tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post2510486470315600379..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Reading About ReadingAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-50202781068496444072016-06-29T19:24:35.644-04:002016-06-29T19:24:35.644-04:00I definitely think of the Grip as my "school....I definitely think of the Grip as my "school." If we are remembered together, I would be so honored. :)Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-58315916942920223912016-06-29T19:22:55.590-04:002016-06-29T19:22:55.590-04:00Wow, you really are a fan! Thanks for the reply. S...Wow, you really are a fan! Thanks for the reply. Sounds like that may not be the first place to check out more of Golden's work, but it also sounds like some interesting changes have happened with Star Trek novelizations.Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-4750893798346938792016-06-26T11:25:16.286-04:002016-06-26T11:25:16.286-04:00You never know who has heard of you, or who has re...You never know who has heard of you, or who has read your work. One thing that intrigues me about literary history is the way that certain writers of a certain period are grouped together and sometimes called a "school" (which I think my university students take literally -- they would like to see the actual Romantic School founded by Will Wordsworth and Sam Taylor Coleridge). I'm sure none of us Grippers think of ourselves as a "school," since we are each so distinct, but in years to come, we might be included in a book about the erotica of the early 21st century, whether it has been forgotten or not.Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-29841245552728731222016-06-25T10:49:32.043-04:002016-06-25T10:49:32.043-04:00I think I can deal with being forgotten, too. :)
...I think I can deal with being forgotten, too. :)<br /><br />In my day job's workplace, we have an LGBT library. One of my new friends this year, who didn't know about my writing, started visiting our library several times a week and reading smut books.<br /><br />About a month after he'd been visiting several times a week, I let it slip that I'm a writer in my spare time. He asked me about my writing. I said I write gay erotica under the name Cameron D. James. Seconds later, he texted back "Go-Go Boys of Club 21???" He'd been reading my book that week and he was in awe that I was the author of it.<br /><br />That's my little moment of being a recognized name. The fact that this friend is super-duper cute added to my little jump of joy.Cameron D. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825600675668853636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-53481523266603361362016-06-25T10:45:26.994-04:002016-06-25T10:45:26.994-04:00Hehe -- I just looked up which ones are hers. I t...Hehe -- I just looked up which ones are hers. I think I've read 14 of her 15 Star Trek books. (So, basically, I read all the Voyager books -- I didn't read her one original series book, as I don't enjoy that series so much.)<br /><br />She wrote Trek back in the days when it was very heavily controlled. Each book was about 275 pages long and there were very rigorous guideline of what could or couldn't happen in the books. For the most part, books from that era (not just hers), don't really stick out as great works as they were rather bland. I would be fascinated if she were to write a Star Trek book now, as the artificial limitations are pretty much all gone; I'd like to see what she could do with a much larger sandbox.Cameron D. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825600675668853636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-31992795042682644112016-06-25T10:41:33.307-04:002016-06-25T10:41:33.307-04:00Apparently a number of current big name authors st...Apparently a number of current big name authors started out writing smut (but generally of the straight variety)... I read it on the internet somewhere, so it must be true! ;) (Seriously, though, I think it was actually true. I can't remember any names, though.)Cameron D. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825600675668853636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-1082789738802443982016-06-24T11:44:21.544-04:002016-06-24T11:44:21.544-04:00I think I saw the Bronski book reviewed somewhere....I think I saw the Bronski book reviewed somewhere. It might have even made it onto my "Want To Read" list on Goodreads (which means I probably never will!)<br /><br />As for writing to be remembered... I think I'll be pleased if one or two people remember me. Society? Neh. One of my life's peak experiences was going to a dinner party that Totally Bound threw for their authors as RWA. Another author (whom I really didn't know) came over to me and said, "You're Lisabet Sarai? Raw Silk is one of my favorite books!"<br /><br />I guess I can die fulfilled!Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-65204197044294465092016-06-21T17:02:22.866-04:002016-06-21T17:02:22.866-04:00Really interesting about the ending thing—I've...Really interesting about the ending thing—I've heard that tacked-on unhappy ending thing many times myself. I actually find the research you cite comforting. I don't mind being forgotten. I'm glad to know censorship didn't have the stranglehold I thought it did.<br /><br />As far as tie-in novels, have you read any of the Star Trek books written by Christie Golden? I've been reading her Warcraft tie-ins and really liking them, and was thinking of following her to one of the other fandoms she writes for. I believe she's done several Voyager books.Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-56092287287199436692016-06-21T11:03:13.173-04:002016-06-21T11:03:13.173-04:00I know of several big-name science fiction writers...I know of several big-name science fiction writers who wrote pulp fiction under pseudonyms way back in the day, mostly because it paid better than the science fiction in those early times, and/or because they weren't big names yet. I'm not sure how many were writing gay pulp fiction, but I know for sure that at least a couple of them were.Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.com