tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post6221324941149914493..comments2023-06-20T07:47:24.386-05:00Comments on The Spiced Tea Party: The First introductionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-39987494921046108552007-02-03T18:21:00.000-05:002007-02-03T18:21:00.000-05:00Hi Celia, I had written you before finding this b...Hi Celia, I had written you before finding this blog with a couple of questions about all your books out (if connected). So glad to find the blog of you ladies :)Caffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11830854922444380155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-69004210054414713262007-02-03T12:47:00.001-05:002007-02-03T12:47:00.001-05:00Btw, why are the posts out of order?Btw, why are the posts out of order?Meljprincesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05923768085680554717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-85788647928287525352007-02-03T12:47:00.000-05:002007-02-03T12:47:00.000-05:00Hello Celia,
MADE FOR SIN is an excellent title. ...Hello Celia,<br /> MADE FOR SIN is an excellent title. I want it on a t-shirt.<br />Yes, let's discuss terminology and what to say when someone asks you "so, you're reading smut?". This happened to me at my last doctor's apt. That really grated my onion and I almost slapped the nurse. No, she wouldn't have like it. *g*<br />I also want to hear more about rent boys.<br />Lacy, I'm with ya on grabbin' the chocolate. lol!<br /><br />MelissaMeljprincesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05923768085680554717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-38012691345571263002007-02-02T10:45:00.000-05:002007-02-02T10:45:00.000-05:00Celia, alas, I wrote my first smut in pencil on lo...Celia, alas, I wrote my first smut in pencil on loose leaf paper, and when I found it a year or so later, the lead had rubbed off until most of it was illegible. As was the story about the bank robber (Shane) who abducted one of the customers (Mickey) because she drove a groovy baby-blue Trans Am (Shark). Thank God for that, because I don't think I could bear to read either of them now, LOL!Robin L. Rothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553282341899660240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-63323763685418892202007-02-02T04:23:00.000-05:002007-02-02T04:23:00.000-05:00Congratulations, Celia May, on your inaugural post...Congratulations, Celia May, on your inaugural post! Had to stop by and give you the ol' Siskel and Ebert two-thumbs-up, even if one of those guys is dead.<br /><br />Gotta run. My stupid dog has gas. Don't anybody light a match.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-88998042063138821722007-02-02T01:26:00.000-05:002007-02-02T01:26:00.000-05:00Pam- I agree... I know I have written a great sex ...Pam- I agree... I know I have written a great sex scene when I instantly reach for the chocolate, a glass of wine and something mechanical. (I'm recently divorced so no guy in the bed next to me) :-(<br /><br />As for Smut... I write erotic... I don't think a toned down sex scene would come out of my head. I enjoy writing them hot! <br /><br />Lacy.Lacy Daneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15874884605068154385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-36032529568600385132007-02-02T00:15:00.000-05:002007-02-02T00:15:00.000-05:00Jane -- well, my characters work out their feeling...Jane -- well, my characters work out their <i>feelings</i> through sex, so I guess I don't write smut after all *grin*Celia May Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124733975264957145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-15990450825601325132007-02-01T21:15:00.000-05:002007-02-01T21:15:00.000-05:00(the craft end of things and such, I mean) -- my c...(the craft end of things and such, I mean) -- my cat just came tripping along the keyboard.Pam Rosenthalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357928783704661668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-60922543299149364692007-02-01T21:14:00.000-05:002007-02-01T21:14:00.000-05:00Well, I have a slightly different take than Jane, ...Well, I have a slightly different take than Jane, I think. Yes, absolutely, I want to get the reader hot -- and the only way I know to do that is to get myself equally hot (only, you know, also with an eye to the craft end of things and sicj). But I also want to get the reader bothered. Success is when the reader isn't sure if s/he's reading for the plot or the performative part.<br /><br />Oh, and as for mongering, aren't costers mongered? Not that I know what costers arePam Rosenthalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357928783704661668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-68510989142329597242007-02-01T21:08:00.000-05:002007-02-01T21:08:00.000-05:00I like to think I write romance-and then I read wh...I like to think I write romance-and then I read what I've written and realize that it's waaay past what other people consider romantic. <br /><br />I'm a great believer in "happily ever after on our own terms" if that means a menage or a mating of more sexually ambiguous characters I'm fine with it.<br /><br />I've read most of the ladies on the list and have bought the rest so that I can catch up and work where I fall in the smut spectrum. It should be fun...Kate Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079485861541059016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-81524953358431378652007-02-01T20:22:00.000-05:002007-02-01T20:22:00.000-05:00I was thinking why we call what we write sometimes...<i>I was thinking why we call what we write sometimes "smut" "erotica" or "erotic romance"... as opposed to what *other* people call it.</i> I think there's a tendency among those in the smut arena to admit to writing stuff that would scare the horses but then come out with the tried and true "...but it's all about the luuuurve."<br />And I think it's a copout. Yes, it may well be--I know if I write erotic romance my characters have this worrying tendency to sit down over a nice cup of tea and talk about their <i>Feelings.</i> If I try to write anything else they do it with the family pets on page three. More on all this when it's my turn to post.<br />To get to the point, it's a reaction against the copout. Filthmongering is an art and it's written to arouse the reader, physically and emotionally. If you read an adventure scene, you want to be on the edge of your seat with the characters, right? And that's what we provide, in a different context, of course.<br /><br />JaneJRMullanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385318200404516357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-46014381977286016062007-02-01T19:30:00.000-05:002007-02-01T19:30:00.000-05:00Robin -- the Amazon Prime is so totally worth it. ...Robin -- the Amazon Prime is so totally worth it. I actually sat down and worked out, between my husband and I ('cause families just pay the one rate), and we are so saving money.<br /><br />Of course, it's one less thing to worry about when splurging on a book...<br /><br />Did you keep your aged 14 smut? I have my 16yrold stuff around here somewhere -- it's more fun because I wrote it with two friends and we were more concerned on how to stay alive (plenty of "And suddenly aliens landed and blasted....") than describing the getting naked parts.<br /><br />Jacquie -- you are too funny, hon!<br /><br />Colette -- okay, I don't even know what those are ... I was thinking why we call what we write sometimes "smut" "erotica" or "erotic romance"... as opposed to what *other* people call it.Celia May Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124733975264957145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-69338772861787715412007-02-01T18:20:00.000-05:002007-02-01T18:20:00.000-05:00How exciting--a whole bevy of smut writers, plus o...How exciting--a whole bevy of smut writers, plus one filthmonger! (I agree that "monger" is a totally underutilized word.)<br /><br />Kudos to Celia Mae Hart's introductory post. Gosh, you have to wonder how the interviewer know to ask all the right questions. hehehe. Good job!<br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.jacquierogers.com/">Jacquie</A>Jacquie Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361793932364487636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-60894583944964448282007-02-01T17:24:00.000-05:002007-02-01T17:24:00.000-05:00My, my... Because of you ladies, I just paid $79 f...My, my... Because of you ladies, I just paid $79 for an Amazon Prime membership. (sigh) Oh, well -- I've missed seeing the UPS man anyway.<br /><br />Nice to meet you, Celia! I started writing smut at 14, and at the time it felt X-rated. The hero was only 16 and he was doing the virginal governess through astral projection or some other mental device. Victoria Holt would have been dismayed to learn that her stories inspired me to such lows, LOL! (Of course, Barbara Michaels had a hand in it, too.)<br /><br />*waves to Kate and Jane* I look more to hearing more from you all!Robin L. Rothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553282341899660240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-6362376833268857552007-02-01T17:03:00.000-05:002007-02-01T17:03:00.000-05:00Thanks Celia! Great post.
I think topics regardin...Thanks Celia! Great post.<br /><br />I think topics regarding terminology would be great. I volunteer to do one on "pips" and "ticklers", Jane.Colette Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03332814102971834212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-57311312264348690542007-02-01T14:39:00.000-05:002007-02-01T14:39:00.000-05:00Pam, we definitely need to talk about the terminol...Pam, we definitely need to talk about the terminology! Explaining why we use which terms and in what circumstances!<br /><br />Amy -- ah, you're going to continue the interview... *grin*<br /><br />OK, my favorite authors are everybody in this blog *wink* and I'm currently a huge fan of Lois McMaster Bujold (SF/fantasy) and Elizabeth Bear (ditto). Robin Popp (vampire (sort of) romance) is another immediate must buy.<br /><br />And well, there are stacks others too.<br /><br />Can I answer the character's name one another day? It's worthy of its own post (and fellow bloggers feel free to steal the question for your intro!)Celia May Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124733975264957145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-41441162546124244902007-02-01T14:25:00.000-05:002007-02-01T14:25:00.000-05:00Hi Celia! Made for Sin and The Harem sound great....Hi Celia! Made for Sin and The Harem sound great.<br /><br />Who are your favorite authors?<br /><br />How do you choose your character's names?Amy S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17202603187907169256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-51886456447238066862007-02-01T14:01:00.000-05:002007-02-01T14:01:00.000-05:00I like to describe myself as a filthmonger, mainly...I like to describe myself as a filthmonger, mainly because the term "monger" is sadly out of use, limited only to fish and whores. At least, that's all I can think of at the moment!<br />JaneJRMullanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385318200404516357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-85946386979581375982007-02-01T13:49:00.000-05:002007-02-01T13:49:00.000-05:00Hi Celia, this is gonna be big fun. And thanks for...Hi Celia, this is gonna be big fun. And thanks for starting in on terminology -- a discussion that will probably go on and on and on among the authors and readers on this blog. I myself like "literate smut" for my small press Molly Weatherfield books; I guess I'm stuck with "erotic historical romance" for the Pam Rosenthal ones.Pam Rosenthalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357928783704661668noreply@blogger.com