tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post8236869202941197539..comments2024-02-07T15:31:14.706+00:00Comments on Lust Bites: Love in a Cold ClimateMadeline Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16485601071092171174noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-10680641998958710502008-11-18T14:43:00.000+00:002008-11-18T14:43:00.000+00:00Thank you Caffrey!Thank you Caffrey!Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-71226660165454027052008-11-18T03:28:00.000+00:002008-11-18T03:28:00.000+00:00Gosh, he looked hot in that ice and snow! You pick...Gosh, he looked hot in that ice and snow! You picked great pics! And a regency to boot, yum! And thanks for the treat with the excerpt!Caffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11830854922444380155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-34148935028554621822008-11-16T16:02:00.000+00:002008-11-16T16:02:00.000+00:00Thanks Jade!Thanks Jade!Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-52958125926887461222008-11-16T09:27:00.000+00:002008-11-16T09:27:00.000+00:00Loved it, sexy, sensual, literary and informative ...Loved it, sexy, sensual, literary and informative - great post!Jade Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15191736432466425858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-80680952995481440072008-11-15T20:41:00.000+00:002008-11-15T20:41:00.000+00:00Thanks E!KV's rules for writing are copied, pasted...Thanks E!<BR/><BR/>KV's rules for writing are copied, pasted, saved (in my 'Quotes' file)<BR/>printed, posted on my bulletin board.<BR/>He was the best but I digress...<BR/> Thank you for the informative (as always) sexy post w pics.Madeline Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485601071092171174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-91588256965993492302008-11-15T18:16:00.000+00:002008-11-15T18:16:00.000+00:00Thank you anonymous! Yes, you are still in time -...Thank you anonymous! Yes, you are still in time - the winner will be announced very soon !Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-82039092296257176402008-11-15T18:09:00.000+00:002008-11-15T18:09:00.000+00:00(Browser wouldn't behave yesterday when I tried to...(Browser wouldn't behave yesterday when I tried to comment, so I'm trying again today, my apologies. I'd love to be considered for the drawing if it's still okay. Anyway...)<BR/><BR/>Oh...my! Why couldn't you have written my school textbooks, Erastes? If every <BR/>scientific tome had featured uber-sexy slashiness and luscious male nudes <BR/>along with the academic stuff, I would have been the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-39249731201392419452008-11-14T22:54:00.000+00:002008-11-14T22:54:00.000+00:00The lithographs and prints of the time show it as ...<I>The lithographs and prints of the time show it as being picturesque, but I bet it was soon very grubby! </I><BR/><BR/>Ah, but even grubby can be beautiful.Vincent Copseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233265999577106740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-51605415589987752192008-11-14T22:31:00.000+00:002008-11-14T22:31:00.000+00:00Hi ChristineHee! There are definitely cold hands ...Hi Christine<BR/><BR/>Hee! There are definitely cold hands on warm... bits.Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-7499434269262136222008-11-14T22:29:00.000+00:002008-11-14T22:29:00.000+00:00I can't wait to read FF now! I'm sure your boys w...I can't wait to read FF now! I'm sure your boys will find lots of ways to keep warm in all that ice and snow! I'm glad they remembered to moisturise their hands...don't want any chaffing now, do we? ;pAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-45559316857438523412008-11-14T21:43:00.000+00:002008-11-14T21:43:00.000+00:00Sure! Here you go! 1. Use the time of a total s...Sure! Here you go!<BR/><BR/> 1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.<BR/><BR/> 2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.<BR/><BR/> 3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.<BR/><BR/> 4. Every sentence must do one of two things — reveal character or advance the action.<Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-72094379014602554462008-11-14T21:36:00.000+00:002008-11-14T21:36:00.000+00:00Erastes may I have Vonnegut's writing 'rules' plea...Erastes may I have Vonnegut's writing 'rules' please. I'm a huge fan but don't remember such a thing.<BR/><BR/>This was a great post!Madeline Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485601071092171174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-40757516425268467652008-11-14T20:49:00.000+00:002008-11-14T20:49:00.000+00:00Thank you, Mina! If you like the science, you'll ...Thank you, Mina! If you like the science, you'll probably like this, as it's quite nitty gritty in comparison to nice clean Regencies!Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-47485574021743934752008-11-14T20:31:00.000+00:002008-11-14T20:31:00.000+00:00Wow! I've been waiting for this one to come out! H...Wow! I've been waiting for this one to come out! Have been lapping up the excerpts (mmm!) <BR/><BR/>(Btw, is it wrong of me to get as excited by the science as I am by the pretty, pretty pictures?)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345566868643019398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-12100827272124205032008-11-14T19:55:00.000+00:002008-11-14T19:55:00.000+00:00*laughs* Yes, Olivia, I know what you mean, thoug...*laughs* Yes, Olivia, I know what you mean, though. So many "books on writing" are written by people I've never heard of. I have Vonnegut's rules above my computer and that's about it.<BR/><BR/>Ranty is GOOD!<BR/><BR/>I carefully put mostly "saids" into Trangressions - only to have the editor change most of them!! So now, I just write what comes naturally. Even if it is "unctuously"Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-6834135982080451902008-11-14T19:52:00.000+00:002008-11-14T19:52:00.000+00:00Hello Kate! *waves*Thank you, there's just somethi...Hello Kate! *waves*<BR/><BR/>Thank you, there's just something irresistible (to me anyway) about that breeches placket!!<BR/><BR/>:)Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-25714128964200482112008-11-14T19:37:00.000+00:002008-11-14T19:37:00.000+00:00"Writing books are full of shit." - Olivia KnightC..."Writing books are full of shit." - Olivia Knight<BR/><BR/>Come on, though - they're written by people, not by God. Apply all the rules from writing books to both bestselling and accoladed literary books, and you end up with - no books. Some fascists campaign against adjectives, some against modifiers, some against using any variations on "said" whatsoever... I wince for those who attend creativeMegan Kerrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03702395970450200829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-22494143400132493942008-11-14T19:31:00.000+00:002008-11-14T19:31:00.000+00:00You know I'm always interested in reading about 2 ...You know I'm always interested in reading about 2 lovely Regency chaps getting it on-and I love the mutual hand-jobs-used that myself I think in one of the Simply books :)Kate Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079485861541059016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-81179099260393257192008-11-14T18:54:00.001+00:002008-11-14T18:54:00.001+00:00Thank you, Calen!:)Thank you, Calen!<BR/><BR/>:)Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-86986385564036405232008-11-14T18:54:00.000+00:002008-11-14T18:54:00.000+00:00Thank you Marinca - it's odd that there's generall...Thank you Marinca - it's odd that there's generally weather of some sort in my books - and there's a lot of "how to write" tips which say that you shouldn't include weather. But perhaps because I've always lived in England where weather (and tea and queueing) is so important, I can't imagine writing a book without it.Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-72592398907176018812008-11-14T18:48:00.000+00:002008-11-14T18:48:00.000+00:00Thank you, MadelynneThe lithographs and prints of ...Thank you, Madelynne<BR/><BR/>The lithographs and prints of the time show it as being picturesque, but I bet it was soon very grubby!Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-50049661753473510742008-11-14T18:41:00.000+00:002008-11-14T18:41:00.000+00:00That's an excellent idea, Olivia, and in fact, whe...That's an excellent idea, Olivia, and in fact, when I started to write this, I thought 1814 WAS the year without a summer and was surprised to find it wasn't. It would be interesting to do and see people's reactions, as they'd have no clue as to why it was happening.<BR/><BR/>Hmmmmm.... Thank you!<BR/><BR/>:) I do like these two, and I feel there is more to tell.Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-64974141607192941522008-11-14T18:34:00.000+00:002008-11-14T18:34:00.000+00:00Sorry Madeline, I realised that after I'd hit send...Sorry Madeline, I realised that after I'd hit send. What a plank I am. But I have an excuse. I'm sick too. <BR/><BR/>:)<BR/>The cover is rather misleading - well completely misleading, as there's no snow sex thank goodness! Brrr! Don't want to embarrass my boys by having their bits shrinking!Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-13083260221649239822008-11-14T18:32:00.000+00:002008-11-14T18:32:00.000+00:00Thanks Anderyn!And of course it did freeze over lo...Thanks Anderyn!<BR/><BR/>And of course it did freeze over lots of times before 1814, and indeed in the years like 900ad it was a yearly occurrence, but the bridges facilitated the freezing - and explains why it rarely froze afterwards.Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-45823540527160944612008-11-14T18:17:00.000+00:002008-11-14T18:17:00.000+00:00You have such a way with stories. I am so excited ...You have such a way with stories. I am so excited for this book. AH! Can't wait!<BR/><BR/>P.S. LOOOOVEE the pics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com