Comments on: Romance Land Shorthand Contest!

By: Maggie Robinson

Maggie Robinson — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:46:00 +0000

Oh, Irish, Lionel and Ellie have fabulous sex in a carriage later on! Kelly King didn’t think to write it, but the characters thought of it all on their own.

By: irisheyes

irisheyes — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:26:00 +0000

Hilarious post, Maggie! TRR was great. I'm not sure there's a cliche you missed. I suppose you'd have to wait until Ellie and Lionel get intimate for all the sexual cliches to surface.

The cliche that was kind of getting old for me was the I hate you, you hate me let's just have fabulous sex together. Also, the earth-shattering sex in a moving carriage thing is pretty hilarious, especially considering the times.

The instant "arousal" every other minute is also a little outrageous. But then again, considering what was and wasn't allowed, I suppose I can see it a whole lot more in historicals than in contemporaries.

By: Maggie Robinson

Maggie Robinson — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:43:00 +0000

Yeah, PJ, I never figured out the allure of ankles or calves (and especially not thighs, LOL…at least mine) but I guess it all had to do with the “forbidden” aspect.

May, I have quite a bosom myself, but I cannot make it heave no matter how hard I try. Those Playtex Everyday Basics bras are like bands of iron…which is a good thing.

Janga, no jeweled eyes, and no ruby lips either!

Lindsey (and Janga), I read somewhere the # of dukes (non-royal) during the regency was pretty miniscule. Today there are 5 royal and about 25 regular, I think. And let’s not forget, in our beloved Regencies, they’re all SPIES too! At least Lionel is.

By: PJ

PJ — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:11:00 +0000

Maggie, TRR is great. Excellent job!

~PJ

By: PJ

PJ — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:08:00 +0000

I’m LMAO. These are all so true and so funny! What gets me is when the hero catches a glimpse of her “delicately turned ankle” and immediately gets a hard on. I mean, come on. Her ankle? I’ll have you know I’ve been showing my “delicately turned ankle” all damn summer and not one turned-on hero has followed me home yet!

By: maykong

maykong — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:43:00 +0000

Haha, that was great! I always smile a bit when descriptions such as “heaving bosom”, “flashing eyes”, “steely gaze” are used. Trying to do these in real life is a lot harder than you’d think. ^^

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:50:00 +0000

Yay for TRR – I’ve missed it!

I’m so with Janga on dukes. I’m also highly skeptical of the number of heroines who are the incomparable of the season.

By: Janga

Janga — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 01:45:00 +0000

Tessa, I just read the phrase "obsidian eyes" today, and it threw me out of the story. I found myself wondering if the hero's eyes were black, brown, or dark green. Were they sharp as weapons? Emblamatic of fiery depths?By the time I had spent thirty minutes pondering the properties of "obsidian," I had no desire to return to the story.

Maggie, the cliche that irritates me most at the present is one of title rather than words. I think if we counted all the dukes in Britain from 1066-2006, we would have fewer than those who have inhabited Regency-set histoticals in the past five years.

As for TRR, I too love it. I bow before your wit, Maggie.

By: Maggie Robinson

Maggie Robinson — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:42:00 +0000

Bev, it's been a blast to write...now if only I could get an agent to read it, LOL. I'm going to introduce my Western couple in a future blog.

Terrio and Hellion, thanks for dropping by in the midst of your vacation madness!It is amazing these romance characters can get off instantly, isn't it? The white throat...the perfect earlobe, etc.

Tessa, that quote makes me want to start a new contemporary. I would of course attribute the genius to you.

Bernard, I'll have to break my no-TV rule and catch CSI sometime!

RevM, I'll have to add a quizzing glass in revisions. Lionel is really a hoot later on in the story, all icy dukeness.

And thanks, Santa, Aprilsmom,Marisa,Anne and Ely for your earlier input. I got knocked off the computer (thunderstorm)after I had carefully responded to each of your posts and was too lazy to do it again. I guess I'm lucky to be alive, huh? You are officially entered in the contest!

By: beverley

beverley — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:13:00 +0000

Oh Maggie, you had be dying with laughter. You must continue. I wasn’t ready for it to end. Love the ‘artfully disarranged black hair bit’. It’s so nice we romance writers don’t take ourselves toooooo seriously.