Passion's Legacy
Current mood: 
animated
Hi Everyone,
I have mentioned in previous blogs that I volunteer at my local library, collecting public-donated books and handling our book sales last Saturday of every month. Every cent we raise goes to buying new books and DVDs for the library, children's programs etc. It's just me and a handful of very old ladies I call my girls and our benefits for this unpaid work are getting first crack at books we might want to buy ourselves.
Being old ladies, my girls are breathless over romance novels and I am thrilled that well into their 80s they even think about sex. They read volumes of Harlequin Novels and have devoted literary crushes on people like Linda Lael Miller, but refuse to even put certain authors books out for sale. One author in particular "writes so much crap she goes on the free cart" is the refrain.
When my girls found out I was writing erotic fiction, they started collecting the trade paperback erotic fiction novels coming into the library and putting them aside for me.
Over lunch, we chat about sex and how the language and tone of romance books have changed. They snicker like teenagers over the older books that use classic euphemisms for a man's cock. The leap of his desire is one that makes them cry with laughter. His throbbing manhood has them screaming for mercy...cocks straining pants to the point of bursting make them wish for the movie trailer...
I am astonished how many of the books finding their way to us are from the UK and are very expensive. We get a ton of Ellora's Cave books too.
On Wednesday, we had our setup meeting (today we put the books out for the mad rush tomorrow) and one of my girls handed me a paper bag.
"AJ, this is your type of book. I put this aside for you." She gave me a knowing wink and went off to to maul the cupcakes.
I opened up the bag hoping to see David Beckham sans culottes but instead found a pair of women in Victorian garb. Passion's Legacy, by Lori A. Paige. A Victorian lesbo love fest!
Wanting to scream, "I am a HOMOSEXUAL man why would I wanna read about two chicks?" I smiled instead thinking, I'll give this to one of my writer buddies, like Beth Wylde who writes F/F fiction. She won F/F author of the year (and is branching out into M/M now), she might like this. I brought the book home and curiosity, which killed the cat, got me and I read the book in a couple of hours.
I was actually quite intrigued. There is no sex to speak of, a feat in itself considering a hot seduction sequence in an attic room (they always happen in attics in clean romances) but despite the fact it was written in 1991, there is no purple prose. The Alpha Girl is much like the Alpha Male and the Beta love of her life is very sheltered and a bit stupid not to have twigged to her benefactor's Sappho ways sooner but hey, this is Victorian England we're talking about here...
Yesterday afternoon, I drove one of my girls to the store. She lost her driving privileges last week and now has to read with a magnifying glass and a flashlight. She will read until her eyes clap out on her totally (her words, not mine) and she admitted she'd read the book Passion's Legacy.
"What did you think of it?" I asked her.
"Give me a big dick any day," she huffed.
I'm with ya there, sister.
I laughed out loud and she said, "There isn't anything I don't know about cock sucking. I kept my husband happy for 58 years."
"Good for you," I laughed. "What was your secret?"
She smiled. "I read romance novels and pounced on my husband. I never took no for an answer."
Good to know.
Aloha oe,
 |
Currently listening : The Art of Seduction: Gypsy Nights - Belly Dance Music of the Balkans By Various Artists Release date: 2006-06-27  |
AJ, hon your girls sound like an absolute treat... why young people persist in thinking we "old" women are clueless when it comes to sex... lol. I'm with you guys though on the dick thing though.
Like your girl,I too got most of my sex ed from those lovely,trashy romance novels (but I prefer the real names for the genitalia... crude and common,but oh,well)cause for sure our parents weren't sayiny anything... love ya darlin and love the blog (you do make me strive to write better)... can't wait for the next one.
Reply to this