tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post817800363054847335..comments2024-03-22T05:18:29.555-04:00Comments on Romance Bandits: The Road To RomanceLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-81640399093762260472009-06-19T01:04:58.658-04:002009-06-19T01:04:58.658-04:00AC - KEWL about it turning out to be your teacher&...AC - <i>KEWL about it turning out to be your teacher's fave poem. So can you still recite it?<br /><br /></i>Gosh, no. Perhaps parts of it but definitely not in its entirety. I also can't keep the two versions straight.Pissenlithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15652379987538733088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-82303981223518895912009-06-19T00:42:01.109-04:002009-06-19T00:42:01.109-04:00Hi Aunty Cindy!
I remember as a teen when I used t...Hi Aunty Cindy!<br />I remember as a teen when I used to visit my mom's bedroom each night and she would talk to me about her different romance books, mostly series books (But too I knew, and read, alot of those thick historicals behind in the shelves). I treasured those evenings and got to go back to my room and read that night and the next day I would be back talking about the book and picking another! I too would bring her books from the library. We loved Victoria Holt's Gothic romances! I kept a checklist to make sure I read every one of them (I don't know if I ever read Mary Stewart before so I must go see if any re-released recently usually that helps me to know where to start with hers). As I got older and married, I loved when I could beat my mom to the store on different holiday times and pick up all (I mean ALL) of the series books for her. She read them all each month. And she loved when I did that and after she read, she gave to me and I read. Often we would then donate them to the nursing homes because they loved those smaller stories too. I moved away a few hours drive but we still shared our love for romance books each time I could visit. When she was ill, I was at a conference and kept thinking about her, so I left the conference and drove a few hours and laid in bed with her and she asked me to read one of her books with her. I did that and will never forget that special love we had with each other. I know she's proud of me with the love I still have for romance books. CathieCaffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11830854922444380155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-80916390648862086952009-06-18T22:36:02.905-04:002009-06-18T22:36:02.905-04:00Pissenlit,
KEWL about it turning out to be your te...Pissenlit,<br />KEWL about it turning out to be your teacher's fave poem. So can you still recite it?<br /><br />I remember we had to recite "If" by Kipling and I can still remember MOST of it. Only now, I actually understand what most of it means! :-P<br /><br />ACLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-81523307135314447712009-06-18T22:31:36.607-04:002009-06-18T22:31:36.607-04:00Hey Joanie!!!
(Aunty waves madly!) BIG thanx for s...Hey Joanie!!!<br />(Aunty waves madly!) BIG thanx for stopping by after a loong day at the DDJ!<br /><br />HOORAY for another Phyllis Whitney fan! And how KEWL that you met Jude D's Mom!<br /><br />I remember the first time I read Sweet Savage Love. When I came to the first sex scene (pretty early on as I recall) my eyes nearly bugged outta my head! I think I was in college and I called my sister the next day and said, "you HAVE to read this!"<br /><br />The only other book I remember having that reaction to was Erica Jong's "Fear of Flying." OMG!!! She used the "F" word! ALL OVER THE PLACE! LOL!<br /><br />ACLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-47914523548745086192009-06-18T22:26:13.552-04:002009-06-18T22:26:13.552-04:00Nancy,
I don't remember where the Beverly Clea...Nancy,<br />I don't remember where the Beverly Cleary teen books were set! ACK! Old-timers disease! And the Ramona books were waaay after my time so I've never read them. <br /><br />I'm sorry I didn't read more stories aloud to my son. He did love the Hobbit, though.<br /><br />ACLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-58243569898832161362009-06-18T22:23:58.201-04:002009-06-18T22:23:58.201-04:00Hey Amy S.
I'm glad Johanna Lindsay's Fabi...Hey Amy S.<br />I'm glad Johanna Lindsay's Fabio covers didn't mark you for life! LOL! Some of them were pretty cheesy, even at the time. :-P Luckily, the stories were GREAT and totally made up for all the cheese on the cover.<br /><br />ACLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-65571567514975182862009-06-18T21:42:12.599-04:002009-06-18T21:42:12.599-04:00AC,
I came across the Lady of Shalott in high scho...AC,<br />I came across the Lady of Shalott in high school when my English class group had to do a presentation on the Victorian era. I picked it as the poem we had to recite(turns out it was our teacher's fave poem...heh heh). It's been my favourite ever since!<br /><br />Yep, I've seen the Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier version of P&P! Loved it! The costumes really were fab! I didn't know The Adventures of Robin Hood(best RH version EVER!) was shot there! Neat!Pissenlithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15652379987538733088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-21005719350322518852009-06-18T21:27:19.607-04:002009-06-18T21:27:19.607-04:00Chiming in late even though I got off on TIME at t...Chiming in late even though I got off on TIME at the hospital today!<br /><br />Hmmmm...when did I start reading romance?<br /><br />Along about age 12/13 like many of you. I vaguely remember a Phyllis A Whitney and a book called "Jassy".<br /><br />Oh, and a friend gave me a Thomas Hardy book as a present...I STILL remember the morose cover.<br /><br /><br />Kathleen of course and Jude Deverauex. Jude is from my hometown and I remember going to the B. Dalton's at Jefferson Mall and one of the clerks was her mother!<br /><br />Really thought I was hitting the big time when I read "Sweet Savage Love" by Rosemary Rogers. Remember something about the hero in a cage...and became oddly intrigued with that :-)Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566704374877697300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-36525527264711727752009-06-18T21:21:39.969-04:002009-06-18T21:21:39.969-04:00Fedora and AC, I read that Beverly Cleary book, th...Fedora and AC, I read that Beverly Cleary book, the YA romance--set in the Pacific Northwest, right? Or am I confused?<br /><br />We read Beverly Cleary to the boy. He loved Ramona especially, which we feared boded ill, but he just liked to read about her, not emulate her.<br /><br />For which we were grateful!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-2469355162508977892009-06-18T20:41:11.342-04:002009-06-18T20:41:11.342-04:00My aunt gave me my first romance book when I was 1...My aunt gave me my first romance book when I was 13, I've been reading them ever since. Johanna Lindsey is one of my fave authors. Heather Graham's Civil wars series, and Elizabeth Lowell's Only series.Amy S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17202603187907169256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-32885551126722470362009-06-18T20:18:15.710-04:002009-06-18T20:18:15.710-04:00Hey Beth,
Another convert from Harlequin! And just...Hey Beth,<br />Another convert from Harlequin! And just think, NOW you write for them! How kewl is that? YOU could be the author starting readers down their very own road to romance!<br /><br />ACLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-54096625313099231522009-06-18T20:11:05.831-04:002009-06-18T20:11:05.831-04:00I started on my road to romance as a preteen when ...I started on my road to romance as a preteen when I would read the Teen romances (if I remember correctly, they were sort of like category romances but...for teens *g*)<br /><br />Then, when I was around 16, my BFF's mom got me hooked on Harlequin/Silhouette books. As a new mother, I discovered Historicals. My very first historical romance was The Magic of You by Johanna Lindsey! Loved it!Beth Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01204356784898045866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-58486615863298914272009-06-18T19:52:36.495-04:002009-06-18T19:52:36.495-04:00Renee, Sweetie, YOU can stalk me any time! MWAH!
...Renee, Sweetie, YOU can stalk me any time! MWAH!<br /><br />I ADORE Victoria Alexander, both her writing and her personality! She gave a wonderfully hilarious speech at RWA National last year.<br /><br />It is a great feeling to be able to thank people in your published works! You'll notice I listed a lot of people in my Acknowledgments in TWS and I'm sure you'll recognize even more names in on the Acknowledgments page of TToV. ;-)<br /><br />ACLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-57727489279811597712009-06-18T19:44:49.151-04:002009-06-18T19:44:49.151-04:00Hi Nancy!
How is/was the beach?!?!
I knew you'...Hi Nancy!<br />How is/was the beach?!?!<br /><br />I knew you'd read 9 Princes in Amber and loved them too. Yes, a shame he didn't get to 'finish' the series. <br /><br />Yes, Disney made a movie of The Moonspinners with Hayley Mills, I googled and it shows 1964 as the original release date. I vaguely remember seeing it, but years later when it was on the Disney TV show. Wasn't much like the book, as I recall, but Hayley was a cute and spunky heroine.<br /><br />I read Beany Malone!!! WOW! I'd forgotten all about those stories until you brought them up. They were such fun with her unconventional family! Remember her sister Mary Fred?!?! <br /><br />Thanx for that brief foray down memory lane,<br />ACLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-87739097984590335272009-06-18T19:41:10.423-04:002009-06-18T19:41:10.423-04:00Aunty Cindy, I swear I'm not stalking you. I j...Aunty Cindy, I swear I'm not stalking you. I just loved The Wild Sight so much that when I saw you were giving an IOR of Venice away, I had to come over.<br /><br />Catherine Coulter, Victoria Alexander and Hannah Howell are my biggest influences. And I hope to one day list the names of those who have encouraged me along the way in the front of my book. <br /><br />ReneeReneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661396654827059313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-47834712452181191962009-06-18T19:35:43.020-04:002009-06-18T19:35:43.020-04:00Jane, congrats on taking home the rooster! Have f...Jane, congrats on taking home the rooster! Have fun with him.<br /><br />Cindy, you know I loved <i>The Wild Sight</i>. I can't wait to visit Venice with your characters.<br /><br />I have very fond memories of the late Roger Zelazny's Amber Chronicles. I wish he had lived long enough to finish them.<br /><br />My journey to romance probably started with fairy tales. I've always loved romantic (HEA) stories. In junior high, I discovered Janet Lambert's books about the Parrishes and Jordans and Lenora Mattingly Weber's Beany Malone. I always loved boom, but I always loved romance,too.<br /><br />I also read a lot of Mary Stewart, and I LOVE her Arthurian trilogy. I think Disney made The Moon Spinners into a TV movie with Hayley Mills. I vaguely remember it.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-21745596774015131352009-06-18T19:05:54.376-04:002009-06-18T19:05:54.376-04:00Becke,
My 10th grade English teacher wanted to tea...Becke,<br />My 10th grade English teacher wanted to teach "Brave New World" but the principal told her NO because it was "too racy." So of course all her students ran out and read it anyway! :-P Maybe that was her intent all along...<br /><br />ACLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-21308111106718659732009-06-18T19:03:13.005-04:002009-06-18T19:03:13.005-04:00Estella,
Wasn't Bertrice Small's Skye O...Estella,<br />Wasn't Bertrice Small's Skye O'Malley series GREAT FUN?!?! Glad she helped put you on the road to romance and being a GREAT reader!<br /><br />ACLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-29527224189505674912009-06-18T19:00:53.247-04:002009-06-18T19:00:53.247-04:00Posh,
ROFLOL about mom's hiding certain books ...Posh,<br />ROFLOL about mom's hiding certain books under the couch cushions! My BFF's mom (who read all the Harlequins) hid her racy ones in the laundry. She knew none of the other family members would go in there! <br /><br />ACLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-20396183820711323182009-06-18T18:55:43.617-04:002009-06-18T18:55:43.617-04:00ROFLOL, Hellion!
An "old" 13?!?! Why am ...ROFLOL, Hellion!<br />An "old" 13?!?! Why am I not the least bit surprised?!?! And getting your advanced education at that age certainly hasn't harmed you!<br /><br />And yes, those "forced seductions" in the 80s were pretty risque... AHEM! Not the way Aunty prefers her sex scenes now.<br /><br />So SCORE ONE GREAT reader thanx to Janelle Taylor!<br /><br />ACLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-8184180232780185652009-06-18T18:48:46.456-04:002009-06-18T18:48:46.456-04:00Posh/Caren,
OH GOOD! Now I don't feel so bad. ...Posh/Caren,<br />OH GOOD! Now I don't feel so bad. I'm not the only one who hasn't read Heyer. And LOL! How well I remember that piccie of Barbara C. and her lil white dog. In some ways the woman was a walking, talking cliche, but in others she was AMAZING!<br /><br />ACLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-24962730757359811162009-06-18T18:45:15.764-04:002009-06-18T18:45:15.764-04:00Pat,
I haven't heard of Shirley Wolford, so th...Pat,<br />I haven't heard of Shirley Wolford, so thanks for mentioning her. What a shame she is not longer with us writing great stories. <br /><br />Phyllis Whitney passed away a couple of years ago at 102. She published her last book when she was 93! Now THAT is what I aspire to!<br /><br />And HOORAY for Harlequin for bringing you into the fold as a GREAT romance reader!<br /><br />ACLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-31161061412850720572009-06-18T18:40:59.893-04:002009-06-18T18:40:59.893-04:00No worries, Margay!
Realistically (and spoken fro...No worries, Margay!<br /><br />Realistically (and spoken from the perspective of my very advanced age) there's not a big difference between a 16 yr old and an 18 yr old (my age when I took my first psych class). Books like "Rose Garden" and a couple of others you named certainly gave my naive eyes an opening! And I mean that in a good way.<br /><br />ACLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-75166974615489533272009-06-18T18:35:41.469-04:002009-06-18T18:35:41.469-04:00Fo,
You are sooo right about Mary Stewart's se...Fo,<br />You are sooo right about Mary Stewart's settings! I know they transported me to some wonderful and exotic (to me) places and she heavily influenced my writing today in that I strive to make my settings like another character in my books.<br /><br />Mary Stewart's books ARE like fine chocolate, to be savored slowly...<br /><br />ACLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-29603424653672002102009-06-18T18:32:14.465-04:002009-06-18T18:32:14.465-04:00Chekru,
SCORE another reader for Harlequin! And LO...Chekru,<br />SCORE another reader for Harlequin! And LOL on stealing your older sister's books. Sounds like something my sister would have done, except she wasn't much of a reader. DEFINITELY not like I was!<br /><br />ACLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.com