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Welcome Kathleen!  I haven’t read you before but I certainly will now.  I love stories set in Indian Country.  I’m running out the door for work so (sniff sniff) I won’t be around for most of the day’s fun but I’ll pop back in when I get home.

Love the Barbies!  I still have my two original Barbies that I was given for Christmas and my birthday the second year of Barbie production along with most of their extensive wardrobe.  Sorry Connie, mine are spoken for too.

Have fun today ladies.  Catch you on the flip side.

PJ

Kathleen -

I love wounded heroes as well. Can’t wait to read your book! I’m an military brat myself and graduated from high school in the Philippines - I’m sure we have similar stories. I have a quirky sense of humor, but I don’t think it came from my scandinavian mom! Love Viggo too - ruggedly handsome. PS - just went to my 30th reunion and all the “cool kids” were just like everyone else....raising kids, gained a few pounds, lost a little hair and valuing their friendships a little more.

Welcome Kathleen!
What a great story! Can’t wait to read it..and I love the cover art!!
We are a military family and did get to visit Iwo Jima (hubby is a Marine) extremely moving experience. So many lives lost on that island..
I’m not a huge Tom Cruise or Kevin Costner fan, but I thought “The Last Samurai” was very good. I thought he really captured the brokeness of the civil war soldier..
also Kevin in “Dances w/Wolves” was along those same lines, I thought it was (is) an amazing movie from a lot of standpoints, an interesting depiction of Native Americans/lost civil war soldiers..wonder what you think?

Hi Kathleen,

wounded/ tortured heroes are my favorite kind of heroes beside strong alphas.

I am really looking forward to read your new book

Kathleen,

I haven’t read you before either, but I definitely will.  With which book should we new readers start?  I also love wounded heroes and am a military brat.

I’m also completely lacking in cool (just ask my kids) and still have my original Barbie (Twist and turn brunette flip) and Skipper with their clothes, which my daughter doesn’t actually want.  Maybe we can talk, Connie.

I enjoyed reading your blog and also loved HILDAGO.  Welcome!

You may have not have been cool in 8th grade, but you certain seem to have caught up. The book sounds great and I enjoy the wounded hero story line.

Wounded hero? Dare in Jo Beverley’s To Rescue a Rogue.

Barbies? Our dog Archie chewed all the heads off them. I guess he didn’t care for their anatomical incorrectness.

Welcome, Kathleen! I studied a bit about the Lakota tribe when I taught one of those Magic Tree House books...Buffaloes Before Breakfast. I imagine you know a whole lot more than I do!

My code is morning81...the # of my childhood home. I can’t go home again.

Welcome Kathleen!  I was a little worried when I heard that we were going to have an eagle in the henhouse but my mind was set at ease when I heard it was you.

And it was so funny because I read your blog in Draft form last night and then dreamed about a gorgeous Lakota guy all night!  Go Kathleen!

Welcome Kathleen!

Wounded heroes are wonderful. *sigh* I’m with you on Viggo’s character in Hidalgo.  I really liked that movie.  My favorite wounded movie hero is Wolverine of the X-men.  I think that’s because of my Hugh Jackman obsession though.  Book-wise my fav is Justin from Teresa’s Once an Angel.

BTW, I love your vintage Barbies.  Mom and Dad gave me a Barbie every year for Christmas when I was little.  It was always the gift I couldn’t wait to open.

I don’t have any wounded heroes, but I love your writing.

Hello Kathleen!

I’ve never read you before either, but I love wounded heroes and white women sojourning in Indian Country stories, and your blog had me captivated, so I will definitely go pick up your books.

My favorite wounded heroes would have to be Bran from Son of Shadows by Juliet Marillier, or Colonel Brandon (a.k.a Alan Rickman, yum!) from Sense and Sensibility (does he qualify?). 

Also, I stand to inherit my grandma’s massive Barbie collection sometime in the, hopefully very far away, future.  It’s such a wonderful gift to leave the next generation, I think.

I’m so glad you dropped by because I tend to stick with only a few authors, and I’m so happy to add another to my list.

I love wounded heroes.  Loved Hidalgo!

Hi Kathleen,
I have never read you either but I will definitely go out and read you now.

I also love wounded heros. I think almost any woman wants to know atleast one wounded hero....she wanting to be the one who helps him be whole again. Never saw the movie Hidalgo but wanted to so I will have to go and rent it.

As for barbies I don’t have any of my original ones. But I recently found the Princess’s of the World collection that they did and I love them. So I collect any new ones that I can find.

And as for cool. I was never cool. I had one best friend all through out high school and that was it. All of the “cool” girls were too busy getting in trouble and I was made to be a good girl...so there you have it.

Can’t wait to get your book!

Hi Kathleen,

I have every one of your books.  I have loved your books since reading the very first one!  Someday I would like to have you sign ‘some of them’!  I just bought RAPP, and I can’t wait to start it.

I can testify that those of you who haven’t read a Kathleen Eagle book have already have a present waiting for you this Christmas! She does strong, wounded heroes like no one else, and we are talking WOUNDS here. ANd they are all DANGEROUS, too. My personal favorite commibination. But the absolite best part of her books, os how her characters are so real, three dimenxional.

My fave Kathleen story is how once she and I and Anna Seymour drove five hours to Soith Dakota for a book signing. People were very nice to me and Anna, chatty, personable...But Kathleen. They saw her across the store and tears started in thier eyes. The books she’s written had touched them so deeply they couldn’t respons any other way. One woman had driven 6 hours just to meet her. The kicker… her husbanmd had brought her and THAT was her birthday present.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve never been a birthday present (okay there was that time with the cellophane wrap in ‘07
with Gavid but not as a writer!)

Welcome Kathleen!

P.S> (The Barbies are creepy)

Ok, i loved the blog. The new book sounds totally awesome. Seems like you have some very interesting stories to tell, no wonder you are such a gifted author. thanks and Happy Holidays!!

Hey, don’t pick on Kathleen!  I’ve got Barbies, Connie!  They’re just not classic.  They’re all princesses and ballet dancers from Swan Lake. Come to think of it, they’re watching me even as I type this blog with their big blue eyes and their tiny waists and their improbably large breasts and small pointy feet. 

Wait...you’re right...they are creepy...did you hear that?  Was it the sound of tiny plastic stiletto heels creeping across my office?  Aaarrgggh!!!

Welcome Kathleen!

“Nana” can’t be true, you must have been a child bride.

I love wounded heroes.  I think (for me) it is about the heroine rescuing the hero whether he wants it or not and whether he admits it or not (atleast out loud).

Jamie Frazier is one that comes instantly to mind at the end of Outlander.  He was so lost, cared not if he lived or died and Claire was the only one who could and would rescue him and give him back his life.

BTW loved Adam Beach in Windtalkers and the scene the pic is from especially.

Good morning, Squawk fans!  Guess what?  It’s raining here this morning.  December 12, Twin Cities, and it’s raining.  If this keeps up you’ll be looking for lake property in MN for your winter getaways.

Ms Mary--Dances With Wolves is one of my faves.  Filmed in beautiful SD, and we had friends who were extras.  You should hear them “do” Coster as narrator.  Funny stuff.  What made the movie, imo, was the portrayal of Indians by Indians and the little human moments, like Graham Green tossing the doll out of his bed.  We’d never seen moments like that in Westerns before.  And the soldier’s side of it is pretty good, too.  A soldier’s life must have been grueling in those days, even when you weren’t being shot at.  My Swedish immigrant grandfather was in the cavalry during the Spanish American War and then stationed in the Southwest at the turn of the century.  He died when I was 6 at the age of 87, and I’ve been trying to get his military records, just out of curiosity.  But back to DWW--so much to love about that movie--use of the language, cinematography, music, Native actors.  Lots of mistakes because the book was about a different tribe.  But overall, good stuff and certainly groundbreaking.

Hi Kathy

I survived as an Air Force Brat in Massachusetts as well I, too, suffered a few awkward years as I tried to lose the Nebraskan accent and “fit in” with the Izods and Nike’s.  Not an easy thing.  However, it’s my home now and I wouldn’t trade Autumn in New England for anything.

Your book sounds wonderful!  And I look forward to reading it.

I’m definitely putting Ride a Painted Pony on my TBB pile.

Hi, Kathleen!

Add my name to the list of readers who are eager to get hold of “Ride a Painted Pony.” Romance and horses, what a combination!

Wounded heroes?  Jamie Frasier is always good.  Actually, I like all my characters wounded--heroines, too.

I’ve never been a Barbie fan but I do have a big collection of Breyer horse models.  I’m glad to say that I now have a niece who shares my interests.  With the collection transfer starting at one horse per year (last year’s Christmas pick was a chestnut mare), I should be able to make it into my twilight years before running out of reasons for her to come visit ...

Greta

Theresa, my sister, another Barbie fan!  Come on, guys, Barbies are not creepy.

Okay, the “Miss Barbie” doll was creepy. They didn’t make that one for very long.  Her open-and-close eyes were very weird. 

I do ponytails through the mods (late 50’s-about ‘72).  My childhood Barbie was a bubblecut, but I don’t have any of my original toys.  Military brat, remember.  My mother was not a saver of stuff back then.  Maybe that explains my E-Bay insanity period.  I had to go cold turkey to break the habit, but not before I had accumulated way too many vintage Barbie outfits, piece by piece.

Anyone know of a good 12-step program for E-Bay addicts?

Hello, Kathleen!

I had the pleasure of meeting you several years ago at NJRWA -you were in the midst of planning your daughter’s wedding. You came across as warm and funny.

I am anxiously awating Christmas to see if Santa brings me RaPP.

Di

Hey, Kathleen!  You had me at he’s on his way to pay the last installment and pick up the stud of his dreams .  Where does this take place, in the Village? 

I love the way you blush when people say naughty things to you.

No, really, I’ve read “Ride a Painted Pony,” and it’s, like, my fave Kathleen Eagle ever.  And don’t think it’s not tricky for her to do wounded well, cause she’s starting out with Indian men as heroes, so she’s got to work around and through any stereotypes—even unintentional—society brings to those guys.  So, you’ve got her tortured, broken-souled men, but we never pity them.  That’s the sign of craft.

I don’t care what Connie says, Kathleen, anyone who knows that Barbie Rules is cool to me.  But God has given me a daughter who won’t even look at Barbie, so God indeed has a sense of humor.  And it’s an evil one.

having lived for a good many years on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, I know what you are speaking of. i have enjoyed reading your stories over a number of years. an ARC? I could possibly win an ARC? wow

I love wounded heroes...how can you not love a big strong man that needs some healing...sigh...they are my favorite reads...especially if you throw in a little alpha into the mix...double sigh…

Betty--

When did Nikes and Izods replace Weejuns?  I was out of step in my American Girls--Mama wouldn’t “pony up” for Weejuns.  The style in those days was “prep.” (Still available from Talbots, Land’s End, L.L. Bean.) Vs. the “continentals” or the “hoods.” I watched a Bratz dvd with my granddaughter last night and said, “Whoa.  Look at those clothes!  Are these girls Hoods?” Actually the mod era owed a lot to the “continentals.” Anybody remember Beatle boots?  Remember what they were called before the Beatles made them all the rage?  Can’t say--politically very incorrect.  The good ol’ days had some bad ol’ ways.

I love New Englan in the fall.  My sister still lives in CT.

Michelle, I spent several years giving my daughter Barbies.  She only played with the animals that came with some of the sets.  I quit when I realized my mom and I were the ones actually playing with Barbie - we were dressing the Barbies and fixing their hair to my daughter’s complete disinterest.

Hi Kathleen, love the excerpts from Ride A Painted Pony.  Very neat setup with the Barbies/horse.  Collections are great and then to pass along to someone later.

I have never read a story about an Indian before.  By what you all say I am definetly going to have to pick up one of Kathleen’s books.  I love to read about wounded heros because they have so much to overcome.  It makes for a really good story.  Look at Wolverine, Batman, and the Phantom.  They all have things in the past that still come around to haunt them but these guys are really dark and extremely sexy.  You just want to love them.  It keeps you in the story with them.

Tiffina, I love your photo!  Who laces you up in back? 

Michelle, you sweet thang!  Gotta tell a little story about my hoof-in-mouth moment with Michelle.  Jenny Crusie was here last fall for our chapter’s 25th anniversary celebration, and I wanted to be the one to intro Michelle, who was all dressed up in the cutest outfit--bustier, tall boots with sort of a Lord Fauntleroy jacket and knee britches--oh, to be able to wear an outfit like that!  I can’t remember what all I said in my little intro, but what rang in my Sudafed-plugged ears (I was sick--that’s my story) was “Isn’t she a doll!” Ugh!  I sounded like one of our local legislators who got all kinds of publicity for introducing Laura Bush to a crown with “Isn’t she a cupcake!”

Sorry, Michelle.  That was so hoof-in-mouth.  I’m sort of a transitional girl (which would be pre-material girl).  Our grandmothers were Victorians, mothers were Rosie the Riveters turned wife of Father Knows Best, and our daughters are… Who are our daughters?  Have we reached liberated womanhood yet?

Will def. try this book!

now, what is this about scandinavians having no humor?????

I’ll have you know we take humor very seriously…

sounds good.

Welcome Kathleen.  I just want to say I love your writing.  Love your books!  I’m looking forward to reading Ride a Painted Pony.

Welcome, Kathleen. 

I’ve always enjoyed your books.  My mother-in-law never missed buying your latest--no doubt, she’s in heaven enjoying them all again.

Jamie Frasier tops my favorite wounded hero.  My heart just breaks for him and all that he and Claire endure.

I also loved Hidalgo and Viggo--beautiful scenery.

Your Barbies are great.  My 7 year old daughter adores Barbies.  I think they multiply at night when no one is watching.  Every day I do into her room there seem to be more.

Welcome, Kathleen! It’s always a thrill to read your books, and the new one is wonderful!

As for me being one of the cool girls ... My glasses were taped in the middle during my Sophmore year of high school.

Beat that, nerdlets.

Oh, I am really looking forward to your new book, Kathleen! Christmas is not far away after all…

tortured heros- they usually make for heartwrenching stories and who can resist that?

I loved “Hidalgo”. It´s one of my favourite movies!

Awesome! I can’t wait to read it.

FYI - the link to the other blog did not work. The link says http://www.ridingwiththetopdown.blogspot.com but the link is going to http://www.ridingwiththetopdown.com

I love the vintage Barbies. I still love Barbie. Fortunately, two of my girls also love Barbie. I owe my deeply rooted love for bimbo clothing to Barbie.

I really loved the Night Remembers. It was such a good book.

OK, Kath, can I just say the bustier was tasteful and they were 4 inch acrylic platforms, not thigh-high boots.  But to your sudafed-addled mind…

Anywayz, yeah, It was the way I’d always dreamed of being introduced to one of the smartest—and most feminist—women in romance.  I think even Bob Mayer was embarrassed for me.

But here’s the thing:  I know you always mean well, you always are takin up for the underdog and have a super-intense sense of social justice.  So I guess I can forgive you that one teeny gaff. 

BTW, I love a tortured hero who takes it out on everyone around him til he falls in love with the right woman.  But that’s just me.

I love the Barbies also.  Barbie and I are the same age, and in fact we could be twins.  I have been collecting Barbies for a number of years, but I believe I’ve only got one of those Barbies in the picture.  You’d better hide the rest.

Those of you who haven’t read Kathleen yet are in for SUCH a treat. Prepare yourselves for a major glom. She’s been one of my faves since she wrote for Silhouette. (You should look for those titles, too!)

Hi, Kathleen! It’s so great of you to come squawk with us! I can’t wait to dive into your newest!

Hey, Connie, don’t be dissin’ Barbie on this blog. Barbie rules, baby.

Oh, boy! My code word is recently33. Yeah, yeah. I did recently turn 33. How did it know?

So weird about the link to my blog.  It’s http://www.ridingwiththetopdown.blogspot.com/

What’s weird is that in the e-mail that came from Kristia’s post, the link works, as does the link in her post.  But it’s not working from the link in my blog.  Hmmm.

Do visit us.  Betina Krahn (one of our Riders) has a blog up today.

Kathy and her Creepy Barbies...where to begin? It wouldn’t be so off-putting except Kathy has these Babrie dioramas in her office and to wander in in there unforewarned....yeow. There’s things going on in that Dream House, let me tell you.

But what I really wanted to do was out another squawker (s) guess who else worhips at the Barbie shrine? Surprisingly, not me.

Come on, you know who you are! fess up!

Ride a Painted Pony is on my TBB list--and was even before I read your blog. I love your books; my favorite is The Last Good Man. There are very few heroes in romance that I believe in as wholeheartedly as I believe in Clay Keogh. Just thinking about him makes my heart melt.

Um, Connie? I thought I just did…

Liz, who subscribed to BARBIE magazine when she was a kid.

Oh, and by the way, it’s not worship. It’s adoration. There’s a big, BIG difference, ya know.

I have 2 boys.  Barbie is a thing of the past for me.  Although, I can’t resist walking down the aisle when I’m at Wal-mart.
I haven’t read any of your books yet Kath but wounded heroes are my absolute fave, I can’t wait to read them.
TTFN

LOL Now I’m gonna have to date myself…

I’m the class of ‘85.  The “cool” kids (or rather the Preps) wore layered Izods with the collars up...preferably in pastels with Calvin Klein jeans and white Nike’s with the red swoosh.  Then you had the Freaks (black leather, multiple earrings and the occasional mohawk--funny how that still applies) and the Jocks (looked like the Preps but had that added bit of cache from a team that NEVER loses)

Me?  I had a little rebel in me that lived in polka dots, purple, hats and the occassional leather jacket.  I hung out with the gang labeled the “Hawthorne Effect”...geeks and proud of it! LOL I guess there never was going to be “fitting in”.

Michelle...wait...am I remembering dark stockings?  (Who says stockings?  My grandmother said “hose” and Mama said stockings.  We called them nylons.  Later pantyhose.  These days they’re probably called long gones.  No way hose(s)?)

The bustier was to die for, ladies.  So cool!  Now I remember the shoes.  Barbie shoes.  They were gorgeous.  I was confusing you with Lois Greiman.  Not that night, but days later when I did the Deep Valley Book Festival with Lois dressed in the cutest outfit (you can see it on the Dec news page at http://www.kathleeneagle.com) with knee boots and britches. 

Pity me, Squawkers.  How’s a Nana supposed to get noticed when she’s hanging out with gorgeous chicks like Michelle Buonfiglio and Lois Greiman???

Hey Kathleen,
I also have not read any of your books, but wounded heroes are my favorite so the reading will start. at least after i finish my finals this week. i hate finals!!!
also wanted to mention that your barbies are cool, but since you can not see them that clearly they are kind of freaky.

Hi Kathleen!

I enjoyed your blog and it was cool.

Yes, I saw that Liz, but you’re not the only one infected, ah, I mean affected. Come iut little squawlers.

And Donna, you have no idea…

In fact, looking at that Barbie picture I am overcome with a desire to CAPTION THIS!

Plaid Babrie to Polka Dot Barbie: Why does Brunette Barbie always sit on Pony’s tail?

!!!

Viggo in Hidalgo and in LOTR--he’s a wounded soul no matter what he plays in, I think. 

My favorite wounded heroes in books are Sherrilyn Kenyon’s DarkHunters.  They’ve got issues...and they’re quick witted and funny about it.

I think I like most of my books with wounded heroes...that’s the ultimate fantasy, I think.  Cause we know by the end of the book they won’t be broken anymore...something to do with “he needs me” mentality.

Welcome, Kathleen! Love the way you redecorated the coop.

I haven’t read one of your books in ages - I am definitely going to have to add RAPP to my TBR pile. (And knowing me, I’ll be looking for all the ones I’ve missed shortly after LOL!)

Like Donna, I’m also studying for my finals and it’s hell, but I couldn’t refrain from making a few remarks about wounded heroes. They’re just too irresistible for words! Its their ability to call out to the heroine’s protective and nurturing nature...that sense of need to hold and kiss away all his inner and exterior wounds. *sigh dreamily*

One of my favourite wounded hero is probably Zarek from SK’s Dark-Hunters series.

Connie, your poorly concealed envy prompts me to straighten up the dioramas.  We’ve been playing in there lately and the rooms are such a mess!  (The house?  You mean the house I live in?  People can step over stuff.  Barbies can’t.)

I don’t have a Barbie Dream House.  Never liked them.  I have to do my own thing.

Hi Kathleen!

Great blog! It must be amazing living in Indian Country! I’m very excited to say that your books have reached New Zealand (my local library has the most amazing collection of books), so I’m looking forward to reading your new release..once it gets here that is

I’m definitely part of the ‘likes wounded heros’ group and I will admit to owning a Barbie (and a Daisy..or is that a sacreligious comment to make?) when I was younger.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone.

orannia

PS I hear about so many great authors and their books here! Thanks Squawkers!

I’ve not read any of your books, Kathleen, but I love horses and I love tortured heros, so it sounds like I should give one a try!

I didn’t collect Barbies, but ask me how many plastic horse figures I have.

LOL!

Hi Kathleen.. I slowly devour your books!  And those two words might look odd together but it’s true.  I savor each lyrical phrase, and each tension-building scene, each new facet of the characters, and yet i just devour the story!  I promise myself just one more page.. one more chapter.  Gotta make it last! And then i get caught up in it and it’s midnight! lol Can’t wait to read this new one.  Keep up the great writing!
KrisM

Hello Kathleen,

Welcome to squawradio. It’s a pleasure to have you here with us. I have not read any of your books yet but I look forward to reading them. They sound very good.

I love wounded hereos and the tough ones who knows how to get what they want *G*

WoW what a great story you had shared You came a long way. Congrad’s on becomming a writer Can’t wait to read some of your books.

Happy Holidays To You All

Hugssss
Linda.H.

I haven’t read any of your books yet but this one will defiently be on my Christmas list.

Wonderful post!  Your book sounds great!

OOPS! I forgot to say Kathleen that I find Native American history and culture fascinating - must have been the school project I did when I was 10 Add that into the mix with horses and wounded heroes....YAH!

orannia

For some reason, when Connie wrote “Barbie Dioramas,"I read it as Barbie Dominatrixes.  Now THAT’S creepy!  (Stop whipping me with that belt, Skipper!)

Welcome Kathleen!!

My favorite wounded hero (if you want to call him a hero) is Gregory House!  Poor guy can’t cut a break yet he’s out there saving lives! (Notice I completely ignored his personality) He’s in such pain and yet he is able to save all these people by figuring out what ails them!

So many of you mentioned Jamie from “Outlander” that I thought I’d say that I liked him a lot, too.  Until I reached the scene where he recounts the rape scene blow by blow to the woman he loves.  Coun’t buy that.  I just can’t see a “real” man (read alpha, hero, whatever) telling all that to the woman he loves.  I don’t care if she is a nurse.  The fact that it was in first person made it necessary, but it didn’t work for me.  Anyone else?  Otherwise, Jamie’s a great hero.  I loved him in the first part of the book.  Macho and innocent at the same time.

Now that I registered, I get to put up a photo.  Gorgeous or what?

Wait.  There’s no photo.  Why is there no photo?

hmm, try avatar?

Hi Kathleen. I love your books. I love wounded heroes. They touch my heart.

Avatar!  I thought that was the name of a cartoon hero.

It works.  What happens if I change it?  Can I do different Avatars?  I’m gonna try it.

Nope, they all change.  Here we are after getting takeout at the henhouse.

I love wounded heroes, too.  Sigh.  I consider Mayne to be a wounded hero (emotionally) from being rejected from all his “loves” and of course, Gabriel from Yours Til Dawn always makes me swoon. 

Just, why can’t these men exist in real life?  lol

I love Dances with Wolves and The Last of the Mohicans (but think that the book is so much better - the book ends differently and I was SHOCKED when I read it).  Sherman Alexie is a great Native American writer.  And there’s a story that I can’t remember the title of but it has a Native American girl as the main character who’s arm gets chopped off in order to save the man that she loves (it’s not a romance).  It was a really great story.

As to Barbies - I used to pay my sister to play Barbies with me.  I loved Barbies - my favorite one was a red-head Barbie that I named Kayla after a character from a soap -I used to make up stories.

Kathleen,

Lovely to see you over here - I visit on your own stomping ground, too. lol. Love your books; my favorite has to be The Last True Cowboy. That K.C., oh my. Have to say I think your book covers are something very special, also.

Joy

Hi, Joy!
Ah, K.C. Houston--one of my few non-wounded heroes.  Here’s a funny review tidbit.  Can’t remember which one, but a reviewer took umbrage with his name.  Said she didn’t like heroes with initials for a first name.  Sigh.  I named him after Clyde and me.

About new movies…
Our early New Year’s resolution is to see more movies in the theater after getting out of the habit, too often opting to wait for the dvd.  But we like the movie theater experience, especially in the afternoon when it’s cheaper and less crowded.

Lately we’ve seen and enjoyed:  Marie Antoinette, Iwo Jima, Bobby, Babel, and Stranger than Fiction.

What should we see this week?

Ride a Painted Pony sounds great - count me in as another wounded hero fan!  I am a nurse, and I do want to heal them.  And Viggo is awesome!  I think I drooled all through Hildago just looking at him.

No such thing as Scandanavian humor? I’ll have to stand up for my (adopted) Grandmother who was Scandanavian and a very funny woman - very dry wit.  Just tell Clyde “Uff Da”.

The characters you’ve described sound very interesting, I’ll have to put the book in my TBR list.

Hi Kathleen! Enjoyed your blog today.  My favorite wounded hero(if he can be called that) is Mr. Darcy.

Add me to the list of people who’ve never read this type of story but will definitely read one now.  Sounds very good and I am always looking for new authors to read.  The Squawkers have not steered me wrong yet.

As for Barbies, I don’t have any vintage barbies but about 10 years ago, a girlfriend and I went crazy at the toy store when they were having a promotion to get a FREE Barbie with a $50 or $75 purchase.  Originally, we were going to combine our purchases to get the free Barbie (for me) but my friend decided she wanted one too.  So, between the two of us, we left the store with about $200 worth of Barbies!!! 

After this initial Barbie Binge, I then developed the E-Bay addiction to add to my collection.  I tend to specifically look for Barbies with red hair (I was born blonde but am now very dark Auburn).  One of my favorites is the Barbie in London - love her outfit.  I also have a cheerleader Barbie from my college.

Then, there are the “diaramas”.  One year, my DH and DS got me a Wonder Woman Barbie.  DH collects comic books and super-hero action figures.  In my library, I have a circle of super heros bowing down before Wonder Woman Barbie.

I finally went cold turkey on the Barbies and am now wondering if I should start purging the Barbies acquired during my binge.  I don’t have any girls of my own and neither of my neices want them.

Thanks for a great blog today!  Lots of fun.

Ah, A new author to try....looking forward to your books Ms Kathleen.

CONNIE!

Naughty, naughty! LMAO!

Kathleen, I loved, loved, loved Sunrise Song. Keep up the good work! Can’t wait to get my hands on the new one. Wish my hubby read this blog, he’d find so many good ideas for my stocking!

Donna

Welcome Kathleen!  What a great story!  Oh, and I love the picture of your Barbies.  Awesome!

Hi Kathleen,

You have moved to the top of my TBR list.  I have never read any books about Native Americans except Tony Hillerman’s which are definitely not romantic.  Have you read 1000 White Women?  I haven’t read it yet but I would be interested in your thoughts about it.

Yay! I love your books!

Have also been to Iwo Jima… lucky us!

Welcome Kathleen!

I love when authors I have never read before are recommended.  I will dive right in and usually have to read everything they have ever written. It’s an addiction, what can I say.  I look forward to discovering your characters. 

Prudence

My favourite wounded heroes are Stuart’s Nihcolas Blackthorne from “A rose at midnight” and Simon Navarre from “Lord of Danger”, Balogh’s Adam Ridgeway from “The Secret Pearl”, Loretta Chase’s Dain of “Lord of Scoundrels” and Brockway’s Jack Seward starring in “All through the night”. I don’t know if I’d ever have the patience to be the one to heal a wounded hero, but I definately love reading about their lot.

Welcome Kathleen!  Ride a Painted Pony sounds great!  Some of my favorite wounded heroes are Christine Feehan’s heroes.

I love finding new authors to read.  Loved your bio.  You sound pretty darn cool to me.

Cooler than some people I know that think they are cool.

Zipped over to Borders and bought the purple book.  I liked the sound of the story line.  Will fluff up the pillows, turn down the down comforter and prop up in bed tonight and read, read, read.

i think you’re cool, kathleen!

:D

Welcome Kathleen Eagle! I too was unfamiliar with your writings. But any book that features a Wounded, Dangerous and a Three Dimensional Hero is an absolute must have for me. Can’t wait to get your hands on one of your books. And now, I beg the Squawkers indulgence in this, but since we are discussing American Indians…Here is a story that I thought that I should share.

Alas it is rainy where I am at today too. My house is shrouded in a thick, dense fog…which I love…because it makes me feel insulated against whatever might be lurking out there. You know stuff like famine and war and women with bad dye jobs and too much augmentation. Course on days like this I turn on the net and invariable end up on Squawk Radio where my carefully arranged insulation gets blown away.  Blown away Kathleen by two things you said. The first was: I’m here to tell you, outsiders are treated very well in Indian Country. Then you mentioned that The Gift of the Magi was your favorite Christmas story. Which made me remember…with startling clarity…the spring day back in 1991 when my dad brought The Three Indians to my DD hospital room. Three women. Three Indian Tribes. Each on as different and unique as their heritage. They came bearing gifts …gifts of drums and rattles, headbands and ancient songs. The three women, an Artist, a Maker of Drums and a Medicine Woman had come to help my family and I say “farewell”. Although that’s not the really right word. Perhaps I should say they had come to celebrate the moving on of my DD spirit to the next life. Everyone chose a drum or a rattle which we played while the Medicine Woman sang. She sang songs first in Native American and then in English. They were beautiful and full of sadness and hope at the same time. One in particular I remember spoke of “Grandmother I see your eyes…Grandfather I see your eyes…” And while she sang, the woman who made drums used some form of ancient Indian massage therapy to ease my daughter’s pain. Well, she didn’t just ease it …she made it go away. I was amazed; Everyone who entered that room was amazed. It truly was a miracle, and though my daughter’s pain would come back with a wicked vengeance…for a couple spiritually moving hours it was gone.  Ask me what is the best gift anyone ever gave me and I will say without a doubt it was those brought by Three Indian Magi …peace and freedom from pain and the fear of the inevitable fact that we will all pass from this life into the next. Today I learned that the woman who sang at my daughter’s bedside all those years ago has pass on.

God Bless you Mary. And thank you for sharing your culture with this Outsider. It is memory that I will all ways cherish.

Today I got out the Spirit Drum that I had made fifteen years ago in my daughter’s memory…and I played it for in memory of Mary. She was a teacher, facilitator, Contemporary American Indian Artist, and a Great, Generous Woman. Her name was Mary Iron Eyes and she died June 27, 2003 of pancreatic cancer.

Ride a Painted Pony sounds really good! Great cover too

What a heart-rending yet wonderful and deeply moving story, Julia. I’m so sorry for your daughter’s suffering and so thankful she had some hours respite. What a wonderful man your father must be. How ever did he find your Magi?

Thank you so much for sharing with us. Blessings!

Julie- beautiful… the story you tell- beautiful. Thank you for sharing it.

Kathleen, I love your books, and agree 100% with Viggo. :O). He is the perfect actor for your heroes.

Kathleen:  You have such an interesting life.  Can’t wait to try you out as a new author!

Oh, Julie, pilama ye--thank you for the gift of your story and the tears of wonder you brought me.  Oh my.  Can’t say more, just...mother to mother, my hands reach for yours. God bless you, dear one.

Hi Kathleen,
I’ve seen your books in the stores. Now it’s great to meet you here at the Squawk. We always learn from these extrordinary Chicks.

Good thing I keep tissues here by the computer. Julie always get to me wit her stories about her Daughter/Angel.

Welcome Kathleen!

Your story sounds great!  Wounded heroes make good stories.  I can’t wait to read it!  I really love the cover, too!

Hi Kathleen,

Can I say first and foremost that you don’t look like a grandmother (I’ve been told flattery always works )

Secondly, can I say you have excellent taste in both men and Barbies. I haven’t read much on the way of Native stories, but you got me curious enough with the wounded hero bit; plus the picture of Viggo M.

I’m a true Barbie fanatic, though my collection is paltry since my parents didn’t really believe in buying me Barbie dolls (no real reason, except that they were expensive where I lived). Sigh, envy your collection…

Kathleen:

As for the lacing…

I do it, I was taught by a great corset maker...and everytime my husband tried doing the lacing when I didn’t have a modesty panel on the back of the corset, he’d give me lace burn…

You get used to it! *g* (not the burn, unless of course it’s being removed in a hurry)

he-hem

As a real life movie theatre manager, I’m making the following recommendations for movie-goers…

See The Departed!  or if you’d like to cry and feel good and all that check out The Pursuit of Happyness (I didn’t spell it wrong...) or for action and a great body to drool over watch Casino Royale (this is not the Bond you know)

And for the entire family check out Happy Feet!  I have people of all ages dancing in the aisles during the credits!

Julia, your story is beautiful.  Such a wonderful example of the universal nature of the human spirit.

Thank you, Kathleen, for mentioning “Gift of the Magi” - you have me looking forward to Christmas Eve when my mother-in-law reads it to the family.

Lindsay

Julie, that’s a beautiful story!  It’s a good memory to be able to bring out among the difficult ones.

My youngest brother died unexpectedly in 1990.  There are days when to me it feels like yesterday, and I know my parents have those far more often.  As painful as it was for me, I can’t even conceive of a parent’s loss now that I have children.  (My son’s personality is incredibly like my brother’s, too.)

Thank you for sharing your story!

WoW looks like we have a full house tonight huh. I hope you are having a blast here Kathleen

Hugssss
Linda.H.

I probably wouldn’t have posted this story if I hadn’t Googled Mary Ironeyes and found…her obituary. She was such a celebrator of life that it seemed wrong not to tell her story in relation to mine. As I played my drum today…I remembered her singing the song about passing over and seeing her Grandmother eyes…And it seemed wrong not take the time to write what happened that day down. It was my way of singing “Mary I see you eyes…” And believe me; she did have the most amazing eyes. She was also one of the most memorable people I have ever met. My Dad loves the Art of Native People of North and South America. He is also a Teacher and Mary was a Teacher. So I believe that they met through their mutual friends…teachers and artists.  One other thing, I would like to take the opportunity to apologize for using the term Indians instead of Native Americans. Sorry.
Finally some words from a site that celebrates Mary Ironeyes: 

“Destiny” is the personal path that touches each of us — past, present and holds our future with divine majestic symbols.
These symbols have no measurement of time or place, but rather a place of balance.
Let us celebrate DESTINY and the precious moments it holds for each of us.
by Iron Eyes Israel

And can you believe it…my verification word was Respect48…WOW….

Oh my word, I have to say Bless You to julie, I have tears. That was beautiful and what an exceptional gift to recieve at such a time!

Kathleen, I love the kind of stories you write. I think western type stories are my faves, they’re just few and far between nowadays. Can’t wait to read RAPP!

My fave tortured hero is a toss up between Bit Carroway by Suzanne Enoch and Anvrai by Margo Macguire. I think I liked them because they were tortured spiritually and physically, just wonderfully written heroes.

On the Barbie front, I used to have one Barbie, the one in the early 80’s that had the perm in her hair and you could wet it and make it straight and then re-wet it and make it curly. Didn’t work, she ended up with the hairdo from Hades, and I gave up the Barbie’s.

I very much enjoy reading about wounded heroes. Your book sounds very good.

Barbie fans, most of my collection can be seen on my site http://www.kathleeneagle.com--take the “fun stuff” button.  I’ve put more time in on those pages than the book promo pages.  (I’m a lousy salesman, frankly.) When you have some time…

SOME Barbies are ok, others are a little icky. 

Welcome Kathleen!  Loved your book.  Can’t wait for this one.

Welcome Kathleen! Can’t wait to read this new one!

Julie, most people I know prefer Indian or American Indian over Native American.  The Mpls Star Tribune went to the Minnesota tribal councils and asked for their druthers for use in the newspaper, and they said to use a) the proper tribal name or nation or b) for more general reference, Indian or American Indian.  Native American is an academic invention, I think.  Whenever it’s been used, say, for surveys or census taking, it causes confusion.  “Yeah, I was born in this country.  I’m a Native American.” So they’ve dropped that term in Indian Country, pretty much.  My husband;s people are Lakota.  His band is Hunkpapa (Sitting Bull’s people).  Sometimes you’ll see Lakota Sioux for clarification, because more people know Sioux than Lakota.  Sadly, Americans know precious little about the indiginous people in our country, and we can attribute much of that to the way we’ve written and taught American history.  Also to the efforts of previous generations to “kill the Indian and save the man.” In other words, wipe out the culture.

Hi Kathleen,

I love wounded heroes. They make some of the best stories. I haven’t had the pleasure to read any of your books before but I’m adding them to my ttr list now. They sound great! Thanks for great interview and letting us get to know you.

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Hi Kathleen

I know the day of the interview is over now, but I wanted to tell to everybody how wonderfull your stories are! A few years ago I went on to learn my “lost English “teached at school in order to be able to read your books!

I will order RAPP and keep this story like I do with all your books.

Two of my favorite wounded heroes of yours are Ben Pipestone from “Reason To Believe” and Jesse Brown Wolf from “The Night Remenbers”.  I liked very much Kole your hero from “You Never Can Tell” too.

Can’t wait to read RAPP and the one that will come after…

“Joyeux Noël” to everybody
and thank you Kahleen for the gifts your books are for us readers.

Valérie (from France)

Thanks to everyone here at Squawk Radio for a wonderful day of blogging.  It’s been like sitting down with a group of friends, fire in the fireplace, glass of wine, chocolate fondue, great conversation.  I’ve had a great time.  It’s always so good to hear that people are enjoying my books.

Keep squawkin’

Kathleen,
I have all your books and I love every one.  I don’t think I could pick a favorite!

I also have a Barbie collection.  I think my nieces are claiming dibs on them someday.

I’m sure everyone’s gone to bed but I just wanted to add my two cents in about, well, ADORING a tortured, wounded hero!  I’ll be picking up your latest ASAP and add it to my tittering (sp) TBR pile.

Love the Barbies!  Nice to see another outsider get in on so many levels!

‘Night friends,
Santa

Late to the party, as usual, but I think the book sounds interesting - any mention of horses always gets my attention.  And, on the off chance that anyone reads this…

“True Colors turns out to be a race horse, much to his owner’s amazement.”

A pinto racehorse?  He’s not a thoroughbred, is he?  Are horses or this particular horse featured prominently in the book?

Hey, Firefly!

True Colors is a registered Paint.  We raise Paints, so the hose hero of the book had to be a Paint, and they do race them.  They’re heavy on Thoroughbred or Quarter Horse blood, of course.  Some tracks run Paints in a separate class, but sometimes they run against Quarter Horses.  Paints are really popular these days, so they’re up-and-coming in horse racing, but so far nothing like the bigs--TB and QH.  And I don’t claim to be an expert on the subject.  Did a good deal of research, though.

Thanks for your interest!

Oops.  That’s HORSE hero.  And he’s prominently featured.  The heroine turns out to be...maybe I shouldn’t say.  It’s a bit of a suspense, after all.  But if you’re a horse person, poke around on my website http://www.kathleeneagle.com for photos of our horses.  ~Kathleen

Kathleen, thanks for replying!  I will take a look around the site for the horse photos and keep an eye out for your books at bookstores .  It’s always a treat to read about horses by someone who knows them.  Happy holidays!

There is totally Scandinavian humor!  Ole and Lena...hello!