Oh, the email inbox, it overfloweth with various things that are worth your inspection. Whee!
A graphic novel about women daring to dress as men and infiltrating male-only groups—based on legend, poems, letters and true stories?! Holy comic of awesome, Batgirl! (Thanks to Linsey Schmidt for the link.)
If you were wondering if your recent erotic romance might be considered for the Nobel in literature, and you’re an American writer, you’re shit out of luck. Why?
Longmire’s romance covers are undeniable works of art. And so are some of Jen’s versions, under the pen name Avril Honeycutt.
[Thanks to Iasmin for the link]
Her 1: “What are you reading? Oh, hey, I read that book.”
Her 2: “This book is amazing. OMG. It sucks you in. I can’t put it down.”
Her 1: “Totally does, doesn’t it?”
Her 2: “Oh, yeah. You can’t believe how compelling it is to read. I feel like changing my entire life, and following each section of this book.”
Her 1: “Wait, huh?”
Her 2: “Seriously, it’s incredible, how this book has touched me.”
Her 1: “Oh...you’re not kidding. I mean, it was a quick read but -”
Her 2: “No, no, not quick at ALL. I’m savoring every phrase, and contemplating each one. It’s taken me ages to decipher some of the meanings behind the prose.”
Her 1: “I don’t ... I mean… wow.”
Her 2: “Lewis is just an incredible writer.”
Her 1: “Lewis? Don’t you mean Meyer?”
While both Karen and many others questioned the statement that this man is hot, behold, she is teh winnah of our latest Caption that Cover contest, with her entry, Cat on a Hot Tan Man. Hooray Karen! You win $20 spanky dollars at your choice, Amazon or Powells.
Honorable mentions go to Suze for The Incongruously Blond Italian Billionaire’s Familiar Mistress , Karmyn for the inimitable This wasn’t what he had in mind when Mrs. Slocumbe offered him her pussy, and to Amy for i haz ur heero / u bring cheezbrgr / or no happyend fur u .
Well played, y’all. That thread was way too much fun.
JebB dove into the user book store, and came up with a cover so excellent, she immediately sent it to me with the request that we caption this bad boy.
I dunno, really. There aren’t any decent puns that are at all obvious in the art.
As usual, vote for your fave, and I’ll use my paper and pencil to count up the votes and award $20 in gifty dollars to the winner. Ready set go!
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I clearly must find these books. The plot also sounds kind of like Anne Maxwell’s Dancer series--Fire Dancer, Dancer’s Luck, and one other I can’t remember.
Word is hit91--I would hit Kirtn, the male lead.
From HaBO:
I don’t know if Words of Silk has been reissued under Sandra Brown. It was originally published under her Erin St. Claire pseudonym--Silhouette Desire #139, 6/1984.
Kay
Ironically, I was just looking up P.C. Hodgell last week, hoping to see that she would have a new book out soon or an active blog.
PC Hodgell does have a livejournal, by the way: tagmeth.
…From HaBO:
Kalen beat me to it. This definitely reminds me of some of Rosemary Sutcliffe’s stories. There was one with a young girl and a slightly older boy who, IIRC, was from over the sea (today’s Ireland). He was blamed for…
I didn’t much care for Stuart’s “Wild Thing”, but I loved Gaffney’s “Wild at Heart”. Michael is such a unique hero. He’s a man unable to lie, which is a great strength but also makes him vulnerable. I adored him. …
From HaBO: Mowgli-esque
