Comments on: Sigh. Okay, I’m about to rant and it’s not pretty. You have been warned

By: spanky mcdildo

spanky mcdildo — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:12:27 +0000

I’m going to write some tanning smut now!

Cuz skin cancer is teh sexy!

By: limecello

limecello — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:09:42 +0000

I am so amused. Wow - b/c you know, since we all read bubble head empty trashy romance… I’m surprised we’re smart enough to read.
Would that all of us could be be as amazing as Kat. I’m giving her a gold star too!

By: Greta

Greta — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:39:24 +0000

I can’t say it any better than the others have.

Off to read more smut.

By: Ali

Ali — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:28:08 +0000

You go Lauren!

Now I’m off to read more smut ;) lol

By: Mad

Mad — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:27:51 +0000

And oh yeah, I’m off to go read more of my smutty reads.

By: Mad

Mad — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:27:10 +0000

*raises hand* I gladly call myself a big poopy head just so I’m not in the same group as Kat and her readers’ group. Pfft on them!

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:21:36 +0000

Clapping. Rant away!

By: Jennifer A. Ray

Jennifer A. Ray — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:10:35 +0000

What a narrow-minded point of view - Kat’s, not yours, Lauren!

Seriously, I’m happy enough to hear people are still reading at all these days. Why make them feel bad about what they are reading?

My book shelves have everything from William Shakespeare to Frank Herbert to the most erotic romance and even those oft-maligned Harlequins. I particularly like those smutty little Harlequin Blazes and Silhouette Nocturnes. And I adore many of the eBooks I’ve read from places like Samhain, Ellora’s Cave, Loose ID and more.

Each genre serves its purpose. Each fills a place in someone’s life. When I want something more high-brow, yeah, I’m probably going to turn to someone like Frank Herbert. When I want something that soothes my sould and gives me hope, I will probably pick up a book by one of my favorite romance authors. Then there are ties when I just want to feel like a kid again and I turn to a children’s author like C.S. Lewis or Peter David.

Read. It doesn’t matter what, just read. It extends the imagination, broadens the vocabulary, and makes you think.

I feel sad for anyone who doesn’t get that and limits their own world with a narrow-minded view.

OK, I might be ranting now a little myself… LOL

By: Jaci Burton

Jaci Burton — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:31:48 +0000

Ah Lauren. I do so love you.

I tanned out in my back yard today. Though that’s not really the topic, is it. Heh.

But then how the hell would I know what the topic is? I’m just one of those ditzes who write romance.

I think I’ll go polish my toenails now. And then edit my smut.

By: Charlene

Charlene — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:30:46 +0000

Harlequin publishes 10 books a month? I take it counting isn’t somebody’s strong suit…

Speaking of Harlequin I am full of squee because I have Hope Tarr’s historical Blaze! Woo! I have a hot date with trashy smut when I finish fiddling with this final revision pass. Where I worry about things like if the language is pretty enough and if a phrase repeats…