Comments on: A Time-out with Joey W. Hill http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2008/02/19/a-time-out-with-joey-w-hill/ Guess what I'm reading? Wed, 16 May 2012 07:49:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: sanju http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2008/02/19/a-time-out-with-joey-w-hill/#comment-18839 sanju Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:35:06 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2008/02/19/a-time-out-with-joey-w-hill/#comment-18839 What an interesting way to get people interested in reading! Book trailers are like movie trailers, but for books! You can find them all over the internet now, but here is a site that's featuring them on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/booktrailers What an interesting way to get people interested in reading! Book trailers are like movie trailers, but for books! You can find them all over the internet now, but here is a site that’s featuring them on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/booktrailers

]]> By: azteclady http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2008/02/19/a-time-out-with-joey-w-hill/#comment-18378 azteclady Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:16:21 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2008/02/19/a-time-out-with-joey-w-hill/#comment-18378 Congrats, Sarai! Thank you, Joey! Congrats, Sarai!

Thank you, Joey!

]]> By: Joey W. Hill http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2008/02/19/a-time-out-with-joey-w-hill/#comment-18377 Joey W. Hill Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:11:25 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2008/02/19/a-time-out-with-joey-w-hill/#comment-18377 Merry, that's another nice one. And I think your last sentence summed up what a real love is all about. I like to see a book that accomplishes that feeling. Okay, here's our winner - Sarai! Congratulations on winning the drawing! Shoot me an email at storywitch@ec.rr.com and let me know if you'd like Vampire QUeen's Servant or the sequel, Mark of the Vampire Queen, and your snail-mail address, and we'll get that right out to you. Thanks, everyone, for sharing your favorite "time outs". Here's hoping you'll find many more to enjoy in your future readings. Merry, that’s another nice one. And I think your last sentence summed up what a real love is all about. I like to see a book that accomplishes that feeling.

Okay, here’s our winner – Sarai! Congratulations on winning the drawing! Shoot me an email at storywitch@ec.rr.com and let me know if you’d like Vampire QUeen’s Servant or the sequel, Mark of the Vampire Queen, and your snail-mail address, and we’ll get that right out to you.

Thanks, everyone, for sharing your favorite “time outs”. Here’s hoping you’ll find many more to enjoy in your future readings.

]]> By: Merry http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2008/02/19/a-time-out-with-joey-w-hill/#comment-18372 Merry Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:08:06 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2008/02/19/a-time-out-with-joey-w-hill/#comment-18372 My favourite time-out moment is in Lois McMaster Bujold's 'Beguilement: the Sharing Knife' where Fawn and Dag are making love for the first time. Fawn says she wants the light left on so that she can look at him and when he indicates that he's nothing much to look at, she says: "Maybe not. But you make my eyes happy." It just makes me get a big sappy smile on my face to read that. They love each other for themselves and just take the time to make the other feel happy and special. My favourite time-out moment is in Lois McMaster Bujold’s ‘Beguilement: the Sharing Knife’ where Fawn and Dag are making love for the first time. Fawn says she wants the light left on so that she can look at him and when he indicates that he’s nothing much to look at, she says: “Maybe not. But you make my eyes happy.”
It just makes me get a big sappy smile on my face to read that. They love each other for themselves and just take the time to make the other feel happy and special.

]]> By: Joey W. Hill http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2008/02/19/a-time-out-with-joey-w-hill/#comment-18371 Joey W. Hill Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:12:11 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2008/02/19/a-time-out-with-joey-w-hill/#comment-18371 Deemer, not only romantic but so touchingly funny at the same time. Sometimes it's amazing how much we become like kids when we fall in love. Caffey, it's done the same to me...I've been thinking of some of my all time favorites. Ashes in the Wind, Kathleen Woodiwiss - when Cole brings Alaina chocolates... Once in a Blue Moon - pretty much the whole book, but in particular at the end when she rides his steam engine invention with him and wonders if she's going to have to wrestle this huge female railworker for McCady's affections... SweetnSour Girl - oh, you're not twisted at all. In some of the harshest stories, it's that moment of tender humanity that sticks with me, gives me hope. Tasha, I'll have to try another Maggie Shayne - it's been years, but I remember enjoying her. Deemer, not only romantic but so touchingly funny at the same time. Sometimes it’s amazing how much we become like kids when we fall in love. Caffey, it’s done the same to me…I’ve been thinking of some of my all time favorites. Ashes in the Wind, Kathleen Woodiwiss – when Cole brings Alaina chocolates… Once in a Blue Moon – pretty much the whole book, but in particular at the end when she rides his steam engine invention with him and wonders if she’s going to have to wrestle this huge female railworker for McCady’s affections… SweetnSour Girl – oh, you’re not twisted at all. In some of the harshest stories, it’s that moment of tender humanity that sticks with me, gives me hope. Tasha, I’ll have to try another Maggie Shayne – it’s been years, but I remember enjoying her.

]]> By: tasha t http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2008/02/19/a-time-out-with-joey-w-hill/#comment-18369 tasha t Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:01:59 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2008/02/19/a-time-out-with-joey-w-hill/#comment-18369 maggie shaynes books have always been a fav of mine ro reread i make sure to keep every one of hers i get maggie shaynes books have always been a fav of mine ro reread
i make sure to keep every one of hers i get

]]> By: SweetNSourGirl http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2008/02/19/a-time-out-with-joey-w-hill/#comment-18365 SweetNSourGirl Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:16:27 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2008/02/19/a-time-out-with-joey-w-hill/#comment-18365 It's hard to say, there are a lot of great romances out there that I haven't read yet! But one scene that pops into mind isn't even from a straight up romance, it's from "1984", which tells you how screwed up my idea of romance is. It's when Julia and Winston are in that secluded room and she's smeared on makeup. It's a cute scene, just before they're hopping into bed and just with each other all day, making love, it's an island of paradise in a hellish world. For a minute you think everything will be fine and maybe it'll all turn out good. Still gets me every time. It’s hard to say, there are a lot of great romances out there that I haven’t read yet! But one scene that pops into mind isn’t even from a straight up romance, it’s from “1984″, which tells you how screwed up my idea of romance is. It’s when Julia and Winston are in that secluded room and she’s smeared on makeup. It’s a cute scene, just before they’re hopping into bed and just with each other all day, making love, it’s an island of paradise in a hellish world. For a minute you think everything will be fine and maybe it’ll all turn out good. Still gets me every time.

]]> By: Caffey http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2008/02/19/a-time-out-with-joey-w-hill/#comment-18364 Caffey Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:38:07 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2008/02/19/a-time-out-with-joey-w-hill/#comment-18364 Oh definitely RIDING WILD by Jaci Burton has scenes that have stuck with me weeks after having read it. I remember too meeting all the men on the team and thought right there, I hope I get everyone of their stories because they have one to tell. Sometimes too at the end of the scene in a book where its just the moment you know that they will be a forever and that was in ALWAYS TO REMEMBER by Lorraine Heath where they two danced to Greensleeves. I never heard the music but reading that scene was like I really could! Now that so gave me goosebumps. Gosh, I'm thinking of another scene and another book, this is why its so much a joy and the best thing for me, is reading... Oh definitely RIDING WILD by Jaci Burton has scenes that have stuck with me weeks after having read it. I remember too meeting all the men on the team and thought right there, I hope I get everyone of their stories because they have one to tell.

Sometimes too at the end of the scene in a book where its just the moment you know that they will be a forever and that was in ALWAYS TO REMEMBER by Lorraine Heath where they two danced to Greensleeves. I never heard the music but reading that scene was like I really could! Now that so gave me goosebumps.

Gosh, I’m thinking of another scene and another book, this is why its so much a joy and the best thing for me, is reading…

]]> By: deemer http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2008/02/19/a-time-out-with-joey-w-hill/#comment-18361 deemer Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:01:46 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2008/02/19/a-time-out-with-joey-w-hill/#comment-18361 It's strange, but out of all the romances I've read, I'm struck by this one scene out of Kinsella's Shopaholic series. The heroine is pregnant, and her workaholic-genius husband takes time out of managing his busy PR company to come with her to this gigantic stroller (buggy? pram?) warehouse to pick out the perfect stroller. He, of course, wants the one called "The Warrior", and she wants a Lulu Guiness one. They battle it out by taking each on a road test. Still, it struck me as incredibly romantic, probably because my husband would prefer to be shot than to shop for baby-related items. It’s strange, but out of all the romances I’ve read, I’m struck by this one scene out of Kinsella’s Shopaholic series. The heroine is pregnant, and her workaholic-genius husband takes time out of managing his busy PR company to come with her to this gigantic stroller (buggy? pram?) warehouse to pick out the perfect stroller. He, of course, wants the one called “The Warrior”, and she wants a Lulu Guiness one. They battle it out by taking each on a road test. Still, it struck me as incredibly romantic, probably because my husband would prefer to be shot than to shop for baby-related items.

]]> By: Joey W. Hill http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2008/02/19/a-time-out-with-joey-w-hill/#comment-18358 Joey W. Hill Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:41:40 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2008/02/19/a-time-out-with-joey-w-hill/#comment-18358 Sarai, if only guys understood how we just melt at simple cosseting. I've always told my husband "You all think we're so difficult, and we're really NOT." Just do something sweet and unprompted to care for us that has nothing to do with getting under our skirts, and we'll be like pudding (grin). Forget the diamonds, chocolate and flowers - just give me an unprompted backrub or unload the dishwasher without being asked. (laughter) Now, on the writing side, truly believe that care/protection element is so key to a good romance. Just finished a blog for the DearAuthor site (not yet posted) which focused on "The Power of the Submissive", focusing on how submissive males in erotic romance can remain appealing to women readers who like their alpha men, and the key was that a submissive male, while allowing himself to be sexually dominated, never abdicates his responsibility to care for and cherish his lady absolutely. Very key... Okay, back to writing for a bit... Got to pay those bills (grin). Sarai, if only guys understood how we just melt at simple cosseting. I’ve always told my husband “You all think we’re so difficult, and we’re really NOT.” Just do something sweet and unprompted to care for us that has nothing to do with getting under our skirts, and we’ll be like pudding (grin). Forget the diamonds, chocolate and flowers – just give me an unprompted backrub or unload the dishwasher without being asked. (laughter) Now, on the writing side, truly believe that care/protection element is so key to a good romance. Just finished a blog for the DearAuthor site (not yet posted) which focused on “The Power of the Submissive”, focusing on how submissive males in erotic romance can remain appealing to women readers who like their alpha men, and the key was that a submissive male, while allowing himself to be sexually dominated, never abdicates his responsibility to care for and cherish his lady absolutely. Very key… Okay, back to writing for a bit… Got to pay those bills (grin).

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