Comments on: REVIEW: A Lover’s Call by Claire Thompson

By: Claire Thompson

Claire Thompson — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:22:01 +0000

Thank you Lisa for your comments. Email me directly and we’ll talk about easy as breathing! Laughing, Claire

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:31:07 +0000

I enjoy Claire Thompson! I read her black lace novel Hard Corps and three of her Ellora’s Cave works, which for me is a lot of books by one author. (I’m not very loyal to authors and tend to buy books more on whether the premise and blurb interest me or not.)
Her voice is very distinctive and she’s one of these writers who make it look like writing is as easy to her as breathing ‘though I’m sure she’d say it isn’t. lol

By: Claire Thompson

Claire Thompson — Wed, 23 May 2007 21:05:07 +0000

bunnytiger, please email me directly, I have something for you! Claire (claire@clairethompson.net)

By: bunnytiger

bunnytiger — Wed, 23 May 2007 17:57:29 +0000

A Lover’s Call is actually a re-write of an earlier book by Claire Thompson called 1-900-BDSM. I actually preferred the earlier version a lot better – I thought it was a bit more honest, somehow. Ms. Thompson has re-written another one of her earlier books too, The Stalker – new version Obsession. I haven’t read the new version there. Her books are very well written but range in quality, and some of them (not the ones on Ellora’s Cave) tend to get quite extreme. My favorite is Secret Diaries.

Another EC author that hasn’t written anything new recently that I know of that you might like is Chris Tanglen. Her books have lots of humor – even laugh-out humor – in them, which is pretty unusual for the romance/erotica genre. The best ones are A Third Party and A Third (and Fourth) Party, which, as you might guess from the titles, involve menages.

By: Claire Thompson

Claire Thompson — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:40:44 +0000

Hi Janine, Thank you for taking the time to review A Lover’s Call! I just came across this totally by accident. Your reaction was a mixed bag, but a thoughtful, thought-provoking piece that I really appreciated reading. I would like to send you something with a bit of a different twist and see what you think. It’s a full-length novel, and concerns my latest passion (A Lover’s Call was written quite some time ago but only recently sold and released) which is male/male erotic romance. I’d love to get your insightful take on my first gay love story. Even if you think that’s not your cup of tea, just take a gander at the first chapter and go from there…email me if you’d like a complimentary copy of Golden Boy and I will happily send it along.
Thanks again, Love, Claire

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Dear Author.Com | Unforgettable by Shelley Munroe — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:01:31 +0000

[...] I’m not a recent Ellora’s Cave virgin like Janine, I’m still not a “rode hard and put up wet” veteran either. Since my tastes [...]

By: Sarah McCarty

Sarah McCarty — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:12:09 +0000

Ann- I can see that. I’ve got to finish up my third HQN book and then write my second Spice. Both are in the 12)K range. Then I’m writing my Berkley anthology which means I have to switch to 3 35K stories. No doubt, I’ll be constantly telling myself, keep it short. Actually, the way I set up the anthology should help tremendously. It’s kind of different. We’ll see.

Teddy- Wow! *laughing* You do dream big! Lear jet, Chippendales, copping feels and attitudes. This could be fun!

By: TeddyPig

TeddyPig — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:44:21 +0000

Oh Sarah,

It is only a matter of time before I shall have to confess my first pBook publishing date. You and I will force ourselves to adjourn to your private Lear jet provided by Harlequin and torment our souls while we are whisked away to New York as we dine on peeled grapes from the well rounded and lovingly oiled muscular butts of a well hung group of young Chippendale dancers.

I myself will remain most meditative and recite passages from Nietzsche’s Precious Moments Collection while watching my morals take a nose dive into that dark abyss of the bourgeoisie.

By: Ann Wesley Hardin

Ann Wesley Hardin — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:10:53 +0000

Sarah–novellas are definitely different. I’ve written everything from 15-50k for EC, and while I’d like to say shorter is more difficult (because it’s dayum hard to pare down) my latest full-length is suffering because I got so used to short. My crit partner told me I had no middle. Just a beginning and an end *sob*.

However (there’s always a however, isn’t there?) I’ve found that my “mindset” at the start of a book is everything. In other words, if I envision the book as a novella or quickie, that’s what it’ll be no matter how much I might want to change that as I write it. If it’s a novel, so be it. The difference, IMHO, is conflict. In novellas or quickies, only one person has one. The other is la di da–much like you might find in real life. One conflict is much easier to solve than two. And that’s what I think is the magic formula that might be missing in some shorter works. KISS–Keep It Simple Stupid. *gg*

By: Sarah McCarty

Sarah McCarty — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:55:45 +0000

Teddy pig- *holding up white flag while clutching sides* OMG, that whole post needed a spew alert. How funny!

Janine- I don’t think you can go wrong with any of those authors. They all have very distinct voices and styles.

KSA-Best of a happy muse writing that novel. *whispering so as not to startle your muse* *G* It is a very different mind set writing different lengths. I naturally write about 125K. Shorter takes me a lot more time and concentration because I have to totally rethink the approach. No 5K love scenes when writing a novella! :(