tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post8877928048439380768..comments2023-06-20T07:47:24.386-05:00Comments on The Spiced Tea Party: Dogs and name callingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-68290239062463346382007-02-14T23:03:00.000-05:002007-02-14T23:03:00.000-05:00My mother is supposedly fine with what I write -- ...My mother is supposedly fine with what I write -- it's my mother<I>-in-law</I> who's the main impetus for my pen name. Some of you have heard this before, but MIL picked up a Nora book at a garage sale last summer and chucked it after a few chapters, saying, "I can't believe people write trash like that!" <I>NORA!</I><BR/><BR/>Incidentally, this is also the woman who told her granddaughter she needed a blow-job. (Guess who had a runny nose?) When I pulled her aside and explained the most popular definition of that particular phrase, her response was, "Gross!"<BR/><BR/>I can't even imagine how she'd react to what I write. (shudder)Robin L. Rothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553282341899660240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-45206688096625396032007-02-13T17:47:00.000-05:002007-02-13T17:47:00.000-05:00OH, Pam, I see what you mean now. Doh! Of course y...OH, Pam, I see what you mean now. Doh! Of course you're right. I told my mother she couldn't read my Phantom book at first, but she said she was going to find it any way and read it.<BR/><BR/>Seton, I haven't seen any Gail Link books either--this was more than ten years ago that I saw her and met her. I do occasionally think of her, and yesterday or last week happened to be one of those days when I did!Colette Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03332814102971834212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-16608840728397146442007-02-13T17:24:00.000-05:002007-02-13T17:24:00.000-05:00Pam-are you psychic?Pearce is my mother's maiden n...Pam-are you psychic?<BR/>Pearce is my mother's maiden name :)<BR/><BR/><BR/>I did start writing a Cavalier Roundhead story but I don't have time anymore-not sure if they'd be a market in the U.S.Kate Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079485861541059016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-66897642612018300142007-02-13T16:08:00.000-05:002007-02-13T16:08:00.000-05:00colettegale, that's interesting about Gail Link. I...<B>colettegale</B>, that's interesting about Gail Link. I didnt know she was still around. I never see her books around hereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-44261370270577260712007-02-13T15:43:00.000-05:002007-02-13T15:43:00.000-05:00I mean mother as in need-a-pseud-to-hide-from... w...I mean mother as in need-a-pseud-to-hide-from... will tell more, perhaps in my next post.Pam Rosenthalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357928783704661668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-69546069829790104842007-02-13T15:23:00.000-05:002007-02-13T15:23:00.000-05:00Pam, I must confess, as I did in my previous post,...Pam, I must confess, as I did in my previous post, that there's nary a whiff nor a hint of my mother in my name...but perhaps I'm the exception that proves the rule!<BR/><BR/>Seton, how wild that you mention Gail Link! I don't know why that name popped in my head last week for the first time in ages...but funny thing is, when I lived in Philadelphia, I met Gail once or twice at the bookstore she worked at (a Waldenbooks or something) and thought it was so cool that a book store manager was also a romance author!<BR/><BR/>Jane, dear, you can have your own lace and curly-haired man any time you want if you provide your husband with the proper accoutrements.Colette Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03332814102971834212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-28329316414127360732007-02-13T14:41:00.000-05:002007-02-13T14:41:00.000-05:00Kate, I'd love to write about the (English) Civil ...Kate, I'd love to write about the (English) Civil War period too--all that wonderful ready-made conflict and guys with long curly hair wearing lace.JRMullanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385318200404516357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-71454590758776541992007-02-13T11:48:00.000-05:002007-02-13T11:48:00.000-05:00I did briefly consider having a romance pseudonym ...I did briefly consider having a romance pseudonym just because "Pam Rosenthal" just didn't sound like a romance writer's name. But when I realized it's because it sounds... well, IS... so obviously Jewish -- I decided I had to go with it. <BR/><BR/>I hasten to add (<I>AND TO STRESS</I>) that it wasn't that I in any way feared antisemitism. But only that "Pam Rosenthal" just doesn't have those Western European or middle-American tones that seem to suggest "genre writer." But then I thought, well, why SHOULDN'T the name "Pam Rosenthal" suggest "genre writer"?<BR/>And interestingly, in the first discussion of <I>Almost a Gentleman</I> that I caught on an All About Romance message board, someone did say, "good for her that she didn't change her name."Pam Rosenthalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357928783704661668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-23279985047956411452007-02-13T11:45:00.000-05:002007-02-13T11:45:00.000-05:00That whole porn/erotic line can be frustrating. So...That whole porn/erotic line can be frustrating. So many people just don't know the difference. And one thing I've noticed, is a lot of those same people consider a book with ANY love scene the same.Shelli Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04655090278459446392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-26903355931920244612007-02-13T11:33:00.000-05:002007-02-13T11:33:00.000-05:00I always thought Julia Quinn was very smart pickin...I always thought Julia Quinn was very smart picking Quinn for her last name so that she would be shelved next to Amanda Quick.<BR/><BR/>I love the Landseer. Its gorgeous!<BR/><BR/>If you want to read a good romance set during the English Civil War, I would recommend Gail Link's <B>Never Call It Loving</B>. It has a Beauty & the Beast theme and has a torture scene in the beginning (if you are squeamish about those)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-68022514146125469042007-02-13T11:25:00.000-05:002007-02-13T11:25:00.000-05:00My pen name story, alas, is not so rich in meaning...My pen name story, alas, is not so rich in meaning. I flirted with "Paige Turner", kept the Page and went with Sharon at my husband's suggestion (which I assume means he saw "Basic Instinct"). I actually caught myself signing the check for my gas bill as "Sharon Page"!Sharon Pagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15204125452024951988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-50529616148900760272007-02-13T10:56:00.000-05:002007-02-13T10:56:00.000-05:00I wouldn't be surprised if every story of a pen na...I wouldn't be surprised if every story of a pen name (at least from a female erotic writer) has HER MOTHER lurking somewhere, if not as a protagonist, in a serious cameo role. Mine does, anyway.Pam Rosenthalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357928783704661668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-67793966090950039132007-02-13T08:07:00.000-05:002007-02-13T08:07:00.000-05:00I'll be sheleved near Nora Roberts if I get publis...I'll be sheleved near Nora Roberts if I get published, so I'll keep my name. But if I became naughtier, I expect I'd choose a pen name. I work in a high school library and the kids need no additional stimulation.Maggie Robinson/Margaret Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12585076626818354332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-3086968538001007892007-02-13T05:48:00.000-05:002007-02-13T05:48:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16678871344705206991noreply@blogger.com