tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post1750461151100725705..comments2024-02-07T15:31:14.706+00:00Comments on Lust Bites: The Kama Sutra—now with extra naughty bits!Madeline Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16485601071092171174noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-85306747708627021632008-12-21T11:02:00.000+00:002008-12-21T11:02:00.000+00:00Oooh I wish I'd seen this earlier. I wrote "The Ta...Oooh I wish I'd seen this earlier. I wrote "The Tale of The Elephant" which is a different story from "The Tale of the Playing Elephant. Wow Janine Ashbless commented! I love your writing! OMG!Lisa Whitefernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00281793887964651780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-69738873527835155142008-10-05T10:13:00.000+01:002008-10-05T10:13:00.000+01:00Thanks Ellaregina!Thanks Ellaregina!Janine Ashblesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840188081214225153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-91381851344018753412008-10-04T21:20:00.000+01:002008-10-04T21:20:00.000+01:00I am also most thrilled to be in this unusual book...I am also most thrilled to be in this unusual book and in such illustrious company! The stories I've read so far have been stunningly beautiful and well-researched, as Nikki said.<BR/><BR/>(My contribution is "The Tale of Kakali and the Climbing Tree," describing the origins of the position "Climbing a Tree." The heroine is a strong independent loner who has a special relationship with things EllaReginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06849277486612697324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-28322105840847811852008-10-04T16:43:00.000+01:002008-10-04T16:43:00.000+01:00Oh, I just got back from a wee trip away - thanks ...Oh, I just got back from a wee trip away - thanks so much Dayle for mentioning my story! <BR/><BR/>I was really bowled over by this collection. It's beautifully bound and illustrated, (with eggshell and gloss cover - ooh, I am a cover freak) and the stories I've read all seem so well researched and beautifully written. I'm very pleased to be sharing covers with all the other writers!Nikki Magennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07085757122187578766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-54394554343123251502008-10-04T09:41:00.000+01:002008-10-04T09:41:00.000+01:00Oh yes - I can see the 2nd image now too, blurry t...Oh yes - I can see the 2nd image now too, blurry though it is. <BR/><BR/>Of course Photobucket is liable to censor it within days. Anyone know of an equivalent hosting site without the Sunday-school sense of sexual propriety?Janine Ashblesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840188081214225153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-92060740956913544292008-10-04T00:21:00.000+01:002008-10-04T00:21:00.000+01:00JamiSings, please don't let these two excerpts tur...JamiSings, please don't let these two excerpts turn you off to the whole book. There's a wide variety of stories in there! Nikki's story is beautiful and romantic, about a newly married couple, for example.<BR/><BR/>I don't reguarly write about dominant women, but this story called for it. Budhi Pallien is a goddess; human beings are her playthings. Or so she thinks...as I said, she chooses to Dayle A. Dermatishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939607463306965652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-16232890200013774552008-10-03T23:44:00.000+01:002008-10-03T23:44:00.000+01:00Well, I popped the image into our Photobucket acco...Well, I popped the image into our Photobucket account and linked from there--now we have the image, but it's blurry. ::scowls::<BR/><BR/>Hope it gives enough of an illustration to make everyone hor- er, happy! :-)Dayle A. Dermatishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939607463306965652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-51197066782694142402008-10-03T19:55:00.000+01:002008-10-03T19:55:00.000+01:00The second image is a strong female type - looks t...The second image is a strong female type - looks to be a goddess - ensnared in vines while a smaller but powerfully built male, judging by his wrinkled brow perhaps an older male, probably a human or demi-God, with a giant phallus, which he is prodding non-too-gently between her bound, spread legs...<BR/><BR/>does that help, jamisings?Madeline Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485601071092171174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-83386909608057574102008-10-03T18:42:00.000+01:002008-10-03T18:42:00.000+01:00Wow-lots of great inspiration here!Thanks for shar...Wow-lots of great inspiration here!<BR/>Thanks for sharing!Kate Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079485861541059016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-64083810443019924522008-10-03T18:23:00.000+01:002008-10-03T18:23:00.000+01:00Oh that's not the complaint. I'm just a bitter sin...Oh that's not the complaint. I'm just a bitter single 32 year old. That's why THAT thought. I'm just saying those paticular excerpts don't turn me on. That's all. <BR/><BR/>And I'm on a different computer and the 2nd image is still broken and now it's got me all uber curious as to what it is.JamiSingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12756726189949304645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-39127387178767469942008-10-03T17:33:00.000+01:002008-10-03T17:33:00.000+01:00Uh ... I'm taking a guess that whichever stories h...Uh ... I'm taking a guess that whichever stories had been excerpted from this collection, with whatever gender/power dynamic, they would have been something for "teenagers to hide under the desk and uptight people to complain about".Janine Ashblesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840188081214225153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-10328345404262571852008-10-03T15:23:00.000+01:002008-10-03T15:23:00.000+01:00Maybe I've worked in a library too long. But all I...Maybe I've worked in a library too long. But all I can think is "great, something else for teenagers to hide under the shelves and uptight people to complain about." Then again, and no offense, but maybe it's the selection of stories chosen to be shown. I've never understood younger men/older women things. (I've always only been attracted to men much older then me. And no, it's not a father JamiSingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12756726189949304645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-12675107224453751802008-10-03T14:23:00.000+01:002008-10-03T14:23:00.000+01:00Thanks for the 'shout out' Dayle! Maxim did a ban...Thanks for the 'shout out' Dayle! Maxim did a bang-up job on this one, don't you think? <BR/>The call for entries came at a remarkably fortuitous time, for me. I was researching Burton for The Persian Girl,(A Felix Baron novel, in which he's the protagonist) so I was already steeped in appropriate research. I actually had both the Arabian Nights and the Kama Sutra open on my desk when I got Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-72258433412206485162008-10-03T13:22:00.000+01:002008-10-03T13:22:00.000+01:00What I love about the Kama Sutra is the elaborate ...What I love about the Kama Sutra is the elaborate categorizing of everything, from "arts every gentleman should know" to "ways to bite your lover so she'll show it off to her friends later" to, yes, "wacky yet sexy sounds people make in bed." <BR/><BR/>I've known exactly one person, in my wild and crazy life, who made what I'd describe as the cry of the dove. Otherwise: parrots, wild cats, and TeresaNoelleRobertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08542291750786128688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-13106970762787829462008-10-03T11:23:00.000+01:002008-10-03T11:23:00.000+01:00Sounds fascinating, and pretty. Congrats on the re...Sounds fascinating, and pretty. Congrats on the release.Vincent Copseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233265999577106740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-63830609827624995652008-10-03T11:09:00.000+01:002008-10-03T11:09:00.000+01:00This is a really gorgeous book. I have a cold so ...This is a really gorgeous book. I have a cold so I'm up at the crack of dawn drinking neo-citran, fuzzy head and scratchy throat, so let me bleat, like a goat or a parrot - erwaark...terrific book....bweat.Madeline Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485601071092171174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-66255301818025271282008-10-03T10:23:00.000+01:002008-10-03T10:23:00.000+01:00Just So Stories meets Kama Sutra! Sounds lovely - ...<I>Just So Stories</I> meets <I>Kama Sutra</I>! Sounds lovely - sexy and playful. <BR/><BR/>I've always been entranced by the "cry of the parrot" in the Kama Sutra - ERWAARK! GERRAAARWK! <BR/><BR/>The cry of the dove sounds far more romantic, but I secretly suspect that in extremis, what most of us actually perform <I>is</I> the cry of the parrot.Megan Kerrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03702395970450200829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-3752697732957430772008-10-03T08:41:00.000+01:002008-10-03T08:41:00.000+01:00Mmm... these sound like fun, especially if you lik...Mmm... these sound like fun, especially if you like fairy-tales and Indian settings, which I rather do!<BR/><BR/>Mr Ashbless has been in Bangalore this week for work and is returning with a stack of Bollywood DVDs for me.<BR/>:-)Janine Ashblesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840188081214225153noreply@blogger.com