Naked Reader Book Club Discussion: Carnal Machines, Edited by D.L. King (July 12, 8-10 PM EST)

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Naked Reader Book Club Discussion: Carnal Machines, Edited by D.L. King (July 12, 8-10 PM EST)

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Contributor: Kristina Wright Kristina Wright
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Originally posted by Petite Valentine
I'm curious at this point if we have more writers or readers present?
Writers *are* readers.
07/12/2011
Contributor: EASchechter EASchechter
Must run away for a bit. Mommy duties. Back soon!
07/12/2011
Contributor: Wondermom Wondermom
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Originally posted by LicentiouslyYours
I've not gotten to that one yet, but ill probably start reading it right after this meeting... and imagining Jude Law in the role of course!
mmmmmm thats just not fair!
07/12/2011
Contributor: Petite Valentine Petite Valentine
Quote:
Originally posted by Kristina Wright
Writers *are* readers.
You know what I meant.
07/12/2011
Contributor: Brendada Brendada
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Originally posted by Sacchi
I've read the whole book, and loved it, and reviewed it on Amazon--and right now I can't find my copy to jog my memory of the story titles. My favorite is probably the one with the dirigible, because I'm a pushover for both flying ... more
I like me some pirates in space. That always gets my business.
07/12/2011
Contributor: LicentiouslyYours LicentiouslyYours
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Originally posted by Kathleen Bradean
D.L. says I should admit publicly that I'm a goof and just figured this out, although I wish I could fix the typo in my name. *sigh*
welcome Kathleen! I might be able to get in there and fix it for you
07/12/2011
Contributor: Kristina Wright Kristina Wright
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Originally posted by Sacchi
Kristina, I was tickled by the chance to get my heroine, whose hot-air balloon (I've written about her before) doesn't quite qualify for steampunkhood, involved with classy dirigibles.
Ohhh... where else have you written about her?
07/12/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by Kristina Wright
There's a smiley for that!

Seriously, brilliant story. I have a bad habit of reading the first story, then the last story in a collection to see how an editor has bookended the anthology-- so your story actually got read twice.
I read yours twice in Playing With Fire. I flipped to it first and then reread it when I came to it
07/12/2011
Contributor: Kathleen Bradean Kathleen Bradean
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Originally posted by Wondermom
I'm just a reader
Readers rock a writer's world.
07/12/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
Quote:
Originally posted by Kathleen Bradean
D.L. says I should admit publicly that I'm a goof and just figured this out, although I wish I could fix the typo in my name. *sigh*
Hi welcome!
07/12/2011
Contributor: Brendada Brendada
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Originally posted by EASchechter
Ah, yes. The House of Sable Locks picks up where The Succubus left off. Mostly because that Silver Lady got into my brain and refused to get out! There was a lot more to her story, and that manuscript is currently with my beta readers.

It was ... more
Sounds fascinating and I believe that is how great books happen, a character won't let you go.
07/12/2011
Contributor: Kristina Wright Kristina Wright
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Originally posted by Kathleen Bradean
D.L. says I should admit publicly that I'm a goof and just figured this out, although I wish I could fix the typo in my name. *sigh*
Yay, Kathleen is here! Glad you made it.
07/12/2011
Contributor: Petite Valentine Petite Valentine
Here's a question for any of the authors from this anthology:

Is steampunk a genre you love and often write for, or was it a challenge you decided to take on?
07/12/2011
Contributor: D. L. King D. L. King
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Originally posted by Sacchi
Clockwork does mean the gears inside machines like clocks and other wind-up affairs, but it's come to have more significance than that. The visual effect of mighty cogwheels has a sexual resonance, which makes sense when you think of those cogs ... more
Ooh, Sacchi!
07/12/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by EASchechter
Must run away for a bit. Mommy duties. Back soon!
Mommy duties are an excusable absence here, lol.
07/12/2011
Contributor: Kristina Wright Kristina Wright
Quote:
Originally posted by sexyintexas
I read yours twice in Playing With Fire. I flipped to it first and then reread it when I came to it
Alink.... THANK YOU!!
07/12/2011
Contributor: Kathleen Bradean Kathleen Bradean
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Originally posted by LicentiouslyYours
welcome Kathleen! I might be able to get in there and fix it for you
Or we could just all admit that I'm having one of those evenings.
07/12/2011
Contributor: Wondermom Wondermom
Glad you made it Kathleen!
07/12/2011
Contributor: Brendada Brendada
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Originally posted by Sacchi
Teresa's story was a magnificent opening for the book--I'm also a pushover for sex between mature intellectuals.
07/12/2011
Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
Quote:
Originally posted by Petite Valentine
Here's a question for any of the authors from this anthology:

Is steampunk a genre you love and often write for, or was it a challenge you decided to take on?
Good question!
07/12/2011
Contributor: Sacchi Sacchi
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Originally posted by BBW Talks Toys
Off topic, and I hate to derail, but a quick question for Sacchi:

Is there a max word count you'd like in submissions for Girl Fever?
"Off topic, and I hate to derail, but a quick question for Sacchi:

Is there a max word count you'd like in submissions for Girl Fever?"

1200 words, and I can use 'em substantially shorter, too. If you have one that seems a bit too long, I have a knack for helping writers intensify their prose by compressing it.

If anybody needs a bit of an extension for my anthology, feel free to ask me.
07/12/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by Kristina Wright
Alink.... THANK YOU!!
Very welcome, it is a great story. My hubby liked it as well...if ya know what I mean
07/12/2011
Contributor: Brendada Brendada
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Originally posted by removedacnt
Ok that does it. Now I'm going to have to buy this book.

Hi Brendada! How are you?
I am very well and loving the very literary get together!
07/12/2011
Contributor: EASchechter EASchechter
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Originally posted by EASchechter
Must run away for a bit. Mommy duties. Back soon!
And... that was quick. By the time I got upstairs, he'd fallen asleep. So I'll find out what he was calling me in the morning, I guess.

Did I miss anything good?
07/12/2011
Contributor: D. L. King D. L. King
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Originally posted by Blue Koi
Forgive my late arrival and I'm sorry not to have read the thread up to this point. Have you talked at all about my favorite story, Dr. Watson Makes a House Call? I always knew he had more going on than Holmes.
Such a cool story, by Essemoh Teepee, an Englishman! One hot story, and includes actual people of the day!
07/12/2011
Contributor: Petite Valentine Petite Valentine
Quote:
Originally posted by sexyintexas
Mommy duties are an excusable absence here, lol.
And cooking. You mustn't forget the cooking!
07/12/2011
Contributor: Kathleen Bradean Kathleen Bradean
Quote:
Originally posted by Petite Valentine
Here's a question for any of the authors from this anthology:

Is steampunk a genre you love and often write for, or was it a challenge you decided to take on?
I'm a steampunk junkie from way back. My ink is a skeleton dial clock. I've always been drawn to orrereys and clockworks.
07/12/2011
Contributor: D. L. King D. L. King
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Originally posted by Brendada
I had noooooo idea -you seem so New Yawk!
That's 'cause I am! I've lived here longer than anywhere, not to mention my folks were originally from here.
07/12/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by Petite Valentine
And cooking. You mustn't forget the cooking!
Cooking, Erotica and Sex Toys. This place has everything you could ask for in life....
07/12/2011
Contributor: Wondermom Wondermom
Quote:
Originally posted by Brendada
I am very well and loving the very literary get together!
I love being able to talk to the writers of the stories I am reading, so cool for a little bookworm like me.
07/12/2011