tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post7801449178136116952..comments2024-03-22T05:18:29.555-04:00Comments on Romance Bandits: Glam-tasticLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-20233750675842783552008-03-13T00:04:00.000-04:002008-03-13T00:04:00.000-04:00Tim Tams for Pam.Tim Tams for Pam.Keira Soleorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440213826734580889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-22294351531620045142008-03-12T23:34:00.000-04:002008-03-12T23:34:00.000-04:00Christine, I'm late, late, late in commenting here...Christine, I'm late, late, late in commenting here. But your tribute to Tabitha was beautiful. I hope she had a chance to read it.<BR/><BR/>SIGH, the hats. That's one thing that I loved about the late Princess Diana, she brought hats back into fashion, except in Kentucky where they've always been in fashion, or Audrey Hepburn, who always wore them with such panache.<BR/><BR/>And that's certainly <I>not</I> a jaunty feather. That feather'd kill ya if you gave it half a chance.Keira Soleorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440213826734580889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-75942348186223899592008-03-12T06:52:00.000-04:002008-03-12T06:52:00.000-04:00Jeanne and Suzanne, I just watched Sense & Sensibi...Jeanne and Suzanne, I just watched Sense & Sensibility the other day and had the great good fortune to see Alan Rickman in his regimentals once again. *swoon* (Though Sean Bean in Sharpe gives him a run for his money!)Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-80375174610069424612008-03-12T01:40:00.000-04:002008-03-12T01:40:00.000-04:00Pam...I love your Regency version of Sunset Boulev...Pam...I love your Regency version of Sunset Boulevard!Suzanne Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761579189372602292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-16871595485260489162008-03-12T01:37:00.000-04:002008-03-12T01:37:00.000-04:00Jeanne!!! I love your taste in men and their cloth...Jeanne!!! I love your taste in men and their clothes. (Sean and Alan....yummo!)Suzanne Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761579189372602292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-58685559897343652008-03-12T01:33:00.000-04:002008-03-12T01:33:00.000-04:00Very fun post, Christine!I have to agree with the ...Very fun post, Christine!<BR/><BR/>I have to agree with the elegance of the balls being a drawing factor for me. And with men having such big ideas about honor, villians get to be extra smarmy. (I love that word!)Suzanne Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761579189372602292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-64824903950145946822008-03-12T00:39:00.000-04:002008-03-12T00:39:00.000-04:00OMG, Donna has a pink corset purse!?!?!? I wanna s...OMG, Donna has a pink corset purse!?!?!? I wanna see!Kim Castillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01024978035574211848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-28380143143333733412008-03-11T23:32:00.000-04:002008-03-11T23:32:00.000-04:00Michelle, please, come back and agree with me anyt...Michelle, please, come back and agree with me anytime!! :-)<BR/><BR/>(gal after my own heart, clearly! Love the alpha in the books, but in real life -- no way.)<BR/><BR/>Loved all the pitches and ideas - cinderalla and rags to riches stories definitely reign supreme around here. Along with tight pants and big hats. Hmm. <BR/><BR/>wish I could hang out all day and play with ya'll. dratted Big Brother. Dianna, I'm sure you would have been a fabulous deb, esp with those long lovely legs. Minna, I will have to look for that glam book! And Marie-Nicole, great pitch! You'll have to come back again and teach us how to leave 'em hanging. <BR/><BR/>Kim, hilarious pitch! And Fedora, very neat and tight. You could do one of those 60-second pitch conferences and get requests from everyone. <BR/><BR/>Pam, I'm definitely using Lord Hunkahunk in my next ms. Or is it taken? <BR/><BR/>Ms. Hellion, impressive use of the high concept pitch! Limecello, you mentioned one of my favorite plot twists--the long lost siblings! <BR/><BR/>ellie, you must be a writer! glam prose to describe glam!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-54098553556794688192008-03-11T21:42:00.000-04:002008-03-11T21:42:00.000-04:00grit as glam. I like it. :>grit as glam. I like it. :>Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-29313620895395605042008-03-11T20:51:00.000-04:002008-03-11T20:51:00.000-04:00Ellie, I think I like all that about historicals, ...Ellie, I think I like all that about historicals, too. I like it when someone can make fantastic things happen, but still really ground those events in vivid detail of the period. That's a perfect historical to me.Christine Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260589566405262159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-43976270152856949972008-03-11T20:50:00.000-04:002008-03-11T20:50:00.000-04:00Jeanne and Aunty, you're so right about the danger...Jeanne and Aunty, you're so right about the danger upping the ST. And I think grit can be glam if you do it right:)Christine Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260589566405262159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-23203551019561103832008-03-11T20:42:00.000-04:002008-03-11T20:42:00.000-04:00Limecello, you have more hooks than a hat stand th...Limecello, you have more hooks than a hat stand there. Well done!Christine Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260589566405262159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-29865472945664749412008-03-11T20:39:00.000-04:002008-03-11T20:39:00.000-04:00Hey, MsHellion, that's a strong pitch! And fugedda...Hey, MsHellion, that's a strong pitch! And fugeddabout the word count! That's no problem at all.<BR/><BR/>Are you pitching at National? We must do a blog or two on pitching. We have some real masters of the art here in the lair.Christine Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260589566405262159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-2859141318111289932008-03-11T20:36:00.000-04:002008-03-11T20:36:00.000-04:00Pam wrote: Especially from a group that approaches...Pam wrote: <I>Especially from a group that approaches cover models wearing shirts that say SURRENDER THE BOOTY!!</I><BR/><BR/>What a great idea:) <BR/><BR/>Snorked my nose off at your story, Pam. Are you by any chance a writer??<BR/><BR/>And of course I'm not holding anyone to the word restrictions. Sheesh! Anyone would think this was an RWA chapter contest, not the bandit lair.Christine Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260589566405262159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-53179705129831050912008-03-11T20:12:00.000-04:002008-03-11T20:12:00.000-04:00The vivid characters whose lives are always intrig...The vivid characters whose lives are always intriguing and beset with the most amazing and sometimes strange occurrences. I love historicals for their decriptions of the countryside, their feeelings and the surroundings.elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15862927794889754296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-27896257564527319252008-03-11T20:08:00.000-04:002008-03-11T20:08:00.000-04:00Oh, I forgot to answer that, Christine...What's gl...Oh, I forgot to answer that, Christine...What's glamourous about suspense? What isn't? Grins. Not the gritty, evil parts, I guess, but the intrigue, the dance of the hero, heroine and villain, usually in plain sight without anyone getting the upper hand. :> As AC said, there's Bond, in Armani. Or a built Navy Seal in a wetsuit. Yum. I mean, c'mon, can we say Ranger? Grins.Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-28272050882937683312008-03-11T19:06:00.000-04:002008-03-11T19:06:00.000-04:00I'd be interested to know from you suspense author...<I>I'd be interested to know from you suspense authors what you think is glamorous about suspense. For me, I love the high stakes and danger. And the great action heroes...</I><BR/><BR/>All of the above, Christine! :-) Danger always seems to up the sexual tension to me. And of course there are often spies, thieves, dastardly villains... just like in the historicals. <BR/><BR/>Does it get any more glam than Bond in his Armani sipping his martini?<BR/><BR/>ACLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-38575687036807458632008-03-11T18:08:00.000-04:002008-03-11T18:08:00.000-04:00Pam, you gotta get published! You just gotta!!! I ...Pam, you gotta get published! You just gotta!!! I love that story. Especially the nice historical detail of Mr G getting a look-in at the end, snork! Christine, I know she had more than 20 words, but my vote goes to Pam!!!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-58596464091308198842008-03-11T17:51:00.000-04:002008-03-11T17:51:00.000-04:00I love regencies - when I really got into reading ...I love regencies - when I really got into reading romances, regencies were all I'd read. (In fact, I only branched out because I'd exhausted the collection at my library.) I love the glamor and random history - and there's just so much material.<BR/>I've never had TIM TAMS - though I hear they're fabulous.<BR/>Hm my glamorous regency historical has princesses - because nothing is more glamorous than royalty. Spies, long lost siblings, lots of balls, theft, going into hiding, and a rags to riches story. (That'd be one of the princesses...) - yeah, still a work in progress ;-)limecellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15985786633434296297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-55849743299836267022008-03-11T17:34:00.000-04:002008-03-11T17:34:00.000-04:00Hellion's Historical (sorry, it's not a Regency th...Hellion's Historical (sorry, it's not a Regency though!)<BR/><BR/>"PRIDE & PREJUDICE meets CITY SLICKERS when a Bostonian travels West to become a cowboy and meets the rancher's daughter who shows him how."<BR/><BR/>(I'm over by 4 words. Ah, well, DISQUALIFIED. *LOL* But I do have "high concept", of a sort.)Hellie Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933713255844695337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-31806291292814604582008-03-11T17:22:00.000-04:002008-03-11T17:22:00.000-04:00Doglady, you owe me a new keyboard. SNORK!!! I'm...Doglady, you owe me a new keyboard. SNORK!!! I'm wiping the Diet Coke off so I can type. I was laughing my fanny off (please, can I really DO that?) over both Wal-Mart and the hysterical pitch.Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-26936668242597450182008-03-11T17:19:00.000-04:002008-03-11T17:19:00.000-04:00Ohhhhh, Sean Bean in tight britches and Hessian bo...Ohhhhh, Sean Bean in tight britches and Hessian boots...or better yet, Alan Rickman in uniform....oh, bestill my heart (and other things...)<BR/><BR/>Heehee.<BR/><BR/>Michelle, thanks for dropping back in, it was SO fun to have you here yesterday! And as several have said, no, subtle isn't notably prized. Puns on the other hand, are. And Glam. And Booty (of all sorts)<BR/><BR/>Grins.Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-74403973858271704092008-03-11T17:14:00.000-04:002008-03-11T17:14:00.000-04:00Lovely post, Christine! Very glamorous! and all to...Lovely post, Christine! Very glamorous! and all too true! Shallow as a puddle and proud to say so!<BR/><BR/>My reality is Wal-Mart for God's sake! Tacky, saggy, baggy, too small, inappropriate, boobs hanging out, black thongs under white Daisy Dukes. Why WOULDN'T I want to escape to the Regency with fabulous gowns, glorious hats and those men in those TIGHT TIGHT breeches and boots!<BR/><BR/>Oh please, Michelle, subtlety is completely overrated! Especially from a group that approaches cover models wearing shirts that say SURRENDER THE BOOTY!!<BR/><BR/>Its the glamour of the clothes, the manners, the estates, the townhouses, the balls and all of the things unique to the Regency that make me want to climb inside a well-written novel and live even if it is only for an hour or two.<BR/><BR/>How about Lord Hunkahunk courts Duchess BatsinBelfry because he really needs the money. Secretly he is in love with the duchess's social secretary Miss Sweetbutbroke. When he decides he can't go thru with it and jilts Duchess B, the old bat, I mean the poor lady shoots him and he lands in the ornamental pond. Miss S dives in to rescue him while Duchess B glides down the staircase for her portrait sitting saying "I am ready for my close up, Mr. Gainsborough"<BR/><BR/>Can you tell I LOVE old movies???dogladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03392561174583932552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-67720920109803167522008-03-11T16:48:00.000-04:002008-03-11T16:48:00.000-04:00Jo, I wish I had your leg problem.LOL Mine are in ...Jo, I wish I had your leg problem.LOL Mine are in proportion to the rest of me--ie short.Christine Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260589566405262159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-61818251680214095852008-03-11T16:38:00.000-04:002008-03-11T16:38:00.000-04:00Oh, no, Michelle, we save the subtlety for our boo...Oh, no, Michelle, we save the subtlety for our books, not allowed in the Lair.<BR/><BR/>I'm with you -- nothing like a soldier, wounded in body and soul, as far as I'm concerned.<BR/><BR/>I, too, love the historical clothing, although I'm more a Victorian kind of girl. I especially love when the heroine (as in Jennifer Donnelly's THE TEA ROSE) decides to leave off with the corset b/c it's too constrictive.<BR/><BR/>I'm with you Dianne; my legs are long from knee to thigh so I have to wear pants or long dresses to accommodate my weird legs LOL.<BR/><BR/>Amen, Sister Cassondra, we read for the fantasy-escapism! I have my husband and kids for reality!jo robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16824237193217632098noreply@blogger.com