Spike's Bitches 21 Gunn Salute
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Susan, I hope your travel is easy-peasy. And early happy birthday wishes!
My Regency heresy is that I'm fairly "meh" about Heyer.
I just picked up one of her books to take with me on vacation at the beginning of the month but I never got around to reading it. Austen is my if I can only take one author to the desert island pick. I was pleased to find out recently that my older brother, having finished all the Patrick O'Brian books, has started to read Austen for the first time. I'm so excited for him! Now maybe I'll have to try out this O'Brian character.
That's ok, juliana. I spent the last week as, "Shirley . . Faith . . . Libby . . . you! The one with the coffee pot! Calli, pour me a cup, wouldya?"
Anyway, it would be neat if it was the same book. Although, paternity questions settled by birthmarks probably isn't a unique plot point. Still, I'm wondering about the title now, too. Mostly I remember feeling like I was getting away with something reading about the sexy bits (I was a youngish teenager) and finding the heroine's name odd for a Saxon.
See, that's when you start asking locals who's the BEST hairstylist in town, and then going in and requesting a cut that suits you.
The shop I go to is awesome, and even though I'm not too crazy about the last person there who did my hair, usual stylist, and owner!stylist really may be the best (usual stylist is like unto an alchemist with color).
But I have problems communicating what I want, even when I know what I want. Right now, I don't know what I want, and I never seem to be happy when I tell them, "Do whatever you think looks good."
Okay, shutting up with the whinging, now.
Ok, throw some names out there. Who would you consider "true" Regency writers and who is writing historical-set-in-Regency-theme-park.
Actually, I'm pretty confident I can pick out the latter, but it sounds to me like the def for the former is something more than set-
accurately
-in-Regency-period.
Can one write a romance set in that period that doesn't go all anachronisty but still counts as historical-set-in-Regency rather than Regency?
Can one come up with more hyphenated terms in a single post?
You should never, ever say that. Taking your head in your hands. But I like the chutzpah, though.
The O'Brian books are wonderful, though they start slow, and you have to be willing to skim the naval lingo and battle scenes at first. Eventually they start making sense.
But I have problems communicating what I want
You could print out your last post and bring it as a cheat sheet! That seems like it contains enough information for a competent stylist to go on.
I can apply those three things to pretty much anybody- with different requirements for each.
I want Heather to come shop for me! I think I can tell when something looks good on me but I end up trying on a million bad things because I can't judge on the rack. And that can be really discouraging. Also, I should just accept that H & M is not going to make a top that works for me. Skirts & pants, yes. Tops not so much.
I adore the O'Brian books. Stephen M. is my secret Regency boyfriend. For some reason I never saw Master and Commander. Do any O'Brian fans recommend/dislike it? I'm neutral on Russell Crowe.
I actually researched it once, because I wanted an Italian name. It turns out that Rosamund *is* Germanic, it's Hrosmund or something originally.
