Monday, February 18, 2013

Interview with Karen Lange and a "Memorable" Birthday Weekend

Today’s tour stop is with Karen Lange. She had some interesting questions for me and is posting a review of How to Publish and Promote Your Book Now!

For those helping me during the A to Z Challenge - Laura Marcella, Sia McKye, Golden Eagle, Clarissa Draper, Jo Wake, Tyrean Martinson, and Gwen Gardner - you now have a badge, thanks to Retro-Zombie.

This past weekend I was mostly absent from the Internet, but only part of it was intentional. My husband treated me to a night out of town, including shopping, dinner, and a comedy club Friday night for my birthday, which was  Saturday. We woke up Saturday morning to snow and decided to head home. Good thing we did - shortly after getting home, we headed to the emergency room. My husband was having chest pains and shortness of breath. He went through many heart tests and had to spend the night. (It ended up having NOTHING to do with his heart and he’s fine!) He felt so bad about it happening on my birthday, but if nothing else, he made it memorable. And as long as he’s healthy and home, I don’t care.

Does anyone want a slice of white cake with white frosting now?


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37 comments:

Hilary Melton-Butcher said...

Hi Diane .. well happy birthday and happy birthday again that all's well with your hubby - that must have been a bit of a nightmare moment or two ... and so pleased all turned out for the best in the meantime.

Your book is definitely on my to be bought list ... it looks so useful and I'm sure Karen has some extremely interesting queries/comments ..

Cheers and look after yourselves .. Hilary

Anonymous said...

Happy birthday and glad hubby is okay! Good lu k with book sales. I'll read it this week.

Southpaw said...

Happy Birthday. I'm glad to hear hubby is okay, but that must have been scary.

Jo said...

Yup, so glad hubby OK and Happy Birthday again.

I have my badge , thanks skipper.

JO ON FOOD, MY TRAVELS AND A SCENT OF CHOCOLATE

Mark Means said...

Happy (belated) birthday! Sounds like you had a pretty fun (as well as eventuful) one :)

Al Diaz said...

congratulations for your birthday. I am very happy your husband is alright. May be you can celebrate later, even if it is not the exact date. :)

Laura S. said...

Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you!! Happy Birthday dear Diaaaaane!!! Happy Birthday to youuuuu!!!!

Yay for all your minions!!!

I'm glad your husband is all right. It's scary when something like that happens. Leftover birthday cake is always good for comfort!

Ciara said...

Happy Birthday. What better birthday present than a healthy husband. We went through a similar scare recently, so I know how scary it is.

Karen Lange said...

Happy Birthday! :-) Glad your hubby is okay!

You're a great guest, so glad you could stop by this week!

Jemi Fraser said...

So glad everything is well with your hubby! Scary stuff!

L. Diane Wolfe said...

Hilary, that he's well was the best b-day present.

Thanks you, Stephen.

Jo, I saw that.

Laura, thank you for the song.

Thanks so much, everyone.

Unknown said...

Glad everything turned out all right. I grabbed your cool badge and it's on my blog now.

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday! And sooo happy your husband is okay. How scary for you! And yes, cake for breakfast? I'll take a slice! :)

Susan Gourley/Kelley said...

Hope he knows that him being healthy is the best gift.
I really could use some cake right now.

Misha Gerrick said...

Caaaaaaake... O_O

Happy birthday, Diane! May there be many more for you.

Glad to hear your husband is okay.

Laura Eno said...

How scary! Glad he's okay and your birthday was memorable. :)

L. Diane Wolfe said...

Mimi, Susan, and Misha, I just had some cake, and it was delicious.

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

That's a scary birthday! Glad he's fine now.

Elizabeth Spann Craig said...

That must have scared you both to death. So glad his heart is in good shape and that he's fine now. Time for cake, for sure!

J.L. Campbell said...

I'm happy the scare you had turned out to be just that, with no complications for your husband. Hope the book is doing well.

Tyrean Martinson said...

Thanks for the Awesome badge!!! And I'm glad your husband is healthy and home! Happy Birthday!

Nancy Thompson said...

What a relief! I'm glad he's doing okay. And happy belated birthday to you! Yes, please, cake would be divine!

M Pax said...

My husband did that a few years ago. It turned out to be stress, but we've both been taking low dose aspirin since. It's a might scary. Yes?

Happy Birthday to you Diane!

Carol Kilgore said...

Happy Birthday! And so happy your husband is OK. That's way too scary.

VR Barkowski said...

Happy birthday, Diane! So glad all is well, and hubby is healthy.

A piece of cake would be lovely, thank you!


~VR Barkowski

James Garcia Jr said...

*snaps fingers* How did you know I only came over for cake? Actually, truth be told, it was really only for the frosting. That's the purpose of cake, right? To hold up the frosting? *grins*
Ugh! I'm so glad hubs is okay. I once cut my hand open on a birthday. What is it about birthdays that sometimes we just ought not climb out of bed that day?
Happy belated birthday.

-Jimmy

Unknown said...

I've followed your blog tour and found useful advice, especially for those new to marketing, as I am. Plan to use it soon.

Happy birthday!

L. Diane Wolfe said...

Mary, we hope it will never happen again.

James, that is the purpose of cake!

Adrina, thank you.

Unknown said...

OMG! I'm so glad your husband is fine after all. Mine had two stints put in last year and still experiences pain sometimes. It's a lousy thing to go through. Stay healthy! :-)

Brett Minor said...

Glad he was alright.

Stopping in from A to Z Challenge. This will be my first year participating.

Jessica Ruud said...

WOW glad your husband was alright.

I love your blog!

Anonymous said...

Happy belated birthday. I'm glad your husband is fine.

L. Diane Wolfe said...

Brett, welcome - you will enjoy the A to Z.

Thank you, Jessica.

Rachel Schieffelbein said...

Oh how scary! I'm so glad he's okay. And happy birthday! :)

Trisha said...

Holy crappers! So glad your hubby is healthy and that your b'day wasn't a total disaster at least :) Sounds like you had a great night the night before anyway!

Happy belated birthday!

Unknown said...

I find it a surprise that C.M. published her book before she had a blog or was connected to the online writing community in any way. I couldn't be a writer without the invaluable support I've found on the net. Good luck to her. :-)

Unknown said...

(Sorry Diane. I attached the above comment to the wrong post. *blush*)