tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post3312585845991756843..comments2024-02-07T15:31:14.706+00:00Comments on Lust Bites: Historical Hotness or not?Madeline Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16485601071092171174noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-90498572177801298742008-02-27T18:45:00.000+00:002008-02-27T18:45:00.000+00:00"I am however a die hard Poldark fan. Oh, Winston ..."I am however a die hard Poldark fan. Oh, Winston Graham, I aspire to your greatness"<BR/>Squee! A Poldark fan!<BR/>Oh, man I adored that series on PBS and it made me run to the library and read the books!<BR/>LOVED IT!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12430195762629030092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-77116414720310792652008-02-27T18:42:00.000+00:002008-02-27T18:42:00.000+00:00Loved the quiz and the blog posting.My upcoming re...Loved the quiz and the blog posting.<BR/>My upcoming release for Loose Id is an erotic historical m/m paranormal set in the 1860s and the present day.<BR/>Covered all the bases!<BR/>No secret codes ;-)Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12430195762629030092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-60336484375933175362008-02-24T18:24:00.000+00:002008-02-24T18:24:00.000+00:00I know when I first started writing, sex in romanc...I know when I first started writing, sex in romances always confused me. It was nothing like sex (good, bad, indifferent) I'd ever had, and virtually all romance characters seemed to need masturbation lessons (in some cases that would have solved the whole conflict of the novel).<BR/><BR/>Yes Jane, yes! Me too-all that I'll die if I don't get sexual release soon seems so...unnecessary when we allKate Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079485861541059016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-58287369414031027812008-02-24T08:47:00.000+00:002008-02-24T08:47:00.000+00:00Thanks Jane! Love that explanation. I have a frien...Thanks Jane! Love that explanation. I have a friend who is a big Heyer fan - she keeps trying to persuade me to read them and I make excuses - got to milk the cow, plait some sand, bring about world peace etc etc...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-65121123313648495902008-02-24T04:31:00.000+00:002008-02-24T04:31:00.000+00:00why the Regency, olivia's evil twin asked?Blame it...why the Regency, olivia's evil twin asked?<BR/><BR/>Blame it on Georgette Heyer who invented that particular corner of Romanceland and also Barbara Cartland who invented another (pinker) version thereof. <BR/>Go about ten years in either direction from those nine years, though (which most writers do--"Regency" for writers really means Georgian)--and you've got a lot more happening than the ton JRMullanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385318200404516357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-80324387035200687812008-02-23T05:49:00.000+00:002008-02-23T05:49:00.000+00:00This is so true! When I first picked up an erotic ...This is so true! When I first picked up an erotic novel and read it I was like, " Okay. What's the difference? " I totally didn't get how it was different from my other romance books except that it had 2 more sex scenes and wasn't nearly as interesting (in terms of character). <BR/><BR/>[I was also a bit miffed. I'd waited 2 years to be of legal age to buy an erotic book. And they didn't even Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269194028914983715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-4901691748915185502008-02-22T21:42:00.000+00:002008-02-22T21:42:00.000+00:00I was wondering who exactly who those 'gerat' writ...I was wondering who exactly who those 'gerat' writers were, Deanna :)Kate Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079485861541059016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-33268655081735649052008-02-22T21:37:00.000+00:002008-02-22T21:37:00.000+00:00Whoops!!I can spell really. I was watching some ho...Whoops!!<BR/>I can spell really. I was watching some hot guy on TV and pressed post instead of preview. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately I'm easily distracted where handsome guys are concerned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-88968470041552588802008-02-22T21:34:00.000+00:002008-02-22T21:34:00.000+00:00Yes my visit to the RWA did change my opinions, Ka...Yes my visit to the RWA did change my opinions, Kate. I really wasn't aware how popular it was in the States. Also historicals which aren't avctively encouraged by publishers in The UK (Both Madelynne and I know that) are hot in your neck of the woods.<BR/>Alos I met some gerat erotic writers, including you of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-26317449078658986132008-02-22T21:01:00.000+00:002008-02-22T21:01:00.000+00:00yes indeed Madelynne, I think I might have inadver...yes indeed Madelynne, I think I might have inadvertently, cough, cough, been thinking of him when I wrote Simply Sexual and had my own Valentin appear.Kate Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079485861541059016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-7781622615100508642008-02-22T20:48:00.000+00:002008-02-22T20:48:00.000+00:00I'm a Valentine Warleggan fan myself.I'm a Valentine Warleggan fan myself.Vincent Copseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233265999577106740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-68968426085414355632008-02-22T20:39:00.000+00:002008-02-22T20:39:00.000+00:00Madelynne-I have one thing to say to you...Francis...Madelynne-I have one thing to say to you...<BR/>Francis Warleggan<BR/>God, I loved that man and I loved all the Poldark books as well.<BR/><BR/>Dawn, Anna Campbell's first book was a whole controversy in itself being termed Regency Noir with opinion hotly divided as to whether it was forced seduction or rape-a subject we have discussed here at LB in the past.Kate Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079485861541059016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-62103775591498611832008-02-22T20:19:00.000+00:002008-02-22T20:19:00.000+00:00Kate: No, I'm not acquainted with Julia Ross, I'll...Kate: No, I'm not acquainted with Julia Ross, I'll look her up. I am however a die hard Poldark fan. Oh, Winston Graham, I aspire to your greatness.Vincent Copseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233265999577106740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-27950050783177781232008-02-22T20:16:00.000+00:002008-02-22T20:16:00.000+00:00No dukes or spies in mine either, Dayle.No dukes or spies in mine either, Dayle.Vincent Copseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233265999577106740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-17365496064202151022008-02-22T20:06:00.000+00:002008-02-22T20:06:00.000+00:00I love Kate's writing and I loved Ass Bandits...uh...I love Kate's writing and I loved Ass Bandits...uh...Forbidden Shores too. I have Pam's book sitting on my desk--it's next after Anna Campbell's latest. Anyhoo...that quiz was pretty silly, lol. I definitely rated as a trad Regency writer, because I'm all about being historically accurate as I possibly can. The thing trad Regencies ignore, though, and what I love about these hotter historicals, Dawn Hallidayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10415223624877655546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-66677655894140236652008-02-22T19:06:00.000+00:002008-02-22T19:06:00.000+00:00Madelynne I LOVE the Georgian era too-have you rea...Madelynne I LOVE the Georgian era too-have you read any Julia Ross? She does it so well.Kate Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079485861541059016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-15022516144815756932008-02-22T19:04:00.000+00:002008-02-22T19:04:00.000+00:00Deanna, do you think your visit to the RWA confere...Deanna, do you think your visit to the RWA conference last year changed your opinions about erotic romance?Kate Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079485861541059016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-27193356782025795392008-02-22T19:03:00.000+00:002008-02-22T19:03:00.000+00:00Savannah, I don't think the publishers know where ...Savannah, I don't think the publishers know where the boundaries are and readers get fed up trying to work it out for themselves. It can be incredibly confusing :)Kate Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079485861541059016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-79368082513690406632008-02-22T19:02:00.000+00:002008-02-22T19:02:00.000+00:00Dayle I am so going to send you a copy of my book!...Dayle I am so going to send you a copy of my book! No duke, no spy noy female spy-I promise!Kate Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079485861541059016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-74866066566411078832008-02-22T19:00:00.000+00:002008-02-22T19:00:00.000+00:00Olivia's evil twin.I don't know why I'm fascinated...Olivia's evil twin.<BR/><BR/>I don't know why I'm fascinated with the Regency period, I think it's a combo of a steady diet of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer as a impressionable young girl. And then Colin Firth turned up as Mr. Darcy and I knew I had to write smut set in that time period.<BR/><BR/>I love the clothes, so much easier to get on and off than the Georgian and the Victorian ones, I Kate Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079485861541059016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-71867090623532057042008-02-22T18:54:00.000+00:002008-02-22T18:54:00.000+00:00I'm not actually that sold on the Regency, I'm mor...I'm not actually that sold on the Regency, I'm more into the Georgian era, the costumes are far more interesting, all that satin and lace, and that's just the men.Vincent Copseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233265999577106740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-3994752520916857352008-02-22T18:53:00.000+00:002008-02-22T18:53:00.000+00:00Janine-you'll always be on my A list...Janine-you'll always be on my A list...Kate Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079485861541059016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-5214479162084666532008-02-22T18:51:00.000+00:002008-02-22T18:51:00.000+00:00Madelynne-you write traditional regencies...right....Madelynne-you write traditional regencies...right...<BR/>I think we need to add a list of e) responses to cover the growing popularity of said homoerotic heartbreak and multiple partners, all which feature in my novels too.Kate Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079485861541059016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-65314957939737944022008-02-22T18:17:00.000+00:002008-02-22T18:17:00.000+00:00I'm also one of the few who doesn't "get" Regencie...I'm also one of the few who doesn't "get" Regencies. I'm not anti-Regency, but I'm anti stupid societal rules, and that seems to be what Regencies focus on. Except that every one (that I've read summaries/reviews of, anyway) are all about the stuffy duke who's really a spy and the spinster (ugh) who's also really a spy or is otherwise doing something that society would consider scandalous... Was Dayle A. Dermatishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939607463306965652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-73295367710513194762008-02-22T14:54:00.000+00:002008-02-22T14:54:00.000+00:00Your hero likes to spend long hours in the library...Your hero likes to spend long hours in the library:<BR/>a. Reading poetry<BR/>b. Decoding secret documents<BR/>c. Twisting himself into a pretzel for future activities, based on an ancient tome of erotic practices<BR/>d. Oiling the rack and himself<BR/><BR/>Hohoho, very funny Kate. This quiz will help me when I'm perusing the stacks, looking for something to<BR/>a) turn me on<BR/>b) act as a mildMadeline Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485601071092171174noreply@blogger.com