tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post1540155738179376294..comments2024-02-07T15:31:14.706+00:00Comments on Lust Bites: Wildwood - out this weekMadeline Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16485601071092171174noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-45449582562008592982008-08-06T23:43:00.000+01:002008-08-06T23:43:00.000+01:00No one's mentioned Beech! I love me a beechwood mo...No one's mentioned Beech! I love me a beechwood most of all.Janine Ashblesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840188081214225153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-88237551043111875522008-08-06T20:21:00.000+01:002008-08-06T20:21:00.000+01:00Oh boy Janine, this book sounds terrific. Congrat...Oh boy Janine, this book sounds terrific. Congrats. My favourite tree? Well, I am Canadian...<BR/><BR/>Land of the silver birch<BR/>Home of the beaver<BR/>Where still the mighty moose<BR/>Wanders at will<BR/>Blue lake and rocky shore<BR/>I will return once more<BR/>Boom-diddy-boom boom<BR/>Boom diddy boom boom<BR/>BooooooooomMadeline Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485601071092171174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-31752204247955180992008-08-06T17:45:00.000+01:002008-08-06T17:45:00.000+01:00Loved this insight into your characters and the bo...Loved this insight into your characters and the book sounds just FAB!<BR/><BR/>Tree wise I also love willows but I have a recent liking for the California Eucalyptus which smells so lovely when it rains.Kate Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079485861541059016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-8393730501876088122008-08-06T17:15:00.000+01:002008-08-06T17:15:00.000+01:00P.S. Puki is a runty little bugger is what he is. ...P.S. Puki is a runty little bugger is what he is. But my god, he cracks me up.Megan Kerrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03702395970450200829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-26390343842168913452008-08-06T17:13:00.000+01:002008-08-06T17:13:00.000+01:00I haven't seen the bleeding horse chestnuts yet - ...I haven't seen the bleeding horse chestnuts yet - then I think I <I>would</I> cry. Around here, it's mostly the moths and fungus affecting them. There's one in Christ Church which was fine last summer but now is slowly succumbing; for the one in my garden, I stripped any leaves with a hint of the disease and the rest seem to be fine now. It is, admittedly, quite small. Not really feasible with Megan Kerrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03702395970450200829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-84273015523623969762008-08-06T13:10:00.000+01:002008-08-06T13:10:00.000+01:00Did I say she went off with the good guy? I said s...Did I say she went off with the good guy? I said she made a decision. It has HORRIBLE repurcussions. I think the lifespan of my HEA is probably about 5 minutes, before the shit really hits the fan.<BR/><BR/>Ah, if only I was allowed to write the sequel!<BR/><BR/>Puki is ... like some externalised rendition of all the voices in your head. Or a really really unpleasant therapist.Janine Ashblesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840188081214225153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-22970209303774906812008-08-06T12:50:00.000+01:002008-08-06T12:50:00.000+01:00AARGHHHH! SPOILER! SPOILER!Man, she cops off wit...<B>AARGHHHH! SPOILER! SPOILER!</B><BR/><BR/>Man, she cops off with the GOOD guy? Definitely didn't see that one coming.<BR/><BR/>I love fancying my heroes; they tend to be outstandingly upstanding chaps though. Definitely need to write more anti-heroes; they're great fun and the dialogue just streams. (Does Puki in <A HREF="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Enchanted-Erotic-Fairy-Janine-Ashbless/dp/Megan Kerrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03702395970450200829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-87534045030732622122008-08-06T12:35:00.000+01:002008-08-06T12:35:00.000+01:00Olivia, I was head-over-heels in love with both my...Olivia, I was head-over-heels in love with both my hero and my anti-hero while I was writing this. Am slightly disappointed that the HEA rule made me make a decision for Avril, instead of letting the 3-way tension go on...Janine Ashblesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840188081214225153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-62963857833295103952008-08-06T12:33:00.000+01:002008-08-06T12:33:00.000+01:00Rowan of course is a good Scottish tree, Nikki - p...Rowan of course is a good Scottish tree, Nikki - proof against lightning, fire and witches (although as Avril remarks in one passage, it doesn't work against Michael).Janine Ashblesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840188081214225153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-2721015603507120592008-08-06T10:42:00.000+01:002008-08-06T10:42:00.000+01:00You know, I was so caught up in horse-chestnut-sor...You know, I was so caught up in horse-chestnut-sorrow that I completey forgot to say a) WOW. Yum. Gorgeous! and b) I do wish you'd stop plucking the ideas straight out of my head, sometimes even months or years before I have them... It all started when I tried to get dragon-porn past Adam and was told both that it wasn't allowed (non-human-head) and that you'd already done it. (I wrote <A HREF="Megan Kerrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03702395970450200829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-60349535024537842972008-08-06T10:02:00.000+01:002008-08-06T10:02:00.000+01:00Eco-porn! Fantastic. Congratulations, Janine. and ...Eco-porn! Fantastic. Congratulations, Janine. <BR/><BR/>and my favourite tree is probably a Spanish Chestnut, for the beautiful serrated leaves. Or maybe a plane tree, for the rainbow bark. Or - can I have three favourites? Sod it. I can't choose. Rowan, sycamore, oak.Nikki Magennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07085757122187578766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-25448432337934057582008-08-06T09:51:00.000+01:002008-08-06T09:51:00.000+01:00Olivia, the bleeding canker thing in chestnuts is ...Olivia, the bleeding canker thing in chestnuts is horrible - our chestnuts could go the way of our elms, which could be a tragedy. For those of you who haven't seen it, the tree dies slowly, producing little dark red nodules on the trunk which burst to release a bloodlike sticky liquid. It's like something from a ghost story. I wish my magi could fix it. <BR/>:-(Janine Ashblesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840188081214225153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-3493781907152216912008-08-06T09:45:00.000+01:002008-08-06T09:45:00.000+01:00Magdalune - Cool! Thank you.Willows have a bad rep...Magdalune - Cool! Thank you.<BR/><BR/>Willows have a bad rep in western folklore (cf. "Old Man Willow" in Tolkein) - due to having brittle branches, I suspect, which are liable to drop on you without warning. Or drop out from under you. There are old willows all along a riverbank near me and every winter some of them just break in half. On the other hand I've seen willow fences in damp land whichJanine Ashblesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840188081214225153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-15371791834836735492008-08-06T09:14:00.000+01:002008-08-06T09:14:00.000+01:00From the brilliant mind of Bruce Coville in his Al...From the brilliant mind of Bruce Coville in his <I>Aliens</I> series. I'm partial to intelligent children's books, and Bruce Coville is one of my favorite fantasy/sci fi writers. :)<BR/><BR/>They're predatory trees drip water like tears and draw out your sorrows. They don't do it consciously - their victims die because they are too filled with sorrow to move, and they decompose into nutrients andietherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11875615192437415869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-64177942574217709992008-08-06T09:01:00.000+01:002008-08-06T09:01:00.000+01:00I was a willow last night in my dreamOh, that's pe...<I>I was a willow last night in my dream</I><BR/>Oh, that's perfect Dayle... <BR/><BR/>And Magdalune, I do have to ask!Janine Ashblesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840188081214225153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-53539429952351408602008-08-06T08:59:00.000+01:002008-08-06T08:59:00.000+01:00My favourite used to be weeping willows, like Dayl...My favourite used to be weeping willows, like Dayle, but in the past couple of years I've fallen hook line and sinker for horse chestnuts. Heartbreaking, because they're under attack from bleeding canker, leaf miner moths, and a fungus, and no-one knows how to fix it.<BR/><BR/>I can't win, but if one of your magicians could have a go at saving the horse chestnuts...?<BR/><BR/><I>Woodman, woodman,Megan Kerrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03702395970450200829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-66102982437896928032008-08-06T08:54:00.000+01:002008-08-06T08:54:00.000+01:00The weeping trees of Kryndamar.If you don't have t...The weeping trees of Kryndamar.<BR/><BR/>If you don't have to ask, then you're an enormous nerd, like me. :)andietherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11875615192437415869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-41609053242329672162008-08-06T08:16:00.000+01:002008-08-06T08:16:00.000+01:00Yum!I'm amused by the title—my story "Return to Wi...Yum!<BR/><BR/>I'm amused by the title—my story <A HREF="http://cyvarwydd.com/bibliography/" REL="nofollow">"Return to Wildwood"</A> in <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1562013475/qid=1151692183/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-8652622-8503118?s=books&v=glance&n=283155" REL="nofollow"><I>Sacred Exchange</I></A>has similar themes.<BR/><BR/>My favorite tree? I can only quote Heart:<BR/><BR/>I was a Dayle A. Dermatishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939607463306965652noreply@blogger.com