002011-07-29T21:04:00.155+10:00Helen, I wonder if that other meeting thought you ...Helen, I wonder if that other meeting thought you were a spy...?Rachel Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200504088343160284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-65256645002211886332011-07-29T18:13:02.443+10:002011-07-29T18:13:02.443+10:00LOL, Robyn. Once I French lessons were we ate chee...LOL, Robyn. Once I French lessons were we ate cheese and drank wine and we were supposed to speak French too. the wine didn't help me!!! AWw on the cat!Fiona Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288636480105248658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-75234793996416427122011-07-29T18:10:54.809+10:002011-07-29T18:10:54.809+10:00Helen, that sounds like a GREAT opening scene to a...Helen, that sounds like a GREAT opening scene to a book!!! So glad ypunlove the cover, thankyou!Fiona Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288636480105248658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-45877332122327292712011-07-29T18:07:40.297+10:002011-07-29T18:07:40.297+10:00Michelle, we have a family folklore story from whe...Michelle, we have a family folklore story from whenI was a kid and we werenon a car rally. Dad over ruled mum at a T intersection and we got so horribly lost after that we had to open the help envelope!Fiona Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288636480105248658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-36314767207978422372011-07-29T18:04:22.449+10:002011-07-29T18:04:22.449+10:00Helene, I'm sure your passengers appreciate th...Helene, I'm sure your passengers appreciate that you don't tend to get lost!Fiona Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288636480105248658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-20444905797344538712011-07-29T17:38:22.154+10:002011-07-29T17:38:22.154+10:00Helene, I'm glad you don't get lost easily...Helene, I'm glad you don't get lost easily! Though that Japanese airport sounds like it would challenge just about anyone.Rachel Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200504088343160284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-81720798358026617012011-07-29T17:23:48.580+10:002011-07-29T17:23:48.580+10:00Michelle, that's adorable, lol. I'm glad y...Michelle, that's adorable, lol. I'm glad you and your DH have been able to come to an understanding that works for you. ;)Rachel Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200504088343160284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-8714795773611060512011-07-29T17:21:01.944+10:002011-07-29T17:21:01.944+10:00Mel, I'll remember that story if I ever plan t...Mel, I'll remember that story if I ever plan to meet you somewhere at a shopping centre. And I'll take a mobile phone with me! :)Rachel Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200504088343160284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-36934637674927882892011-07-29T15:53:14.501+10:002011-07-29T15:53:14.501+10:00Yay Fiona!! I'm so excited for your big releas...Yay Fiona!! I'm so excited for your big release!!! I truly can't wait to read it. =)<br />I used to take French lessons...or rather a friend and I would meet after work in the city, go to a fave restraurant after which we were supposed to attend class. Usually to stay with the nachos and sangria was far more tempting. lol. Still, I *love* the French language. <br />Robbie, who has a black and white cat.Robyn Gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16397395873217056254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-37855227494331032182011-07-29T15:39:34.892+10:002011-07-29T15:39:34.892+10:00Great post Fiona. Looking forward to reading Boome...Great post Fiona. Looking forward to reading Boomerang Bride.<br /><br />Getting lost ... ahem ... I can turn around three times and get lost. I think my most embaressing moment was when I turned up for a safety course for the company I worked for at an off site location - walked in and sat down (late cos I couldn't find a parking spot)Ten minutes into the meeting and I realised I was at the wrong session with a group of managers from a rival retail company. Turns out I was actually in the wrong building. So, yeah, turn me around three times and I lose my way :)<br /><br />CheersHelen Laceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430510162241437623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-83260499787163854232011-07-29T14:49:07.073+10:002011-07-29T14:49:07.073+10:00Fiona, what a beautiful cover and the story sounds...Fiona, what a beautiful cover and the story sounds wonderful too! <br /><br />Getting lost isn't something I do often - it would be an occupational hazard if I did! - but something about Japan seems to tilt my sense of direction. We recently spent a day trying to get a flight out of Narita airport shuffling between terminals as each aircraft left fully booked without us. After our gazzillionth reposition to yet another bench with a power point so I could charge the laptop and check loads, I headed to the bathroom. Somehow it took me twenty minutes, and a lot of 'nonchalant' strolling, before I stumbled across my husband, the bags and the computer again. He'd just about given up and figured he was going to be stuck in Japan in an endless time warp...Helene Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03642970292885499132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-61290992530253753262011-07-29T14:22:40.903+10:002011-07-29T14:22:40.903+10:00Mel, I have been horrendously lost in carparks! Wh...Mel, I have been horrendously lost in carparks! When my youngest was 5 weeks old I lost the car at the Royal Melbourne Show. Took me an hour to find it!!<br /><br />Boomerang Bride is the only book of mine that started from an image. I wish I had more of them! I'm so glad you love the cover...I do too:-)Fiona Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288636480105248658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-3822295751527748312011-07-29T14:21:20.352+10:002011-07-29T14:21:20.352+10:00Hi Fiona and Rach, great interview ladies!
Boomer...Hi Fiona and Rach, great interview ladies!<br /><br />Boomerang Bride sounds like a brilliant read, Fiona! Love the image of the bride staring into a shop window holding a teetering cake. :-)<br /><br />You know, it's been a while since I've been lost. My particular talent, however, is at T-intersections -- I will always invariably choose the wrong direction and have to track back. My dh will now ask, which way... and then chooses the direction opposite (and that seems to be working for us ;-) at the moment).Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-89146190757820492712011-07-29T14:18:15.841+10:002011-07-29T14:18:15.841+10:00Hi Fiona,
what a gorgeous cover, and I really lov...Hi Fiona,<br /><br />what a gorgeous cover, and I really love how you visualized something and then made it into a book! (it's almost always how I start too).<br />My children had a few rats as they grew up, they make great pets, and the cats just seemed to know not to go near them - in fact, they were a little scared of them LOL!!<br />The last time I got lost was at the sunshine plaza after the movies - my daughter and I trying to find our way back to the carpark!! LOL. We ended up asking a bouncer who let us out the back door...Mel Teshcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12945507690555119380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-76384845190692519712011-07-29T13:01:24.527+10:002011-07-29T13:01:24.527+10:00Rach, I had mice when I was at uni. I remember hav...Rach, I had mice when I was at uni. I remember having one put down when he was sick and the vet used such a small amount of the drug that he didn't charge me for it. Still so sad!Rachel Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200504088343160284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-56900887720472754012011-07-29T12:44:43.956+10:002011-07-29T12:44:43.956+10:00Thanks, RACH! I won DH over with the line, 'ch...Thanks, RACH! I won DH over with the line, 'children take you to places that you never expected to go and you need to take the journey.' He became fond of them pretty quickly too.Fiona Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288636480105248658noreply@blogger.com