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Thursday, August 11, 2011

GETTING TO KNOW MARGARET TANNER

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31 comments:

  1. Colleen ConnallyAugust 11, 2011 at 2:34 AM

    What a wonderful place to live! I have always wanted to see Australia. Love the pictures. Checked out your books on your lovely website. I love history, but never have had too much interest in WWI or WWII, but I have to say after reading your blurbs, you have peaked my interest. Looks awesome!

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  2. Margaret TannerAugust 11, 2011 at 2:54 AM

    Hi Jerrie/Carrie,
    Thank you so much for dropping by I really appreciate it. My website is lovely, but I can't claim credit for it, Rae Monet from TWRP did it for me and if I do say so myself, she did a brilliant job.

    Regards

    Margaret

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  3. LaVerne ClarkAugust 11, 2011 at 5:29 AM

    Hi Margaret

    Nice to get to know you more : )
    Australia is a stunning country all right. We're a pretty spoiled lot to live downunder, if a tad far away from the rest of the world.

    That was very brave of you to experience the jail. Did they close the door on you? *shudder* You're more game than I am, but a brilliant way to get into your heroine's head.

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  4. Margaret TannerAugust 11, 2011 at 6:12 AM

    Hi LaVerne,
    Thanks for dropping by, nice that Aussies and Kiwis are still sticking together and supporting each other just as our forebears did.
    I don't know about being brave, I was actually scared witless, in case the cell door banged shut on me. The cell was at the old Melbourne Jail which had strong connections to the bushranger Ned Kelly. You can still see the gallows. Creepy place even in daylight. No amount of money would make me go there at night, although I understand there are night tours for tourists.

    Regards

    Margaret

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  5. Brenda WhitesideAugust 11, 2011 at 8:13 AM

    Great intro, Margaret. I am so fascinated by your country. Congrats on your publications. Looking forward to your blogs.

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  6. Barbara EdwardsAugust 11, 2011 at 8:18 AM

    Hi Margaret,
    Wonderful pictures of Australia. And so nice to learn more about you. Barbara

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  7. Margaret TannerAugust 11, 2011 at 8:21 AM

    Hi Brenda,
    Thank you so much for dropping by. Glad you find Australia fascinating. We are similar to the US in many ways, but also different.

    Regards

    Margaret

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  8. Margaret TannerAugust 11, 2011 at 8:23 AM

    Hi Barbara,
    Thanks you. It is lovely being one of The Roses of Prose.

    Regards

    Margaret

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  9. Sharon Sullivan-CraverAugust 11, 2011 at 8:48 AM

    Loved your intro about yourself. It matches you. Thank you for the invitation

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  10. Christine DePetrilloAugust 11, 2011 at 9:36 AM

    Hey, Margaret. I'd love to visit Australia and most histories worth exploring are blood-stained in some way, aren't they? Great to meet you.

    Chris
    www.christinedepetrillo.weebly.com

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  11. Alison HendersonAugust 11, 2011 at 9:49 AM

    Hi, Margaret. Loved your photos and learning more about you! Your approach to history and research closely matches mine. If I ever get Down Under, I'd love to meet you.

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  12. Jannine GallantAugust 11, 2011 at 9:53 AM

    What terrific photos and great intro to you and your home country. Love your website. I read The Reluctant Father - a super story.

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  13. Vonnie Davis ~ Romance AuthorAugust 11, 2011 at 10:58 AM

    A lovely intro, Margaret. Can you imagine our lives without the Internet? We'd never have the chance to meet lovely ladies, like you, from far away countries. We take this medium for granted so often; it's brought so many of us closer together.

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  14. AnonymousAugust 11, 2011 at 11:03 AM

    Love the history, and pictures. Thanks for sharing!

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  15. Lynne MarshallAugust 11, 2011 at 11:38 AM

    It was a pleasure to meet you, Margaret. : ) I admire the great lengths you've gone to in research to make your books authentic. I have always been fascinated with Australia.

    One question (maybe a stupid one, but...) as a penal colony - were the convicts just dropped off, or were they kept under lock and key?

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  16. Colleen ConnallyAugust 11, 2011 at 11:44 AM

    What a great question? What did happen to the convicts when they were brought to Australia?

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  17. glenysAugust 11, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    Margaret - lovely pix and descriptions - now I want to Oz even more! I understand what you're saying about the battlegrounds and graveyards - I was in tears when we visited in Normandie - all those white grave markers, disappearing into the distant horizon.Poignant stories in the smaller graveyards. My grandfather was 'MIA, Believed Killed', in Belgium in November, 1917. Gran never recovered from the loss.

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  18. Paula MartinAugust 11, 2011 at 12:41 PM

    Hi Margaret
    Good to see you here! Great post about Oz and lovely photos. Hope you''re well and happy (and busy too, of course!)

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  19. Laura BreckAugust 11, 2011 at 4:10 PM

    Hey, Margaret, what a great mini-history lesson! And what a surprise to see a kangaroo as the first picture on your blog. I love it! It's great to get to know you, and I look forward to your many, many future posts.

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  20. Lilly GayleAugust 11, 2011 at 6:32 PM

    Love the pics and the brief history lesson. Years ago, I read a romance by: don't remember. The title of the book was: I forgot. BUT it was about a British widow who chose a convict to marry to save her plantation. Of course, the convict was wrongly accused and somehow in the book that was proven. I read another romance set in Australia by a different author I can't remember by another title I've forgotten, lol! But in this one, the woman was sent to debtor's prison because she couldn't pay her father's gaming debts when he died. She was then shipped to Australia but the boat wrecked off shore and the hero rescued her. Both good books. Wish I could remember the authors. It was back in the 90's if anyone can help me with that. lol!

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  21. Margaret TannerAugust 11, 2011 at 7:22 PM

    Hi lovely ladies, Sharon, Christine, Allison, Janine, Vonnie, Cynthia, Lynne, Jerri, Glenrys, Paula,Laura and Lilly. Thank you so much for dropping by, I appreciate it. Apologies for not answering you straight away, but it was the middle of the night (Oz time) when you posted. 9 o'clock in th morning here now.Glad that the kangaroo caught your eye.

    Regards

    Margaret

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  22. Margaret TannerAugust 11, 2011 at 10:41 PM

    Hi Lilly,
    Unfortuantely, I don't know which books you were referring to, but there have been quite a few written about the convict era in Australia. Hey, I wrote one myself,Savage Utopia, but in mine the heroine was sent to Australia on trumped up charges of trying to murder her incestuous father, when in fact it was self defence but no-one would believe her.

    Regards

    Margaret

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  23. Margaret TannerAugust 11, 2011 at 10:51 PM

    Hi Glenrys,
    We didn't visit Normandie, we concentrated on the WW1 battlefields. We did actually visit a huge American WW1 cemetery on the Somme in France, but off hand I can't remember the name of the place. A beautifully kept cemetery but sad and lonely because so few Americans go there.
    I can understand your grandmother's anguish, it must have been terrible for her. We visited several cemeteries and battlefields in Belgium, so if you knew the name of the place where your grandfather went missing, I might have a photo of the area I could send you.

    Regards

    Margaret

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  24. Margaret TannerAugust 11, 2011 at 10:55 PM

    Hi Lynne and Jerri,
    What happened to the convicts when they arrived in Australia. The first lot actually built the prisons where the later convicts were housed. Many were put into work gangs (chain gangs) and constructed roads, buildings etc. all under the watchful eyes of English red coats.

    Regards

    Margaret

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  25. Cherie Le ClareAugust 12, 2011 at 12:59 AM

    Hello Margaret, or should I say Gidday,

    Waving to you from across the ditch in New Zealand.

    Are you a follower of rugby? My nephew(NZ'er) and his wife live in Melbourne - she's a native so teaches her baby daughter to chant "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi, oi, oi!" but dresses her in a black and white All Black's outfit!!

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  26. Margaret TannerAugust 12, 2011 at 8:38 AM

    Hi Cherie,
    Thanks for dropping by. Sorry, don't follow rugby, but I do live in Melbourne.

    Regards

    Margaret

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  27. Cate MastersAugust 12, 2011 at 10:32 AM

    G'day Margaret! :) Australia sounds lovely. Wish I could visit! Your descriptions of the landscape in your stories are so vivid, I almost feel I have visited, so thank you!

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  28. Mona RiskAugust 12, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    Hi Margaret, I had the privilege of visiting Australia, only Sydney twice, and enjoyed your beautiful country. I have pictures patting kaola bears, and tasted Tim-Tam and Vegemite. I read some of your books and love them.

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  29. Margaret TannerAugust 13, 2011 at 6:43 AM

    Hi Cate,
    Thanks for dropping by. I wish you could come and visit. I know you would enjoy yourself.

    Regards

    Margaret

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  30. Margaret TannerAugust 13, 2011 at 6:45 AM

    Hi Mona,
    Thanks for dropping by. Yes, I remember when you visited Sydney. Vegemite and Tim-Tams, two of our national foods. Vegemite is an acquired taste. The secret is not to spread too much on your bread/toast. But it is full of vitamins.

    Rregards

    Margaret

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  31. Margaret TannerAugust 13, 2011 at 6:46 AM

    Hi Mona,
    Thanks for dropping by. Yes, I remember when you visited Sydney. Vegemite and Tim-Tams, two of our national foods. Vegemite is an acquired taste. The secret is not to spread too much on your bread/toast. But it is full of vitamins.

    Rregards

    Margaret

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