Tributary, and a Limerick Competition!

[erastes]

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I have a title (I think, I'm still letting it settle) for the new novella. It's TRIBUTARY. There is a reason behind this, Guy Mason is drifting through a depression-laden Europe in 1933, with no real idea of where he’s going, like a twig in a stream, as it were.  He’s upper middle class, (think Charles Ryder in terms of class) and will probably be first to join up for the International Brigade. The book involves his life taking a side road, or at least him finding a fork in the road, as it were. Themes. We can haz.

I have a “win a signed copy of Transgressions” for two people competition running at the moment.  I launched it on Literary Nymphs but as there have been no entries from that venue, I’m opening it up here.  Write me a gay fictiony-based limerick (can be about gay men, can be about the writing process, any subject at all)

e.g. Erastes the Author felt blue,

She just didn’t know what to do

Her protags, so natty,

Had become very chatty

And they’d both rather converse than screw.

Molehill Empire: Here’s my (very nationalistic) garden. Roses and Cauliflowers.  I really wanted to do flags from the four nations, but I couldn’t work out how to do a dragon in the space allotted and there’s no real blue for the union jack. Yes, so sad.

 

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Comments

[baritonejeff.livejournal.com]

Having not had the pleasure of reading one of your novels, I nevertheless repectfully submit the following:

I hear there’s a lady, Erastes

Whose novels are peppered with nasties

Her blokes don’t wear frocks

But suck other blokes’ cocks

And, historically, sit on their masties

[erastes.livejournal.com]

*snorting with laughter*

it's so true! There's a lot of sitting...

[baritonejeff.livejournal.com]

One more for you:

With old time gay romance your game

Researching the times is a pain

Sure, they shagged on all fours

Safe behind those closed doors

But the details will drive you insane

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

Do you live in E's head? Brilliant stuff - and scarily accurate *ducks and hides from the wrath of E*

(Hope you get a book - Transgressions is excellent and would seriously suggest you try procure it by whatever means necessary!)

[baritonejeff.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Well, I'd just pinch it from the local bookstore (*ducks and hides from the wrath of E*), but I live in Ohio. ;)

[spindriftdancer.livejournal.com]

LiteraryNymphs is so overflowing with babble that I completely missed it. It's positively unweildy over there.

I will attempt a limerick, but I make no promises about quality... (:

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

Not for the competition as I have my beloved ARC but..

There once was a tart called Erastes,
Who bought a small bagful of pasties,
It helped her write porn,
But how could one you scorn,
That which helped her write nasties?

(You have one HARD name to rhyme with. Trollope)

[jl_merrow]

Curses! My limerick muse appears to be observing the US holiday today. Here's a sadly substandard offering:

A Civil War romance? How swell!
What a wonderful story to tell
With lies and distrust
And a smidgeon of lust
For some smoking hot sex scenes as well!

:)

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

Not for the competition, as I've already got a copy of Transgressions, but for your entertainment:

Historical romance--not fair
If about little details you care!
You'll seek info on venues,
The time's breakfast menus,
And Regency men's underwear.

Standish--an inkwell or house
About which young Ambrose did grouse.
Adored older male,
Then got thrown in gaol,
Where he met a highwayman louse.

The writing life's glamour--yeah, right!
A myth that we find quite a blight.
We cook, clean, tend cats,
War with bureaucrats...
Amazing we have time to write.

[angrboda]

Hee! That's cool! When I get roses, I should do the same thing, only the other way around. :D

[erastes.livejournal.com]

at least someone appreciates me!!!

:)

[angrboda]

Course I do. :)

Don't blueberries get blue enough for Union Jack, btw?

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Not really, which is sad - i wish they were red like strawberries, but they are more of a turquoisey green.

[crawling-angel.livejournal.com]

There once was a young man named Ambrose
Who adored giving Rafe's hard cock blows
One day his ill luck
Yielded no suck
But still caused Rafe to explode

Hehe ;)

[lady-isabella.livejournal.com]

I can never resist a good literary challenge! However, I'd say this is a poor offering. My secondary rhyme isn't quite exact, and that final line is a tad too long...ah well, it's the thought that counts.

If the pen truly is mightier than sword,
On that length one might want to be moored;
But said Ambrose to Rafe,
(Who lay in his embrace)
"I want something longer with which to be gored."

[spindriftdancer.livejournal.com]

Yes, it took me this long to think up a limerick... Ay, me. (:

Once a young captain set sail
at pirates nor battles did quail
he was a straight arrow
through broad seas and narrow
till an author got hold of his tale/tail

[spindriftdancer.livejournal.com]

So?? Who won?

Enquiring minds want to know (: