HaBO:Hawks,RosesandStainedGlass

by SB Sarah Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 02:01 PM

Bitchery reader Jennifer writes:

I’ve been reading romance novels for, oh, the last 6 or 7 years, ever since I secretly borrowed (secretly because I was quite young) one from my mom that she’d borrowed from my grandma. I read it, couldn’t put it down & haven’t stopped since. Shortly after I finished with the book, it disappeared. I have not been able to find it on my mom’s or my grandma’s shelves...and for the life of me, I can’t remember the name or author.

I hope with these very few key points that have remained in my head that someone will know what the book is:
--The heroine designs/creates/builds stained glass windows.
--The hero’s name is Hawk.
--There is this hot, steamy (well, to my 12 year old self) scene on a boat, maybe a sailboat, where they have sex.
--When Hawk inevitably leaves the heroine, she throws herself into creating this gorgeous window for Hawk. She doesn’t eat & doesn’t sleep for days, simply creating the window. Hawk may or may not have been the one to find her passed out on the floor from sheer exhaustion.
--The window she created for Hawk has a hawk in it with a little red tear drop under his eye. Upon further inspection by Hawk, there is a rose etched into the red tear drop.

That’s all I got. Thanks in advance if you post this & for your help!

That’s a lot of detail. I’ll be surprised if no one guesses this one relatively quickly.

EroticaWriterZane:I’mFacingDiscrimination

by SB Sarah Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 05:43 AM

Thanks to the multiple Bitchery readers who forwarded this over. Erotica author and editor Zane emailed a DC-area email loop the following account of how her latest book is facing an uphill battle in terms of finding places in which to advertise. Why? Because it’s Black erotica? Nope. Because it’s gay. Specifically, according to Zane’s email, lesbian erotica. Read on

Zane’s Apology for the Status of Today’s World

Purple PantiesAt first, I was going to hold my tongue about this issue; I really was. When one of the biggest National chain bookstores informed my publicist that my latest book was “too racy” for me to do signings there, I discussed it with a few people and let it go. When a book club service that has carried every last one of my other titles decided “to pass” on this one because they did not feel it fit their demographics, I let it go. But, there is always that proverbial last straw and that straw broke the camel’s back last night. I received an “Apology” email from a person who runs an online magazine. It was an apology to her subscribers because someone was offended by her promotion of my latest title. She vowed to not promote any more erotica or books that were not PG-13 rated. I emailed her back to ask if that includes street fiction or roughly 85% of the novels on the market that have some form of violence, profanity, or sexual content.

The book that I am referring to is ”Purple Panties: The Eroticanoir.com Anthology.” Now there have been many Eroticanoir.com Anthologies, including “Succulent: Chocolate Flava 2” that just celebrated six weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List earlier this year. No one had a problem with that anthology or any of the ones before it. They sold them like candy, threw them in the front windows of bookstores and had huge displays, and made them the automatic shipments for book club members. From day one, with “The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth,” I have never toned down my content. It has always been what is has been. All of a sudden, there is “an issue.”

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We’veGotMoreLegs

by SB Sarah Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 10:55 AM

Bitchery reader Paul did some mad Photoshop action on the hot stepping leg model, and look at what he came up with:

Legs are the same!

I did some quick Photoshop work to test your theory about the leg model and the trenchcoat.  You’re 100% right, it’s the same model.  See attached (I cut off the left leg, changed its angle, adjusted for the same skin tone, and then filled in the gaps).

The “Girl’s Guide” cover designer had a few more changes - impossibly flat toes in those new stilettos, and softer muscle definition on the legs.

Now, aside from the fact that there’s no way the leg model has thighs that wide that aren’t airbrushed into impossible thinness, Paul is totally onto something here. I also think that trenchcoat model’s shin - the one marching up in the air - was thinned out through the magic of editing as well. I’m fascinated by the art of retouching on the whole, and of how much of it goes on. But special note to cover designers: as Bitchery reader the high stepping lady can be used with some degree of effectiveness.

And speaking of seeing double, Bitchery reader Tez is dying to know if this is the same stock image:

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Moreclinchcoverstofascinateandhorrify!

by Candy Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 03:50 AM

It’s hard to beat a good old-fashioned clinch if you’re looking that delicious taste of WHAT IN THE FUCK in the morning.

So here. Have some delicious WHAT THE FUCK this morning.

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Howweknowvampireromanceshavefinallyhitthebigtime:

by Candy Monday, May 12, 2008 at 11:41 AM

When a certain notorious biology professor from Minnesota notices the massive wall o’ befanged man-titty adorning his local Wal-Mart, and finds it notable enough to blog about. Poor PZ. I can only pity his eyeballs. I don’t know if this is a sign that paranormal romances have finally hit the big time, or whether they’ve jumped the shark.

It’s always interesting to pop outside the romance community and see how people outside of it perceive the genre. Do I have thoughts on that? Boy howdy do I ever.

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