Naked Reader Book Club Discussion: Dream Lover -- Paranormal Tales of Erotic Romance, Edited by Kristina Wright (October 11, 8-10 PM EST)

Contributor: Sacchi Sacchi
There's something sexy about wings even they're not being used to fly. A while back we were mentioning gargoyles; I used to have one in my store years ago (my day job is co-owning a pair of college-town stores with a little bit of everything in them) that was my inspiration for my story "Freeing the Demon". I wish I'd kept him, since he's not available any more. This one was demonic, but with cause, since he was clearly trapped in stone and could only howl his rage and grief silently into the sky. That image stuck with me, and finally I found a way, and a woman (the point-of-view character in the story) who could free him--and herself as well.

An excerpt for the atmosphere:

In two years of drifting in place Jayne had seldom looked out the window. What was the point? At night, clients came, and went; in the daytime she slept. Sometimes, very rarely, she dreamed.
She might never have noticed him looming just beyond her balcony if a nervous college kid hadn't felt in sudden need of air.
"Hey, terrific gargoyle! French, probably, limestone, taking a beating from acid rain. Not much detail left." He grasped at the distraction. "They say gargoyles are demons cursed with eternal imprisonment in stone. Guess nobody figured even stone might not be forever."
Jayne's stroke on his thigh turned him from the window. Long, pale hair swung with the seductive tilt of her head. Gray eyes looked through dark lashes into his. "You like things...French?" He forgot about the gargoyle.
Jayne didn't forget.
On a rainy evening she watched through summer dusk as rivulets washed over the stone shoulders. Thin glistening ribbons of water criss-crossed in ill-defined grooves, giving a sense of layered scales, or feathers; something indelibly winglike.
The massive back was hunched. The twisted, upturned face hurled mute defiance at the heavens, while pointed ears and horns stabbed at the sky. The jaws had once spouted water from the eaves, but the intake had been clogged for years and the torrent spilled haphazardly down the head. The teeth were mere vestigial stumps. Jayne thought of the acid rain, and her own fleeting youth, and mourned for them both.
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Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
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Originally posted by sexyintexas
I am being plagued by typos tonight
You have offended the typo elves and they must be appeased.
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Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
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Originally posted by toxie m
I've gotta go take the dog out, have a great night everyone. It's been a lovely meeting! Thanks Liz NuMe and Sacchi
Thank you for joining us. Look forward to seeing you next time!
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Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by toxie m
I've gotta go take the dog out, have a great night everyone. It's been a lovely meeting! Thanks Liz NuMe and Sacchi
Have a great evening!
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Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
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Originally posted by toxie m
Me neither, but my boyfriend is a physicist so I tell myself that because he would probably understand them, I get to somehow enjoy/understand them by osmosis. Somehow. Haha
My hubby is a computer scientist and he explains the computer and math ones to me. Though I've picked up enough over the years that I'm beginning to get the computer jokes on my own.
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Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
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Originally posted by Sacchi
There's something sexy about wings even they're not being used to fly. A while back we were mentioning gargoyles; I used to have one in my store years ago (my day job is co-owning a pair of college-town stores with a little bit of everything ... more
That's great! I want to keep reading it. LOL
10/11/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by Sacchi
There's something sexy about wings even they're not being used to fly. A while back we were mentioning gargoyles; I used to have one in my store years ago (my day job is co-owning a pair of college-town stores with a little bit of everything ... more
Awesome. I already love it!
10/11/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by Ivy Wilde
You have offended the typo elves and they must be appeased.
Baubles tonight it is!
10/11/2011
Contributor: Sacchi Sacchi
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Originally posted by Kristina Wright
Thanks, Sammi. Glad you liked my fallen angel!
Thanks, Sammi! You must be another wing lover. (I thought of saying "wing man", but that wouldn't work for us.)
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Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
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Originally posted by toxie m
I've gotta go take the dog out, have a great night everyone. It's been a lovely meeting! Thanks Liz NuMe and Sacchi
Great chatting with you txymxy! See you next meeting.
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Contributor: Wondermom Wondermom
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Originally posted by sexyintexas
Plus we can imagine them as our minds see fit instead of how hollywood picks them to be. I can always get into a book more as well.
I was pissed when they made queen of the damned, I had read the whole series and the miscast a huge pile of people, then they crammed 3 books into one movie and rewrote half the story, killed off people who lived. It was a disaster.
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Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by removedacnt
That's great! I want to keep reading it. LOL
Me too!!!
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Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by Wondermom
I was pissed when they made queen of the damned, I had read the whole series and the miscast a huge pile of people, then they crammed 3 books into one movie and rewrote half the story, killed off people who lived. It was a disaster.
Oh I know! Ther are some movies that I won't even see after I have read the book(s) because you can tell by the trailers that they haven't followed the storyline except in bare neccesity.
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Contributor: Wondermom Wondermom
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Originally posted by sexyintexas
As am I, plus my ideal man doesn't look anything like Brad Pitt. I would do him though just because he is brad Pitt. I like being able to alter my charachters a little in my head. Tall, dark and handsome is different for each individual.
I love guys with long hair, and geeks lol, brad pit doesnt appeal to me... adam lambert however... but alas he likes the other team
10/11/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
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Originally posted by Sacchi
There's something sexy about wings even they're not being used to fly. A while back we were mentioning gargoyles; I used to have one in my store years ago (my day job is co-owning a pair of college-town stores with a little bit of everything ... more
Poignant. I want to know the rest of the story. Definitely must get a copy of this book.
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Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
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Originally posted by Wondermom
I love guys with long hair, and geeks lol, brad pit doesnt appeal to me... adam lambert however... but alas he likes the other team
"I would do him though just because he is brad Pitt."

You know that can always turn out to be a big disappointment. I slept with a guy that Alllll the girls wanted and omg was he horrible in bed.
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Contributor: Wondermom Wondermom
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Originally posted by removedacnt
That's great! I want to keep reading it. LOL
me too!! now I'm hooked
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Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by Wondermom
I love guys with long hair, and geeks lol, brad pit doesnt appeal to me... adam lambert however... but alas he likes the other team
I like big men, tall and with enough extra to make him cushiony for me to snuggle up against, plus super manly looking. My husband is a biker who looks incredible in leather, 6'5" 290 lbs with ice green eyes. Big and burly but dreamy to me lol.
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Contributor: Sacchi Sacchi
We don't have to go yet, but I do want to thank the folks who made it here. The Facebook page that had the link was pulled by Facebook yesterday or the day before for their own unfathomable reasons, so some people who intended to come may not have found the links we tried to post everywhere else we could.
10/11/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
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Originally posted by removedacnt
"I would do him though just because he is brad Pitt."

You know that can always turn out to be a big disappointment. I slept with a guy that Alllll the girls wanted and omg was he horrible in bed.
I wouldn't do him "just because he is Brad Pitt", but I would do him because I find him attractive. Though if we're talking Hollywood hunks, I prefer Hugh Jackman.
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Contributor: Sammi Sammi
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Originally posted by Sacchi
Thanks, Sammi! You must be another wing lover. (I thought of saying "wing man", but that wouldn't work for us.)
I like wings, although I think it was the whole tone more than anything
10/11/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by removedacnt
"I would do him though just because he is brad Pitt."

You know that can always turn out to be a big disappointment. I slept with a guy that Alllll the girls wanted and omg was he horrible in bed.
Oh I know! There was htis guy I that we used to hang out with all the time and he was beautiful, all of the girls loved him and he was by far the lousiest lay ever. It only happened once and I was just disgusted afterward lol.
10/11/2011
Contributor: Wondermom Wondermom
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Originally posted by removedacnt
"I would do him though just because he is brad Pitt."

You know that can always turn out to be a big disappointment. I slept with a guy that Alllll the girls wanted and omg was he horrible in bed.
BTDT sometimes they are all ego and talk with no action. The geeks work hard to keep a woman happy
10/11/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by Sacchi
We don't have to go yet, but I do want to thank the folks who made it here. The Facebook page that had the link was pulled by Facebook yesterday or the day before for their own unfathomable reasons, so some people who intended to come may not ... more
Facebook has made me so mad lately. I wouldn't miss it unless it was unavoidable, I love these meetings.
10/11/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
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Originally posted by sexyintexas
I like big men, tall and with enough extra to make him cushiony for me to snuggle up against, plus super manly looking. My husband is a biker who looks incredible in leather, 6'5" 290 lbs with ice green eyes. Big and burly but dreamy to me lol.
Sounds scary to me. But to each his own. My hubby is 5'9" 150 lbs with long blond hair and exotically slanted blue eyes. He is so much prettier than me that it's just not fair.
10/11/2011
Contributor: Wondermom Wondermom
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Originally posted by Ivy Wilde
I wouldn't do him "just because he is Brad Pitt", but I would do him because I find him attractive. Though if we're talking Hollywood hunks, I prefer Hugh Jackman.
I have a strange attraction to Russel Brand
10/11/2011
Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
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Originally posted by Sacchi
We don't have to go yet, but I do want to thank the folks who made it here. The Facebook page that had the link was pulled by Facebook yesterday or the day before for their own unfathomable reasons, so some people who intended to come may not ... more
Yes! That really stunk! But I'm glad everyone who is here could make it.
10/11/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by Wondermom
BTDT sometimes they are all ego and talk with no action. The geeks work hard to keep a woman happy
And they take the time to learn how!
10/11/2011
Contributor: Wondermom Wondermom
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Originally posted by sexyintexas
Oh I know! There was htis guy I that we used to hang out with all the time and he was beautiful, all of the girls loved him and he was by far the lousiest lay ever. It only happened once and I was just disgusted afterward lol.
mine was a pencil dick.... next!
10/11/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
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Originally posted by sexyintexas
Facebook has made me so mad lately. I wouldn't miss it unless it was unavoidable, I love these meetings.
Me too. I always have so much fun chatting with everyone.
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