tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post2249210601795245160..comments2024-02-07T15:31:14.706+00:00Comments on Lust Bites: The Devil's in the DetailsMadeline Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16485601071092171174noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-16313215754414774352007-05-10T17:56:00.000+01:002007-05-10T17:56:00.000+01:00I'd like to second Nikki's thanks and mention in p...I'd like to second Nikki's thanks and mention in passing that if you were a man, I think I'd like to marry you-I'm sure Mr Kate Pearce would understand :)Kate Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079485861541059016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-46252428994295168192007-05-10T15:15:00.000+01:002007-05-10T15:15:00.000+01:00Erastes, I can't seem to comment on your blog, so ...Erastes, <BR/><BR/>I can't seem to comment on your blog, so I just wanted to say a massive thank you for sticking around all day yesterday, illuminating some of the darker corners of history, and being such a lovely guest! Merci, encore! <BR/><BR/>XNikki Magennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07085757122187578766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-9892120692877880382007-05-10T13:07:00.000+01:002007-05-10T13:07:00.000+01:00Mopping up post!Ah – but Jules. my space-boi serie...Mopping up post!<BR/><BR/>Ah – but <B>Jules</B>. my space-boi series (well I say series, as there’s only two stories written about them so far, and only one sold) is in a galaxy of my own invention with no references as to how anything works or how far anything is from each other! It’s like gay Serenity. I admire anyone who does sci-fi seriously, Heinlein is my god, and has been since I was Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-24117382520496111212007-05-10T10:16:00.000+01:002007-05-10T10:16:00.000+01:00Re: "modern" anachronisms/mistakes. Yes, they both...Re: "modern" anachronisms/mistakes. Yes, they bother me, too!<BR/><BR/>Re: the article about horned helmets. In truth, it was just the first one I found. I haven't done the research per se. I do historic re-creation with the SCA, and heard through the grapevine that recent research had shown they weren't completely off-base, so I thought I'd mention it. (I haven't seen <I>Pathfinder</I>, either, Dayle A. Dermatishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939607463306965652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-25050226049513348862007-05-10T00:39:00.001+01:002007-05-10T00:39:00.001+01:00Thank you all for a great day! I promise that I w...Thank you all for a great day! I promise that I will reply to any outstanding questions raised in the morning. If you want to chat further mail me on erastesdotcom@gmail.com<BR/><BR/>Thank you Lust Bites. You rock.Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-38982967339896965252007-05-10T00:39:00.000+01:002007-05-10T00:39:00.000+01:00Madelynne -- inclueing by the characters mentionin...Madelynne -- inclueing by the characters mentioning in passing stuff like having had a particularly nasty bite is the way it *should* be done, but all too often you get this great wodge of infodump, often of stuff the character wouldn't be thinking about. <BR/><BR/>Not just in historicals, either. It's a tricky business setting the scene, and it's all too tempting to explain stuff in detail in a Jules Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432742796166213191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-79643298967362715402007-05-10T00:30:00.000+01:002007-05-10T00:30:00.000+01:00A tea-leaf is definitely a thief, and only a thief...A tea-leaf is definitely a thief, and only a thief! Maybe the character is a thieving homosexual. Mind you poof, regardless of the spelling is dubious too if we're talking Regency. I think the earliest cited usage (according to Jonathon Green) is in a Old Bailey transcript from 1833.<BR/><BR/>I have never read any Heyer. I don't intend to at risk of being infected with her isms.<BR/><BR/>Going Vincent Copseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233265999577106740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-65318024774831138612007-05-10T00:20:00.000+01:002007-05-10T00:20:00.000+01:00Re cleanliness and fleas, lice etc it all depends ...Re cleanliness and fleas, lice etc it all depends on the times you are writing about and where the characters lived. For instance the Romans were quite fantical about bathing and cleanliness, even if they didn't have such a thing as soap. Most people in early medieval times might have been dirty and lice ridden, but the Christians who lived and ruled in Outremer (Their name for the Holy Land) forAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-20323965603102205732007-05-10T00:09:00.000+01:002007-05-10T00:09:00.000+01:00You certainly don't need to be a hardcore maths an...You certainly don't need to be a hardcore maths and physics geek to write space opera, and you *may* get away with making it up as you go along, but if you're not careful, you can do the equivalent of having Robin walking along Hadrian's wall. You need to at least think about what you're doing. E.g., the space opera series Alex and I write does not involve any calculations, but it does involve Jules Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432742796166213191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-14031979919149190742007-05-09T23:59:00.000+01:002007-05-09T23:59:00.000+01:00Hi Alex!I have read one Heyer book in my life, and...Hi Alex!<BR/><BR/>I have read one Heyer book in my life, and was utterly gobsmacked at the jargon. I didn't raise it in the main post because I'm NOT a Heyer expert. But I have read just about every "of the age" regency novel I have found and I've NEVER found any evidence of the jargon that goes on in The Black Sheep.<BR/><BR/>as far as I'm concerned I thought tea-leaf was a thief in rhyming Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-21693299622772319132007-05-09T23:54:00.001+01:002007-05-09T23:54:00.001+01:00Captain Sir Edward Pellew, Viscount Exmouth, ma'am...Captain Sir Edward Pellew, Viscount Exmouth, ma'am!<BR/>http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Edward_Pellew,_1st_viscount_Exmouth.<BR/><BR/>Not only was there a Pellew, the family is still around and there's a Pellew Museum in Cornwall. (I've seen Sir Ed's sword in the naval museum at Portsmouth--kind of eerie in a good way.) There used to be a site (currently inactive) that had the entire Pellew Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-71581573821050658462007-05-09T23:54:00.000+01:002007-05-09T23:54:00.000+01:00Evil Collab points out that if erastes is reading ...Evil Collab points out that if erastes is reading this she might want to know that Alex W is the same entity as Pred'x, but I might also point out that she might have a less consuming interest in my shifting identities than I do. However, I am not now, nor have I ever been, Evil Collab's sock puppet. It's always worth getting that straight from the outset.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13608077948811785120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-45657240386363732112007-05-09T23:49:00.000+01:002007-05-09T23:49:00.000+01:00I am humbled. I have written TWO sci-fi stories an...I am humbled. <BR/><BR/>I have written TWO sci-fi stories and haven't bothered about the maths or physics with either. They are space opera, and I know nothing about either maths or physics. Despite Heinlein being a God to me, he would consider me one of his anathemas, <I>"Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best, he is a tolerable sub-human who has learned to wear Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-49033797693890671942007-05-09T23:47:00.000+01:002007-05-09T23:47:00.000+01:00I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but my ne plu...I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but my <I>ne plus ultra</I> for teeth-clenching Yank anachronism &c is still the Regency romancer who uses the phrase 'Flaming tea-leaf' once per book (presumably because she's so proud of her grasp of British idiom) for what her characters also refer to as a 'pouf'.<BR/><BR/>My instant reaction was "should have used 'molly'", and that was what my friends saidAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13608077948811785120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-48953696463153151072007-05-09T23:29:00.000+01:002007-05-09T23:29:00.000+01:00Random remarks in no particular order:"If you are ...Random remarks in no particular order:<BR/><BR/>"If you are writing a contemporary romance do you (unless it's a fantasy/sci-fi) twist the laws or physics?"<BR/><BR/>I shall smack you for that. Because you can't just twist the laws of physics willie-nillie in sf&f; you have to know what you're doing and why. People who do that in sf cross-genre romance without understanding what they're doing areJules Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432742796166213191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-72851078719951055192007-05-09T21:58:00.000+01:002007-05-09T21:58:00.000+01:00Thank you RW Day! You comments are appreciated be...Thank you RW Day! You comments are appreciated because I know how hard you work to get your own stories right!Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-51319197547976211002007-05-09T21:28:00.000+01:002007-05-09T21:28:00.000+01:00Argh. Wish there was some way to respond to speci...Argh. Wish there was some way to respond to specific comments here. I miss LJ!<BR/><BR/>You know how I feel about accuracy. Even in fantasy, you need to research the elements that make up your fantasy world or it won't feel real to the reader. It's even more important in historical pieces. Otherwise, why bother.<BR/><BR/>Because I am an awful anorak, I have to point out that the article DayleBeckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914177620582623803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-27752439281297854712007-05-09T20:30:00.000+01:002007-05-09T20:30:00.000+01:00Pellew was REAL?????You have (excuse the pun) take...Pellew was REAL?????<BR/><BR/>You have (excuse the pun) taken the wind out of my sails, completely, Lee. Not having researched and staying well away from the Age of Sail I simply had no idea at all.<BR/><BR/>Stunned.<BR/><BR/>There are too many anoraks out there to trip you up, and you seem to have a depth of knowledge of the subject that staggers me - as you know.<BR/><BR/>I'd heard that Star Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-63438022332942427112007-05-09T20:03:00.000+01:002007-05-09T20:03:00.000+01:00Hi! Google isn't letting me use my blog password--...Hi! Google isn't letting me use my blog password--Lee Rowan here. Great post!<BR/><BR/>I think of historical writing as happening in an AU to reality--we all know that many of Jack Aubrey's feats were actually performed by Cochrane, Pellew did <I>not</I> have a young gentleman named Hornblower aboard, etc. And in an AU, some things will be different--festivals at different times, fictional Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-44780759018789922292007-05-09T18:35:00.000+01:002007-05-09T18:35:00.000+01:00Yes, please. That would be lovely, Wendy.Yes, please. That would be lovely, Wendy.Vincent Copseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233265999577106740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-79594108780933285652007-05-09T18:20:00.000+01:002007-05-09T18:20:00.000+01:00This is sort of OT, but for werebooks I checked an...This is sort of OT, but for werebooks I checked and doubled checked the dates of all the full moons.<BR/><BR/>(Erastes will know why!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-57952642196356904412007-05-09T17:59:00.000+01:002007-05-09T17:59:00.000+01:00Oh, god! Coach speeds are a nightmare. I generally...Oh, god! Coach speeds are a nightmare. I generally work on not very far a day and add a few for potholes, and the British weather. <BR/><BR/>One book I read recently had a message to from SW Scotland to Sussex, and then a coach come north with family and baggage in the space of 5 days in the middle of winter. Personally, I wasn't convinced.<BR/><BR/>I don't envy you the American research, modern Vincent Copseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233265999577106740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-64268061582636703732007-05-09T17:47:00.000+01:002007-05-09T17:47:00.000+01:00Very good point Madelynne, when I do an American o...Very good point Madelynne, when I do an American one, which I will when Fleury returns, (yay!) I will try and get the distances right - it's hard enough doing them here, at coach speed, specially.<BR/><BR/>You try trying to work out which train stations existed when once Beeching got his bloody mitts on the rail system<BR/><BR/>And yes! No Motorways here thank you! No bloody decent roads at allErasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-44493825174858947552007-05-09T17:43:00.000+01:002007-05-09T17:43:00.000+01:00Good Question Alison!I think that a slip is forgiv...Good Question Alison!<BR/><BR/>I think that a slip is forgiveable – such as I assumed I knew a fact in Standish, typed it in, didn’t bother to check it, it was wrong. *hides * There's another minor one word bodge that I DID know was wrong, but for some reason the edit I made wasn't there in the book - I've asked the publisher to change it, as it's a POD after all, not editions - but it would be Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-41685880564297735662007-05-09T17:38:00.000+01:002007-05-09T17:38:00.000+01:00I think I have that Cunnington book, Madelynne, pl...I think I have that Cunnington book, Madelynne, plus several similar books on underwear history. Do you want me to bring it on Saturday?<BR/><BR/>Thinking on the fact that I have these books on historical costume... I *must* have wanted to write a historical at one time. Or maybe it was for the short stories I used to write...<BR/><BR/>ps. just checked. Definitely have it.Portia Da Costahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03145185188242876124noreply@blogger.com