tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post9069892417652409967..comments2023-11-03T04:57:11.073-04:00Comments on Romance Bandits: Bonjour to Madame Sophia Nash and her Tres Merry Widows!Loucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-14148828104956579332009-03-07T15:59:00.000-05:002009-03-07T15:59:00.000-05:00Hi Sophia,Great interview and love the little nugg...Hi Sophia,<BR/><BR/>Great interview and love the little nuggets of info you drop about upcoming books. I must say too, that I can't wait to get my hands on LWAPS. Sounds like another wonderful story.<BR/><BR/>I think I prefer the heroine POV overall, but I like to read the hero POV story too. And love scenes, well either will do just so long as it's HOT!Karen Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13732638672537005826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-82259489144115511432009-03-07T01:50:00.000-05:002009-03-07T01:50:00.000-05:00Sophia, I believe the comment had to dowith excess...Sophia, <BR/>I believe the comment had to do<BR/>with excessive research! It was in the Avon newsletter which arrived this week.<BR/><BR/>Pat CochranPat Cochranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997396930842831460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-3493950047421220452009-03-07T00:59:00.000-05:002009-03-07T00:59:00.000-05:00My favorite POV during sex scenes is from the hero...My favorite POV during sex scenes is from the hero. For some reason it makes the scene that more intense and emotional.<BR/><BR/>ReneeReneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661396654827059313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-980022727993321902009-03-06T21:32:00.000-05:002009-03-06T21:32:00.000-05:00Sophia, you've been an amazing guest in the lair. ...Sophia, you've been an amazing guest in the lair. I was serious when I said I hope you'll come back and see us again! Good luck with LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER. I'm sure it's going to be another hit! <BR/><BR/>Thank you to everyone who commented. It's been a great day in the Bandita lair. <BR/><BR/>People, don't forget to check back in the next day or so to see who won the signed copy of LOVE WITH A PROPER STRANGER. Good luck!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-80377066040707426082009-03-06T21:30:00.000-05:002009-03-06T21:30:00.000-05:00Sophia, interesting about you feeling at home in a...Sophia, interesting about you feeling at home in a historical setting. I must say I feel the same! It mightn't always be Regency but it's some time in the past! <BR/><BR/>OMG! I thought pantser was bad enough. Now I have to cope with people wanting to call themselves pantiliners! The mind boggles! Actually after much talk and experimentation and cogitation, I've decided I have an awful process but it's the best process for me. Sigh. <BR/><BR/>Hey, cool! Between your son and the Tim Tams, we'll get you down here one day!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-15256039517552526252009-03-06T20:51:00.000-05:002009-03-06T20:51:00.000-05:00Anna-Re visiting other countries...the other place...Anna-<BR/>Re visiting other countries...the other place I've always wanted to visit is Corsica. I want to see what sort of land produced a man like Napoleon.Sophia Nashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05158888785592344236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-70010996966937982632009-03-06T20:50:00.000-05:002009-03-06T20:50:00.000-05:00Anna--I actually do know a little about the histor...Anna--<BR/>I actually do know a little about the history of Australia. After watching Australia (the movie) my son decided to do a HUGE report on the country and so I had to listen to him tell me about a million facts about Oz. That's when he told me the one place he was determined to visit was Australia. We made a bargain that we'd go together one day.<BR/>All I can say is that the French really missed the boat on getting their fingers on Oz. But there is always Guadaloupe and those other little glittering islands in the sun!Sophia Nashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05158888785592344236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-61988448959512607582009-03-06T20:41:00.000-05:002009-03-06T20:41:00.000-05:00Hi Janga.Great to see you here! And I am SO glad y...Hi Janga.<BR/>Great to see you here! And I am SO glad you liked this new book... You are not alone re your fondness for Beta heroes. I'm always so surprised that half the readers prefer Luc the alpha male and half prefer Quinn. With such an even split, you'd think there would be more Beta males in romance.<BR/>I've written 2 (maybe 3) Beta males. Apart from Quinn, there was also Nicholas from A Passionate Endeavor--the book that won the Rita. I mention this only because when I wrote that book and it was released, I left town. Literally. I was certain it was going to be universally disliked. When my editor at the time read the bad, bad, bad synopsis, she said, "That hero is NOT going to work." And I tried to change him, but he was determined to be Beta...Each book teaches me something--and that second book taught me to trust the process.Sophia Nashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05158888785592344236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-84226313793527259282009-03-06T20:09:00.000-05:002009-03-06T20:09:00.000-05:00Anna,I am shaking my head about the writing proces...Anna,<BR/>I am shaking my head about the writing process question. For about 2 years I used to stop every author I met to beg them to explain their writing process. I kept thinking if I asked enough people I'd be able to figure out a better way than my own. Everyone was a pantzer (seat of the pants writer) or a plotter (outliner). That's when I coined the absolutely horrible term for what I am and so many other writers in the closet: pantiliner. Yes, it'll go on my gravestone.<BR/>I am most comfortable writing and plotting a nice long, terrifyingly complicated synopsis. Then I start writing the story and nothing goes according to the synopsis I spent months plotting. BUT--when I really get stuck, I do review the synopsis and frequesntly it will help me consider what is wrong or where I might go. But mostly that awful synopsis is a security blanket.Sophia Nashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05158888785592344236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-10703957944457685812009-03-06T20:07:00.000-05:002009-03-06T20:07:00.000-05:00Thanks for the info on the stories, Helen. I orde...Thanks for the info on the stories, Helen. I ordered Luc's story, figuring I'd start at the beginning!<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Sophia, Victoria sounds perfect!jo robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16824237193217632098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-17065522425055966182009-03-06T20:03:00.000-05:002009-03-06T20:03:00.000-05:00Anna said, "don't tell Sophia I say nice things be...Anna said, "don't tell Sophia I say nice things behind her back! I've got her quivering in terror of me and you'll spoil the impression I've worked so hard to build up."<BR/>Sophia's reply-- Yeah, I almost died of fright when you mentioned the RT Top Picks and explained how to click to order my books.Sophia Nashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05158888785592344236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-71993073033835196592009-03-06T19:59:00.000-05:002009-03-06T19:59:00.000-05:00Hmmm... anything other than regency-set romances? ...Hmmm... anything other than regency-set romances? Well, I have written one paranormal novella for charity: Bewitched Bothered and Bevampyred. The title was: Crunching Scientist, Hidden Dragon. I'm not kidding. It had a host of great authors headlined by Mary Jo Putney, Mary Janice Davidson, Pat Rice, Gena Showalter and on and on... I'll admit that I had way too much fun writing it. <BR/> <BR/>And then on occasion I've tried writing a few pages of a contemporary about a television reporter--draw on your own experience, right?--but it invariably peters out.<BR/>The thing is that I have so many ideas--for a screenplay, and most especially a children's book--but right now, I love writing what I'm writing, and I doubt that will change because I feel most at home in a historical setting. But I've learned it's better to not say "never."Sophia Nashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05158888785592344236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-91064555522328056552009-03-06T19:49:00.000-05:002009-03-06T19:49:00.000-05:00Not you, my dear, you are la Princesse de Superbus...Not you, my dear, you are la Princesse de Superbus Prosius.Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-42216672908224585782009-03-06T19:43:00.000-05:002009-03-06T19:43:00.000-05:00Jeanne and Anna--Love the titles. Duchess of Hotda...Jeanne and Anna--<BR/>Love the titles. Duchess of Hotdayum? Snorkville? If I pay off the correct one of you with Dutch foreign film theatre slightly-stale Tim Tams can I be Vicomtesse de Maximus Bullonius?Sophia Nashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05158888785592344236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-43233658420081503012009-03-06T19:38:00.000-05:002009-03-06T19:38:00.000-05:00Sophia, not sure if in the mad chat fest, you miss...Sophia, not sure if in the mad chat fest, you missed my questions - but I wondered about your writing process and also if you had the urge to write anything other than Regency romance. Interesting parties want to know! ;-)Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-90752519500443803922009-03-06T19:34:00.000-05:002009-03-06T19:34:00.000-05:00Hi Pat--So which Avon mystery quote was it? The on...Hi Pat--<BR/>So which Avon mystery quote was it? The one about my most embarrassing moment? The one in Spanish 101 at UCLA?Sophia Nashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05158888785592344236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-89031902517786638672009-03-06T19:31:00.000-05:002009-03-06T19:31:00.000-05:00Ah, the Duchess of Hotdayum! I'd forgotten our Lou...Ah, the Duchess of Hotdayum! I'd forgotten our Louisa's aristocratic connections! Jeanne, I'd forgotten the Duchesse de Snorkville but you're right! Gosh, that was way back when we first got together. We've all been through so much since then, haven't we? And we're still snorking! <BR/><BR/>Pat, are you following our Sophia around? I'm sure she'll like that! <BR/><BR/>Limecello, I'm laughing at you doing a States-wide search for the glorious glittering Tim Tams. You'll just have to move to Australia. They're on sale everywhere here!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-53112101016112807592009-03-06T19:26:00.000-05:002009-03-06T19:26:00.000-05:00LOL Anna - (and Dianna - eek!) :P I think my run i...LOL Anna - (and Dianna - eek!) :P I think my run is about to end - 3 days is pretty good, right?<BR/>But anyway - Tim Tams, no, there weren't any at the Target stores around me. Or in MA, CA, DC, or MO, where I had friends check. O_O (I think I might rival Sophia in her Tim Tam love. I had a cross country cookie/biscuit hunt.) I've been known to dance around the house clutching a packet of Tim Tams. <BR/>I was, however, kind enough to receive a pack from the marketing rep when I waxed poetic about Tim Tams on a blog post. Sadly, no more were or have been forthcoming :Plimecellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331447498798826649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-40009047091922223862009-03-06T19:04:00.000-05:002009-03-06T19:04:00.000-05:00Thanks for your visit to the Lair,Sophia, and than...Thanks for your visit to the Lair,<BR/>Sophia, and thanks to our Miss Anna<BR/>for hosting today's gathering!<BR/><BR/>I was surprised to see you here<BR/>today, especially since I've been<BR/>visiting you and your website over<BR/>the last couple of days! One visit<BR/>was made after tracking down a <BR/>comment of yours in the Avon "From<BR/>the Heart" newsletter. <BR/><BR/>I try to see a romance from both<BR/>sides, hero and heroine, except<BR/>for the love scenes. Like Helen,<BR/>I would like to be the object of<BR/>the hero's affections for those<BR/>few moments!! LOL!<BR/><BR/>Pat CochranPat Cochranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997396930842831460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-7844881784478727542009-03-06T18:39:00.000-05:002009-03-06T18:39:00.000-05:00BTW, Anna, it is SUCH fun to meet with or run into...BTW, Anna, it is SUCH fun to meet with or run into Sophia at our regular Starbucks hangout. We've also run into such luminary lights as Sally MacKensie (The Naked Books), Merry Banerji who, I believe, writes as Meredith Bond, and other illustrious WRW Members.<BR/><BR/>Grins.Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-87232854863362342972009-03-06T18:36:00.000-05:002009-03-06T18:36:00.000-05:00*haughtily* I, if you must know, am Le Duchesse de...*haughtily* I, if you must know, am Le Duchesse de Snorkville, my darling Sophia. My estates are vast and legendary. :> Our most ancient name derives from our tendency to SNORK with laughter at moments both appropriate as well as those occasions when it's not. (The latter often causing damage to keyboards, clothing etc. because it it generally done in context with a liquid refreshment being spewed when said laughter - snorking - occurs)<BR/><BR/>Snork.<BR/><BR/>My darling friend, Louisa, the Duchess (English, you know, rather than French) of Hotdayum probably has already made an appearance.Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-11785234186031449692009-03-06T18:08:00.000-05:002009-03-06T18:08:00.000-05:00Sophia, your advice makes perfect sense *g* Thanks...Sophia, your advice makes perfect sense *g* <BR/><BR/>Thanks so much!<BR/><BR/>And I have to say I'm envious of authors who not only have other authors close by but also a Starbucks! The closest starbucks is 45 min away from me :-)Beth Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01204356784898045866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-78884695888850876282009-03-06T17:55:00.000-05:002009-03-06T17:55:00.000-05:00Sophia, what great advice about writing a series! ...Sophia, what great advice about writing a series! <BR/><BR/>Karin, the male cousins do sound interesting, don't they? <BR/><BR/>Jeanne, how DID the duchesse thing come about? I've forgotten. I can remember we were teasing you about something. Yeah, like that never happens in the lair!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-7662512761758433802009-03-06T17:52:00.001-05:002009-03-06T17:52:00.001-05:00Sophia, I know it makes people roll their eyes but...Sophia, I know it makes people roll their eyes but I must admit a sneaking fondness for virgin widow plots. They're like the plots where the widow hasn't had any really good nookie and then Mr. Right turns up. I certainly used that one in Untouched. <BR/><BR/>Oh, Jeanne, I'm jealous! I want to get together with you girls tomorrow.Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-22901274346148539022009-03-06T17:52:00.000-05:002009-03-06T17:52:00.000-05:00OK-- I want to know how Jeanne "The Duchesse" got ...OK-- I want to know how Jeanne "The Duchesse" got her title....Duchess of Starbucks? Yeah, we both reign there--in those hard to come by comfy chairs. Did you all know Jeanne and I live about 3 minutes from each other? And if any of you have read Elaine Fox's books, she gre up about 10 houses away from me!Sophia Nashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05158888785592344236noreply@blogger.com