tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post8953891550570025734..comments2023-10-28T05:33:15.060-05:00Comments on The Writing Playground: A Tasteful Tuesday Guest Blog with Annie Burrows!Marilyn Puetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073134550080890157noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-30038000166593498512009-11-05T05:08:03.064-06:002009-11-05T05:08:03.064-06:00My favorite TV show is So You Think You Can Dance....My favorite TV show is So You Think You Can Dance. They make the moves of all the various styles of dance look so easy!<br />I agree that waltzes are so romantic!! I love reading historical romance, the glitter, glamour and elegance of the Ton's balls... the scandals too!<br /><br />I have two left feet and no sense of rhythm. i love music too but I'm tone deaf. I'm so in awe of all the talented performers!Laurie Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533221100348874087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-46426045148983773242009-11-04T06:00:20.622-06:002009-11-04T06:00:20.622-06:00Kathy, sorry not to reply before now, but due to t...Kathy, sorry not to reply before now, but due to time difference, your last comment was way past my bedtime!<br />I am more inspired by characters than by historical events, which makes me a romance writer, rather than a historical writer.<br />Devilish Lord, for instance sprang from me thinking about a character who first appeared briefly in "The Earl's Untouched Bride". Lord Matthison was a ruthless gambler, reputed never to lose, with sinister eyes and a world weary manner. Well, I just had to have him as a hero eventually!<br />Good luck with your submissions to Harlequin. I love Native American stories - we don't get very many released over here in the UK!Annienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-55243878283450782312009-11-03T20:32:32.519-06:002009-11-03T20:32:32.519-06:00Hey Annie! I write Regency Historicals now. I...Hey Annie! I write Regency Historicals now. I've written a Native American romance too. I submitted to HQN Mills & Boon in March and got a very detailed rejection a little over a week ago.<br /><br />I'm eager to read Devilish Lord, Mysterious Miss! :)<br /><br />Sounds like you find inspiration the same ways I do. There is nothing like walking where your characters would have walked, doing things your characters would have done. Eating the same things. I get so invigorated by doing that too.<br /><br />Are you more motivated by historical events or by the characters themselves when you write? Thanks!Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-57828992247715618502009-11-03T15:41:46.043-06:002009-11-03T15:41:46.043-06:00Kathy, you write historical romance too? What per...Kathy, you write historical romance too? What period?<br /><br />Inspiration - I have devoured books by Jane Austen, and later Georgette Heyer for years. And I read history books, too. Lives of the aristocracy, and histories of stately homes I visit. Walking through such places, gazing at portraits of generations of titled families, and seeing the everyday objects they use...then going down the back stairs to see how their servants lived...<br /><br />But mostly, I just daydream. Can't seem to help it!Anniehttp://www.annie-burrows.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-62876892181452117952009-11-03T15:36:47.549-06:002009-11-03T15:36:47.549-06:00Catslady - lots of men out there like your hubby. ...Catslady - lots of men out there like your hubby. Think it somehow isn't masculine, I guess. You could try telling him skin tight trousers and sequinned shirts aren't compulsory!!<br /><br />Yes, Kathy, the waltz is fabulously romantic. Only problem is, now I've learned how difficult it is, I have trouble writing hero and heroine holding conversations while they dance (the stock method of getting h/h interaction in an age where they were so very rarely alone to speak of anything deep) Because, whenever I stop paying attention to the steps, I go completely wrong. Nothing romantic about stepping on your partners toes.<br />I spose those girls who manage witty repartee whilst dancing have been taking lessons a lot longer than me!Annienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-48171884284848954212009-11-03T14:53:27.376-06:002009-11-03T14:53:27.376-06:00Annie, what inspired you to write historical Regen...Annie, what inspired you to write historical Regencies?<br /><br />Also, where do you get your ideas and your research?<br /><br />Thanks! :)Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-14256838255962767112009-11-03T14:39:58.740-06:002009-11-03T14:39:58.740-06:00Thanks for coming to play, Annie, and for this won...Thanks for coming to play, Annie, and for this wonderful topic! I write historical romance and everything you mentioned about the waltz is exactly how I pictured it. Oh, to be dressed in an evening gown, train in hand, spinning round the floor with a handsome stranger, whilst other young misses pine to be in my shoes.<br /><br />There is so much of history that we glamorize. But so much that is missed. Dirty dancing aside, crumping just doesn't quite satisfy. :)Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-43550645263212251462009-11-03T14:33:49.606-06:002009-11-03T14:33:49.606-06:00Add my husband to the group that would rather walk...Add my husband to the group that would rather walk on hot coals than dance (darn it all).catsladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06375770995988927860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-34507455644921494622009-11-03T13:43:00.955-06:002009-11-03T13:43:00.955-06:00Oh, what a shame, Instigator and Sherry.
I bet you...Oh, what a shame, Instigator and Sherry.<br />I bet your hubby's would change their minds if the teacher looked like Jennifer Lopez, in "Shall We Dance". Ooh, that tango!Annienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-46833221736748431612009-11-03T11:45:37.206-06:002009-11-03T11:45:37.206-06:00Hi Annie and welcome! I love watching ballroom da...Hi Annie and welcome! I love watching ballroom dancing. As a matter of fact, our vet teaches ballroom dancing at our local college. He's great and won a few competitions a few years back. I asked hubby if we could sign up for lessons. You should have seen the look on his face. It was a definite no. Oh well. : )<br /><br />I love historicals and Devilish Lord, Mysterious Miss sounds great.Sherry Werthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411488573654323096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-15854430074785311872009-11-03T11:40:08.681-06:002009-11-03T11:40:08.681-06:00I'd love to take ballroom lessons...can anyone...I'd love to take ballroom lessons...can anyone see Zilla doing that? Yeah. Me neither. But the man does so many other things that I can't fault him for refusing to do this. We should to a Playfriend ballroom night. <br /><br />InstigatorKira Sinclair - AKA Instigatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274056066229852126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-88570792060873599992009-11-03T11:22:55.556-06:002009-11-03T11:22:55.556-06:00Why not!
there's always a few ladies without p...Why not!<br />there's always a few ladies without partners in dance classes...and some ladies who go as a couple!<br />Though I always wonder how they decide which one should take the male part.Annienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-223382312573562842009-11-03T10:58:24.151-06:002009-11-03T10:58:24.151-06:00How totally cool!!! I've, of course, read abou...How totally cool!!! I've, of course, read about waltzes in books and watched them on television, but hearing you describe it gave me such a clearer picture of why it is considered an intimate dance. <br /><br />I'd love to take dancing lessons, of any kind. I doubt the hubby would ever consider it. Maybe the playfriends should just descend on a studio together...<br /><br />AngelAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010424240956906870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-15628151448388602122009-11-03T09:58:46.867-06:002009-11-03T09:58:46.867-06:00Funnily enough, I only managed to persuade my hubb...Funnily enough, I only managed to persuade my hubby to take lessons because jiving was on the list of dances we might learn, and he thought that would be cool.<br /><br />Sadly, we have since learned that our little legs will just not go quite fast enough...<br /><br />But, turns out he ADORES the waltz...makes him feel all masterful...sighAnnienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-40622016188697406322009-11-03T08:48:12.502-06:002009-11-03T08:48:12.502-06:00Hi Annie! Welcome!
I really want to take ballroom...Hi Annie! Welcome!<br /><br />I really want to take ballroom dance lessons. Alas, my Geek makes Al Gore look like the funkiest chicken on the block. (I love him, but he ain't got rhythm.)<br /><br />And anything that I can wear lovely sparkly shoes while doing is okay by me.Problem Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01456049865200737618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-35214098341062641762009-11-03T08:33:37.271-06:002009-11-03T08:33:37.271-06:00Yes, Smarty Pants...remind him of those voluptuous...Yes, Smarty Pants...remind him of those voluptuous twining limbs...<br /><br />Seriously, it's good excercise too. All the celebrities taking part in the show lose weight, don't they!annienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-35597585104027380732009-11-03T07:56:54.061-06:002009-11-03T07:56:54.061-06:00Welcome, Annie!
DB refuses to take dancing lesson...Welcome, Annie!<br /><br />DB refuses to take dancing lessons. Perhaps if I sold it as being all the scandalous things it was described as here...Andrea Laurence AKA Smarty Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518751514879244662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-66772584414664424402009-11-03T07:44:48.396-06:002009-11-03T07:44:48.396-06:00Thanks for the welcome, Monitor!
Yes, I do have s...Thanks for the welcome, Monitor!<br /><br />Yes, I do have some shiny gold ballroom shoes. It's silly, but what I love best about them is... the suede soles you have to brush before you go onto the dance floor! It makes me feel like a Real Dancer...for about five minutes!anniehttp://www.annie-burrows.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-43307289287447245422009-11-03T07:01:09.410-06:002009-11-03T07:01:09.410-06:00I love watching the ballroom dancing shows and &qu...I love watching the ballroom dancing shows and "Strictly Ballroom" is a favorite movie of mine as is "Shall We Dance." What's that line Jennifer Lopez has about dancing being the vertical expression of a horizontal action? <br /><br />And yes, it's so difficult to imagine anything sexy about it while you're concentrating so hard on one-two-three, one-two-three, promenade-two-three, pause-two-three, etc. But once it clicks, oh my! <br /><br />Do you have sparkly ballroom shoes? Don't tell, but I do and I feel like a princess when I wear them.<br /><br />Welcome to the Playground, Annie!Playground Monitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444337591281145863noreply@blogger.com