tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348852990067164417.post1866856634860845022..comments2023-05-13T08:16:30.611-07:00Comments on Writing For Joy: Cark and Cartmel — A short trip with a view, and lunch thrown in!Gladys Hobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01947126912910545535noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348852990067164417.post-11259039753406345212010-02-19T14:48:42.599-08:002010-02-19T14:48:42.599-08:00I only wish that we could collaborate on a novel, ...I only wish that we could collaborate on a novel, and sooner than later, but alas, with my life in its current mess, not the least part of this being <i><b>ten thousand loose ends</b></i>, such an enjoyable project in prospect seems but <b><i>a remote possibility</i></b>.<br /><br />This doesn't mean that we won't, but some time would have to fall out of the sky or bubble up from the depths. <b><i>Jolly nuisance of fateful proportions</i></b> actually…<br /><br />So '<i>Exquisite passion teasingly wrapped in a <b>Union Jack</b> spent upon innocent virility in the great <b>Outback</b></i>' or some similar title might be some time off yet.Payton L. Inkletterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498134400783189246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348852990067164417.post-51292959755989382452010-02-19T11:12:54.458-08:002010-02-19T11:12:54.458-08:00Of course, I'm serious — I'm laughing all ...Of course, I'm serious — I'm laughing all over my keyboard.<br />No challenge eh?<br />Better stick in Fools Paradise — up a gum tree, of course. <br /><br />We know what happens to your ears and eyes<br />when you my books in Fools Paradise.<br />(That is http://phoolsparadise.blogspot.com )Gladys Hobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947126912910545535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348852990067164417.post-14138932562453789102010-02-19T09:46:42.287-08:002010-02-19T09:46:42.287-08:00Gladys: One could be forgiven for detecting a hint...<b>Gladys</b>: One could be forgiven for detecting <b><i>a hint of literary seriousness…</i></b>Payton L. Inkletterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498134400783189246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348852990067164417.post-27403065680981380912010-02-18T12:40:48.274-08:002010-02-18T12:40:48.274-08:00Phew, what a line - sorry, storyline.
Well, Payton...Phew, what a line - sorry, storyline.<br />Well, Payton, gird up your loins and make a play for fair lady — written in English please. <br />Or jot a note or two <br />and we'll see what we can do.<br />Embrace your pencil tight <br />and give it all your might.<br />A love scene if you can<br />but keep it clean, young man.<br />Let all be pure and dreamy<br />not boiling hot and steamy!<br /><br />(I'm only a shy old wrinkly, you know.)Gladys Hobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947126912910545535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348852990067164417.post-48877413281111913022010-02-18T12:25:23.612-08:002010-02-18T12:25:23.612-08:00Gladys: 'blunderbuss' - your knowledge of ...<b>Gladys</b>: '<b><i>blunderbuss</i></b>' - your knowledge of <b><i>the genital organ of the male koala bear</i></b> astounds me. Had you stipulated that the blunderbuss be <b>double-barrelled</b>, you would have had me barrelled, for it in fact is <i><b>bifurcated </b></i>(I did say "<i><b>birfurcated</b></i>"); why?: <i><b>search me.</b></i><br /><br />Actually, I think we could spin <b><i>a yarn of arresting proportions</i></b>. And it wouldn't be just a <i><b>lame duck</b></i>, thinks me. The joining of <b><i>your refined worldly experience</i></b> with <i><b>my titillatingly consummate innocence</b></i> would be irresistible to the limitless potential readership <b><i>hungry for escape, arousal, and ideas</i></b>.Payton L. Inkletterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498134400783189246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348852990067164417.post-7386454145060998002010-02-18T11:11:59.196-08:002010-02-18T11:11:59.196-08:00Oo, I'm game. Come shooting with your blunderb...Oo, I'm game. Come shooting with your blunderbuss any day of the week. What a yarn we could spin, eh? Or would it be just a dead duck?Gladys Hobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947126912910545535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348852990067164417.post-40190177439681866452010-02-18T10:34:30.256-08:002010-02-18T10:34:30.256-08:00Gladys: More likely would your inspiration for the...<b>Gladys</b>: More likely would your inspiration for the novel's title be along the lines of: '<i><b>Aussie </b>lycra-less bull koala's innocence stripped by <b>Queen of Romantic Fiction</b> (hark at the lark in the dark at <b>Cark Café</b>, if you're game!)</i>Payton L. Inkletterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498134400783189246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348852990067164417.post-32564082558654376682010-02-18T06:18:06.347-08:002010-02-18T06:18:06.347-08:00You can turn up in tights any day, Payton. Let me ...You can turn up in tights any day, Payton. Let me know and I'll meet you there. (Hubby will have to stay at home.) Maybe I'll get some ideas for a new novel? Kinky Koala's Knobbly Knees in Lycra Costume Keep Knocking in Cark Cafe, (as sweet demure English lady offers him a cup of hot chocolate, and a chocolate cup cake decorated with jelly beans.)Gladys Hobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947126912910545535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348852990067164417.post-69850962135058535702010-02-13T09:01:03.471-08:002010-02-13T09:01:03.471-08:00'If we're lucky a cycling club will be mee...'<i>If we're lucky a cycling club will be meeting for lunch, each muscled athlete dressed in colourful top and clinging black Lycra tights…</i>': <b>Gladys</b>, don't be found at that café without your husband!<br /><br />Little wonder you can write such <b><i>realistic and delicious</i></b> romantic fact… er, fiction.Payton L. Inkletterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498134400783189246noreply@blogger.com