tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post1372427167060670380..comments2024-03-10T23:05:59.413-04:00Comments on Romancing The Past: Inspire Me!Wendy Solimanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05769040606499192321noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-83258534807847361342011-03-27T18:16:45.315-04:002011-03-27T18:16:45.315-04:00I'm a sucker for Keats myself. Eve of St. Agne...I'm a sucker for Keats myself. Eve of St. Agnes is some kinky stuff. :DVivien Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17483278884631021887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-11513096846059249102010-12-17T20:39:23.586-05:002010-12-17T20:39:23.586-05:00Oh, dear. No one thinks I wrote the poem, right?
...Oh, dear. No one thinks I wrote the poem, right?<br /><br />It's Byron's <i>She Walks in Beauty</i>!<br /><br />Just wanted to clear that up, in case there were any misunderstandings!<br /><br />I so appreciate all the great comments. Love that you all love the Sharpe series. And here I'd thought I was the only one watching it!<br /><br /><i>O'er the hills and o'er the main <br />Through Flanders, Portugal and Spain. <br />King George commands and we obey <br />Over the hills and far away...</i>Taryn Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11130206764352777367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-33387219252092694272010-12-17T18:17:12.986-05:002010-12-17T18:17:12.986-05:00Well, just WOW! I loved this post and am loving th...Well, just WOW! I loved this post and am loving this new blog from Carina Press. You are so very eloquent. Love Byron. But, just let me tell you that I really have this "thing" for Sean Bean in his Sharpe role. I've seen the entire series and would love to own it. <br /><br />Thanks to Carina Press and this array of talent for a new blog I will definitely follow.Winona Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12378168143177366935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-13495814512155473542010-12-17T10:45:23.657-05:002010-12-17T10:45:23.657-05:00I love reading historical, but I find it's dif...I love reading historical, but I find it's difficult me for to write because I get bogged down in research. I admire authors who are able to seamlessly incorporate history into an interesting romance! I'm looking forward to reading Healing Hearts :)Shoshanna Evershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10172269305910566840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-51489612606167317582010-12-17T09:21:55.556-05:002010-12-17T09:21:55.556-05:00Count me in when it comes to Sean Bean!Count me in when it comes to Sean Bean!Patricia Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04538067779006621088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-66709441484144987862010-12-17T06:47:28.524-05:002010-12-17T06:47:28.524-05:00I love that poem. Great post. You captured the rom...I love that poem. Great post. You captured the romance of period writing beautifully.Jenna Kernanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15662061764799011232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-86682474682653141562010-12-16T20:55:37.839-05:002010-12-16T20:55:37.839-05:00Right now? Well - Sean Bean is inspiring me - that...Right now? Well - Sean Bean is inspiring me - that dirty sexy man!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11949877431810627840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-19199828509476117092010-12-16T20:37:35.276-05:002010-12-16T20:37:35.276-05:00*clapping hands* Another regency for the to buy li...*clapping hands* Another regency for the to buy list. I really like it here!<br /><br />I like my historicals light and fluffy, I like them dark and grubby. I do get thrown out of the story when I find historical inaccuacies but then I should spot those since I write regency too. Light, dark - it doesn't matter to me. REGENCY ROCKS!Heather Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12522336655445579477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-3863647782385961442010-12-16T18:32:18.372-05:002010-12-16T18:32:18.372-05:00Hey, peeps, I'm delighted every stopped by. Gr...Hey, peeps, I'm delighted every stopped by. Great comments, all.<br /><br />For me, research is another way I procrastinate. In <i>Healing Hearts</i> the hero compares the fragrance of the heroine's hair to a Portuguese plant used to make a very potent Portuguese brandy, with which he anesthetized himself. Spent hours researching the plant -- a strawberry tree -- and then hours more on the brandy! All for one, probably unnecessary sentence.<br /> I think we need to consider, as Wendy noted, who we're writing for. I think the answer to that should be readers, of course!<br /> And, whoa, Nellie! Who knew there were so many closet Sean Bean fans out there?!Taryn Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11130206764352777367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-24875623438053153422010-12-16T18:27:30.859-05:002010-12-16T18:27:30.859-05:00Great Post. For me Pride and Prejudice and Colin F...Great Post. For me Pride and Prejudice and Colin Firth. Have watched the series about once a year. Also read the book a number of times.Janet Lane Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-17716882822808380002010-12-16T14:40:29.264-05:002010-12-16T14:40:29.264-05:00Lovely. Simply lovely. And Sean Bean as anything....Lovely. Simply lovely. And Sean Bean as anything...slurp! Great post. Got this site bookmarked.<br />☺<br />Cindy<br />www.cindynord.comCindy Nord https://www.blogger.com/profile/00218707473893790352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-71138912973967337272010-12-16T12:59:48.063-05:002010-12-16T12:59:48.063-05:00Oh dear - I'm going to be the odd one out here...Oh dear - I'm going to be the odd one out here. While I agree that I don't want a history lesson in my reading (and hope I don't do it too in my writing) I am obsessed with getting the details as right as I can, and won't always shy from the more unpleasant aspects. <br /><br />I agree that it's horrible to put details such as bad teeth or body odour - and pointless because your H&H won't know that the other smells, they will both smell - but there are ways to get the legitimately clean and nice smelling without being horribly anachronistic. I just think that historicals shouldn't be "men and women in pretty clothes but with modern sensibilities" because we read historicals to escape.Erasteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203293017233301227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-24427554450723569902010-12-16T12:41:50.529-05:002010-12-16T12:41:50.529-05:00Mmm, Sean Bean...
Though I have to say, I'm a...Mmm, Sean Bean...<br /><br />Though I have to say, I'm a serious research geek. I love reading about the larger than life personalities and big events of my chosen era, then imagining what it would be like to live through that time and building a story around it. I don't put anything like everything I've learned on the page, because that would be an infodump and would bore everyone except my husband and one of my critique partners. But for me, there's nothing like finding another book on Waterloo or re-reading my favorite Wellington biography to put me in a writing frame of mind. :-)Susanna Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16149293228696867804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-23795206112367026642010-12-16T12:05:46.854-05:002010-12-16T12:05:46.854-05:00Hi Bobbie (Sunny)!
I love to read historical. I wr...Hi Bobbie (Sunny)!<br />I love to read historical. I write contemporary. I've never really been a country western fan, but some of the lyrics in Carrie's songs really hit home for me while I'm writing these particular characters.Wendy S Marcushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00939938658812925880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-64052911268071157652010-12-16T11:50:58.146-05:002010-12-16T11:50:58.146-05:00Excellent blog home, authors! Very cozy indeed. W...Excellent blog home, authors! Very cozy indeed. While I don't write historical any more, I sure read it and I look forward to your books!<br /><br />Wendy, I must comment. Cracking up here. Would never have thought of Carrie while writing a historical, but then again...you have me imagining it. I once wrote a contemporary love scene while watching Taming of the Shrew, so why not...right?<br /><br />Best, everybody!Bobbie (Sunny) Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10039523903143674505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-5157571425889309202010-12-16T11:20:36.826-05:002010-12-16T11:20:36.826-05:00Ok. Let's try this again. I hope it doesn'...Ok. Let's try this again. I hope it doesn't post twice!<br />Hi Taryn!<br />I enjoy historical romance and agree with you 100 percent. Please hold the history lesson. I love the romance of the period. The chivalry and innocence. I'm looking forward to reading Healing Hearts. I loved the excerpt you read at an RWA meeting a while back. <br /><br />With regard to what inspires me...music. For my current WIP I am addicted to Carrie Underwood.Wendy S Marcushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00939938658812925880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-88536309271165707832010-12-16T10:30:32.675-05:002010-12-16T10:30:32.675-05:00Very nice! Although sometimes, I like the flashes ...Very nice! Although sometimes, I like the flashes of the underside of society. Most of the time, though, I'm with you on preferring the elegant fantasy.Cindy Spencer Papehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583236494759465431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-46892178993381718162010-12-16T09:51:16.129-05:002010-12-16T09:51:16.129-05:00Thanks for the inspiration. Sean Bean looks good i...Thanks for the inspiration. Sean Bean looks good in a uniform. I appreciate when authors do all that tedious research so I can just sink into their recreated world and enjoy it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12742618211008888625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-39161259157818732682010-12-16T09:34:19.206-05:002010-12-16T09:34:19.206-05:00Yeah, what the others said! I'm for getting th...Yeah, what the others said! I'm for getting the facts right without getting bogged down in detail, too. Great post!Wendy Solimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769040606499192321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-72730049732258863932010-12-16T08:30:23.527-05:002010-12-16T08:30:23.527-05:00You totally have the same taste as me!! Ok, So I a...You totally have the same taste as me!! Ok, So I am an English country girl and the idea of a man gallping through the English countryside into the arms of his love just thrills me!! Really! <br />I love nothing more than reading Jane Austin or a Brnote novel. <br />The men were courtly and respectable, but hard and intriguing! <br />Romance was portrayed so perfectly in those times. *Swoon* <br />I cant wait to read yours, xx I love Historical Romance (as I said above) but I'll bet yours ROCKS!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-28746105220986694662010-12-16T08:19:26.600-05:002010-12-16T08:19:26.600-05:00Sorry what? I saw the picture of Sean Bean and bla...Sorry what? I saw the picture of Sean Bean and blanked on the rest lol!<br />Nice post babe!<br />Regency is awesome to read, I wish I could write it. Guess I'll have to stick with living through your writing ;-)<br />Liia xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-2741017108933987062010-12-16T08:08:31.710-05:002010-12-16T08:08:31.710-05:00Dreamy, right?!Dreamy, right?!Taryn Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11130206764352777367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605326350033222320.post-56630079767549157572010-12-16T08:07:37.975-05:002010-12-16T08:07:37.975-05:00You just picked out some of my absolute favorite i...You just picked out some of my absolute favorite inspiration. Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy....SighRebecca Roycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556741805325106199noreply@blogger.com