tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post7555788546067034007..comments2023-05-30T08:29:42.770-04:00Comments on The Erotica Readers & Writers Association Blog: Art and PlayCroco Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417265522875605547noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-84807064000064392052013-10-22T23:31:28.227-04:002013-10-22T23:31:28.227-04:00Hey, Bob,
The maximum grade was 10. So I got a be...Hey, Bob,<br /><br />The maximum grade was 10. So I got a better grade on Flames of Passion than on The Inside Story. Wouldn't you expect that? ;^)Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-9069044416638647722013-10-22T23:30:49.217-04:002013-10-22T23:30:49.217-04:00Hi, Valentine,
This was the sixties - that "...Hi, Valentine,<br /><br />This was the sixties - that "roundy font" was everywhere!<br /><br />Thanks so much!Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-71135605876042262612013-10-22T23:29:59.155-04:002013-10-22T23:29:59.155-04:00Unfortunately, these days, I often view blogging a...Unfortunately, these days, I often view blogging as just another thing on my "to do" list. I do love your Grip posts, though (not to mention your latest post here) because they throw the rules away and simply revel in the joy of writing.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-53063108893691819122013-10-22T23:28:33.954-04:002013-10-22T23:28:33.954-04:00Hi, Donna,
If I've inspired you, this blog ha...Hi, Donna,<br /><br />If I've inspired you, this blog has served its purpose!<br /><br />I've heard the joke about Heaven and Hell. Definitely sends the wrong message.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-32546896361169820412013-10-22T23:27:34.456-04:002013-10-22T23:27:34.456-04:00Success (i.e. publication) is a slippery slope. Th...Success (i.e. publication) is a slippery slope. The more publishing credits one has, the more pressure there is to generate more.<br /><br />"Adoring fans?" Where? Oh, that guy in the raincoat, over in the corner....?Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-76156716321498492522013-10-22T23:26:32.420-04:002013-10-22T23:26:32.420-04:00Hi, Jeremy,
Actually, I used to specialize in dra...Hi, Jeremy,<br /><br />Actually, I used to specialize in drawing curvy girls in bikinis. In grade school I charged a quarter for custom work!<br /><br />I suspect there are already a million books entitled "Flames of Passion" LOL. <br /><br />Thanks for reading my stuff!Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-43668856886652863442013-10-22T22:17:40.442-04:002013-10-22T22:17:40.442-04:00What? He only gave you a C?What? He only gave you a C?Bob Buckleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-58771034200545674402013-10-21T18:39:51.123-04:002013-10-21T18:39:51.123-04:00Lisabet those drawings are entirely fab, and I lov...Lisabet those drawings are entirely fab, and I love that big roundy font you drew! Plate 11! xxoo! ValentineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-7463011377125453342013-10-21T18:19:14.039-04:002013-10-21T18:19:14.039-04:00Hi Lisabet!
We're very lucky you and I that w...Hi Lisabet!<br /><br />We're very lucky you and I that we have day jobs. That takes a lot of the preasure off of us compared to some writers who have to deal sales with every time the baby gets sick or the bills come due. We have the freedom to explore the pleasures of language and imagery alone.<br /><br />One thing that really been a gift to me in that area is the Oh Get a Grip blog we're on, because from the beginning I regarded it as a place to experiment. Different formats, different story forms, screwball poetry, just playing with language. I even wrote a story in Powerpoint. I never thought I would be on there this long so i thought i'd mess around while it lasted and its lasted a few years now and some good stories have come from there.<br /><br />The Band recorded their first two albums in "the clubhouse", which was the pool house of Sammy Davis Jr's malibu beach home, basically a fancy garage. Those two albums are great classics of rock that still stand today because they were having fun. Their work went down when they began using a studio. I always think of OGG as my clubhouse. You have to find that place where you kind of don't give a shit and start to have fun.<br /><br />I've been going through a rough spell also and find solace in imagination and language, but only because I know I don;t have to try that hard.<br /><br />Garce<br /><br />Garceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-5687957354906139422013-10-21T12:33:00.753-04:002013-10-21T12:33:00.753-04:00Well, I would have given you an A+ on "The In...Well, I would have given you an A+ on "The Inside Story," but glad to see "Flames of Passion" was properly appreciated by the teacher! Clearly proof you were destined to be an erotica writer :).<br /><br />Thank you for the reminder that writing <i>is</i> about play and joy and letting creativity romp. I agree that calling our writing "work" does take us in a certain glum direction--which reminds me of that joke you once told about St. Peter guiding a new denizen of the afterworld to hell where writers were sitting chained to their desks laboring away. To the newcomer's surprise, up in heaven he was greeted with the same scene--writers chained to their desks laboring away. "Why is it the same in heaven and hell?" he asked to which St. Peter replied, "Oh, it's not the same, the writers up in heaven are published!"<br /><br />Certainly it's nice to have an audience clamoring for the next book (the publisher clamoring is a little less personally gratifying because we all know that in the ebook era, the longer their catalog, the higher their profit). But I hope the audience understands that their reading epxerience will be better if the writer really cares about her story. Anyway, keep channeling your younger self--I know I'm inspired!Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13615190390845433428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-18139839760260813482013-10-21T11:13:01.185-04:002013-10-21T11:13:01.185-04:00love this, Lisabet. i am still very much playing a...love this, Lisabet. i am still very much playing all the time for my creativity. if i can't play, i don't bother with it. i don't have to worry about "product." thank the heavens. i can imagine how restraining & creatively blocking that might be. but it looks like you're able to find a balance between creativity & serving your adoring fans. :)Amanda Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09059621442042833693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-53441024165139678412013-10-21T08:04:42.963-04:002013-10-21T08:04:42.963-04:00WHOA, Lisabet, that last illustration is priceless...WHOA, Lisabet, that last illustration is priceless (and you drew so well!). <br /><br />So, when does <i>Flames of Passion</i> come out? I hope your publisher will keep this as the cover.<br /><br />Yay to "play"! And more juvenilia, please! (:v>Jeremy Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01980177431018869829noreply@blogger.com