tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post7343268824644653311..comments2024-01-06T11:19:53.852+00:00Comments on Kate Walker: Dear MS ConnellKate Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17277223651288830541noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-41639789526313905142011-05-25T20:46:39.772+01:002011-05-25T20:46:39.772+01:00Absolutely, Carolie - total tosh! I half considere...Absolutely, Carolie - total tosh! I half considered never mentioning it because doing so gives it publicity - but then I thought that if we don't challenge such prejudices adn stereotypes, that's how they come to persist. And it was so wrong! I keep waiting for the DM to post the rest of the comments on that article - I know there were more than the 24 shownKate Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277223651288830541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-75770866245159903772011-05-25T20:44:41.659+01:002011-05-25T20:44:41.659+01:00gaelikaa - please do add your photo to the page -...gaelikaa - please do add your photo to the page - it was the RNA which was given such an inaccurate write up - and the RNA includes not yet published writers as well as the published onesKate Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277223651288830541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-58018428800476720582011-05-25T20:43:14.151+01:002011-05-25T20:43:14.151+01:00Hello Rachael - they are great pics - and no one h...Hello Rachael - they are great pics - and no one has yet claimed my prize for finding a Romantic Novelist with a blue rinse . . . does this mean I have to give a prize to the DM reporter? Hope not - but no, I don't believe she saw any blue rinses at the party either!Kate Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277223651288830541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-29915164777527561732011-05-25T20:41:44.211+01:002011-05-25T20:41:44.211+01:00Hi Sharon - of all the glamoprous romantic novelis...Hi Sharon - of all the glamoprous romantic novelists I know you are definitely someone who fits that description. And you were at the RNA party so how did the reporter miss you? She obvioulsy wasn't looking - had her mind set on blue rinses and twinsetsKate Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277223651288830541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-40214568631072792622011-05-25T20:40:10.024+01:002011-05-25T20:40:10.024+01:00Hi TT - I haven't been able to find a blue ri...Hi TT - I haven't been able to find a blue rinse anywhere either. Perhaps the Daily Mail reporter knows something we don't? But a friend locally is planning on opening a 'retro' hair salon - perhaps they might offer blue rinses there?Kate Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277223651288830541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-27793213582437643822011-05-25T20:38:38.829+01:002011-05-25T20:38:38.829+01:00Thank you Jill. It's not my idea but clever Ka...Thank you Jill. It's not my idea but clever Kate Johnson's - and the This is What A Romantic Novelist Looks Like campaign is growing. I agree with you about people who rubbish popular fiction - or films or TV - I am so proud of the fact that so many thousands of people enjoy what I write.Kate Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277223651288830541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-61085147225532132692011-05-25T12:28:44.030+01:002011-05-25T12:28:44.030+01:00Grrr - I read that article - and it was a load of ...Grrr - I read that article - and it was a load of tosh! Caroline xCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005714506570642538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-13712270941651236032011-05-25T08:39:44.009+01:002011-05-25T08:39:44.009+01:00I should add my own face to that - I've writte...I should add my own face to that - I've written romance too, albeit yet unpublished. But still!Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977676093756206414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-87750508997944373842011-05-24T11:23:08.344+01:002011-05-24T11:23:08.344+01:00Great pics - not a blue rinse in sight!Great pics - not a blue rinse in sight!Rachael Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12848406521940836271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-44839797861440641882011-05-24T09:09:58.631+01:002011-05-24T09:09:58.631+01:00Gosh, what very glamourous women these all are (ap...Gosh, what very glamourous women these all are (apart from Roger, of course)!Sharon Kendrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006524698711143868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-5383941535568733822011-05-24T07:36:52.699+01:002011-05-24T07:36:52.699+01:00Can't get hold of a blue rinse anywhere. Does ...Can't get hold of a blue rinse anywhere. Does that mean I can't be a romantic novelist? Blast... there I was raring to go, found the pearls, ignored the twin set..... maybe blond to hide the grey highlights would do instead. must ask .......Raven McAllanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10915314417510492991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-10792261712191318922011-05-23T21:12:37.499+01:002011-05-23T21:12:37.499+01:00What a wonderful response.
Whenever people tear ...What a wonderful response. <br />Whenever people tear down romance fiction (or any type of popular fiction), I honestly wonder how insecure and unhappy they must be to feel threatened by people they don't know working hard to entertain and bring happiness to millions of people.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15364220221782320521noreply@blogger.com