I've been interviewed!

[erastes]

Huzzah!

Jane Lockwood (author of Forbidden Shores) of Risky Regencies interviewed me about Regency things in general and the interview is here.

Thank you, Riskies, for having me. 

Comments

[ggymeta.wordpress.com (from livejournal.com)]

Great interview! I tend to get bashful in interviews and fail at them. :/

[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

That's a wonderful interview, full of great references and information! I love the pix they added to it, too, the illos are wonderful!

[jessewave.livejournal.com]

Hi Erastes

I left a comment on the Riskies site about the interview. Great job as usual. Your comments certainly increased my knowledge about the Regency period!! Whenever I read books about the period I avoid those with female leads because I would imagine that the women must have had pretty miserable lives (except if they were incredibly wealthy).

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Thanks hun! How can that happen in a typed interview??

I'm still serious about interviewing you, though.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Yes, they did the pictures - it always amazes me that people can find such great pictures and I find such crap!

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I have to admit that I'm not mad on Regency stories with female leads - basically because - in order to fit the feisty heroine that people seem to love they make them completely anachronistic. What I adore about Lizzy and Becky Sharp and others of the books is that they were memorable women, some strong, some not, but of their time and living in that time. I wish there were more people attempting to write realistic women in the same way we are trying hard to write realistic gay men.

[ggymeta.wordpress.com (from livejournal.com)]

You're right, the email interviews are much better. I always flail at con interviews...but I flail gracefully [that means, it's all in my head so the interviewer can't see it!].


I'm still serious about interviewing you, though. Sure, why not.

Did you see that Nightcharm link from the Original Slash new comm? Every time I see one of those 'venus' totems I can't help but wonder if that thing, in itself, was just nothing more than porn. They place so much significance on it as being a 'goddess' symbol-- what if it was just a little rub toy for some male who had to spend a long time away from the cave without his woman? [same can be said stone phallic finds]. Can you imagine...all this scientific and anthropological somethingorother over a piece of pre-historic porn? [I laugh at the notion...]

the pix

[jane-lockwood.livejournal.com]

I love finding illustrations, so this was a real pleasure. The two nude male torsos were by Ingres--I love his nude studies, they're so powerful and look as though they'll spring from the canvas. He did some very nice erotic art, too, mainly (one-handed?!) sketches, but I couldn't find any online. The pencil study of a young man was his too.
The photo was of Ciaran Hynes (sp?) and the sneaky guy who played the sneaky cousin Elliott in the movie of Persuasion, altho it's a posed shot in Bath, not a scene from the actual movie. The civil war era portrait was of someone and his brother--I think at that point I was rather anxious to get the post done. And the Greek statue (with figleaf, sorry about that) was of Apollo.
Thanks for the great answers and chatting so much, Erastes.

realistic women

[jane-lockwood.livejournal.com]

I wrote a long comment at the Riskies yesterday which Blogspot either ate or I forgot to post, but I asked there, so I'll ask again, if you've read Jude Morgan. Another writer with an ambiguous name... He's actually a guy and he writes brilliantly about the Regency period. His best is probably Passion about Byron, Shelley, Keats et al from the point of view of the women in their lives--beautifully done, very realistic. A terrific portrait of Byron, too, and you can absolutely understand his relationship with his half-sister Augusta.

Re: realistic women

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Hi Jane, didn't know you had an LJ!

No - I haven't - but I'd certainly check them out on your rec!