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2008-10-27 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Rantburg Author achieves Internet Noteriety

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-10-27 07:22|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Thanks NS! The Trilogy has lashings of everything readers want in a historical novel set in Texas - romance, adventure, feuds, Indian raids, a couple of wars... and cows. Lots of cows!

Posted by Sgt. Mom">Sgt. Mom 2008-10-27 10:06|| http://www.celiahayes.com]">[http://www.celiahayes.com] 2008-10-27 10:06|| Front Page Top

#2 SM:

How were they treated during WW2?

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2008-10-27 10:19|| 2008-10-27 10:19|| Front Page Top

#3 They were turned into beef for our troops.

Posted by Steve White 2008-10-27 10:36|| 2008-10-27 10:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Sgt: Kersfees shopping a bit early. Your royalties just went up by three copies.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-10-27 10:45|| 2008-10-27 10:45|| Front Page Top

#5 The Germans or the cows, Jack?
The Germans were eyed with a bit of suspicion during World War One, unfortunatly - which is when they began switching over to teaching more English in the schools. I haven't seen that there was any particular hostility directed against them in World War Two - because of course, they had all been in Texas for nearly a hundred years by then. The Germany they had come from was long-gone by that point.

The commander of the Navy in the Pacific during WWII was Chester Nimitz, whose grandfather, C.H. Nimitz was one of the early settlers of Fredericksburg, Texas. C.H. appears as a fairly prominent character in all three books.

As for the cows, what Steve said.

(I have also been informed by my publisher that True West Magazine will have a review of Book One in the next issue. I haven't actually seen the review yet, so my fingers are still crossed as to if it will actually appear...)

Posted by Sgt. Mom">Sgt. Mom 2008-10-27 10:49|| http://www.celiahayes.com]">[http://www.celiahayes.com] 2008-10-27 10:49|| Front Page Top

#6 congratulations!

Posted by Querent 2008-10-27 13:03|| 2008-10-27 13:03|| Front Page Top

#7 Well, Sgt Mom, if it has lots of cows, I'm gonna have to check it out. ;)

Congrats!

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2008-10-27 19:32|| 2008-10-27 19:32|| Front Page Top

#8 Cool, Sgt. Mom! Congrats. :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-27 19:35|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-10-27 19:35|| Front Page Top

#9 Barbara - you are getting autographed copies of all three, along about December 10th-ish. You don't need to ask why - you just are.

Posted by Sgt. Mom">Sgt. Mom 2008-10-27 20:49|| http://www.celiahayes.com]">[http://www.celiahayes.com] 2008-10-27 20:49|| Front Page Top

#10 Wow, Sgt. Mom - that's very generous and I thank you.

Know what I'm reading over Christmas. :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-27 21:27|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-10-27 21:27|| Front Page Top

#11 Nd New Years as well - Book three clocks in at nearly 500 pages...

Yes, if I had done it as all one book - it would be about the thickness of a brick and a serious safety hazard under some circumstances...

Posted by Sgt. Mom">Sgt. Mom 2008-10-27 22:44|| http://www.celiahayes.com]">[http://www.celiahayes.com] 2008-10-27 22:44|| Front Page Top

#12 Mmmm.... Beef....Romance....

Mikeylikesit.

Go sgt mom!!!

Hip-hip-hooray!!!

Posted by Mike N. 2008-10-27 23:14|| 2008-10-27 23:14|| Front Page Top

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