tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post8236869202941197539..comments2008-11-18T14:43:11.131ZTeresaNoelleRobertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08542291750786128688noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-10680641998958710502008-11-18T14:43:00.000Z2008-11-18T14:43:00.000Z

Thank you Caffrey!

Erasteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-71226660165454027052008-11-18T03:28:00.000Z2008-11-18T03:28:00.000Z

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!

Caffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11830854922444380155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-34148935028554621822008-11-16T16:02:00.000Z2008-11-16T16:02:00.000Z

Thanks Jade!

Erasteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-52958125926887461222008-11-16T09:27:00.000Z2008-11-16T09:27:00.000Z

Loved it, sexy, sensual, literary and informative - great post!

Jade Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15191736432466425858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-80680952995481440072008-11-15T20:41:00.000Z2008-11-15T20:41:00.000Z

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 Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16485601071092171174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-91588256965993492302008-11-15T18:16:00.000Z2008-11-15T18:16:00.000Z

Thank you anonymous! Yes, you are still in time - the winner will be announced very soon !

Erasteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-82039092296257176402008-11-15T18:09:00.000Z2008-11-15T18:09:00.000Z

(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-39249731201392419452008-11-14T22:54:00.000Z2008-11-14T22:54:00.000Z

<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.

Madelynne Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15233265999577106740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-51605415589987752192008-11-14T22:31:00.000Z2008-11-14T22:31:00.000Z

Hi Christine<BR/><BR/>Hee! There are definitely cold hands on warm... bits.

Erasteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-7499434269262136222008-11-14T22:29:00.000Z2008-11-14T22:29:00.000Z

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? ;p

xchrispristinexhttp://openid.aol.com/xchrispristinexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-45559316857438523412008-11-14T21:43:00.000Z2008-11-14T21:43:00.000Z

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.<

Erasteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-72094379014602554462008-11-14T21:36:00.000Z2008-11-14T21:36:00.000Z

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 Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16485601071092171174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-40757516425268467652008-11-14T20:49:00.000Z2008-11-14T20:49:00.000Z

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!

Erasteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-47485574021743934752008-11-14T20:31:00.000Z2008-11-14T20:31:00.000Z

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?)

Minahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345566868643019398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-12100827272124205032008-11-14T19:55:00.000Z2008-11-14T19:55:00.000Z

*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"

Erasteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-6834135982080451902008-11-14T19:52:00.000Z2008-11-14T19:52:00.000Z

Hello Kate! *waves*<BR/><BR/>Thank you, there's just something irresistible (to me anyway) about that breeches placket!!<BR/><BR/>:)

Erasteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-25714128964200482112008-11-14T19:37:00.000Z2008-11-14T19:37:00.000Z

"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 creative

Olivia Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03702395970450200829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-22494143400132493942008-11-14T19:31:00.000Z2008-11-14T19:31:00.000Z

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 Pearcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04079485861541059016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-81179099260393257192008-11-14T18:54:00.001Z2008-11-14T18:54:00.001Z

Thank you, Calen!<BR/><BR/>:)

Erasteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-86986385564036405232008-11-14T18:54:00.000Z2008-11-14T18:54:00.000Z

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.

Erasteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-72592398907176018812008-11-14T18:48:00.000Z2008-11-14T18:48:00.000Z

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!

Erasteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-50049661753473510742008-11-14T18:41:00.000Z2008-11-14T18:41:00.000Z

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.

Erasteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-64974141607192941522008-11-14T18:34:00.000Z2008-11-14T18:34:00.000Z

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!

Erasteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-13083260221649239822008-11-14T18:32:00.000Z2008-11-14T18:32:00.000Z

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.

Erasteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685152641201332954.post-45823540527160944612008-11-14T18:17:00.000Z2008-11-14T18:17:00.000Z

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.

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