Monthly Archives: March 2012

Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning – WWI Challenge

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

My next book for The WWI Challenge is Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning: The Great War in European Cultural History by Jay Winter. I actually started reading this book at the very end of last year, but I wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Short Story Sale!

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

Sale! No matter how many stories I’ve sold so far, it’s still cheering when I sell another, particularly when it’s a new story rather than a reprint. I’ve sold an erotic short story, “8:00 PM Appointment Tee Vee” to a … Continue reading →

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Coriolanus (2011)

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

I saw the Ralph Fiennes-directed movie of “Coriolanus” several weeks ago, in one of our local art-movie theaters. I had never seen the play performed, and had never read it, though I did read a detailed summary ahead of time. … Continue reading →

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“Wache,” August Stramm

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

Wache Das Turmkreuz schrickt ein Stern Der Gaul schnappt Rauch Eisen klirrt verschlafen Nebel streichen Schauer Starren Frösteln Frösteln Streicheln Raunen Du! –August Stramm

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Yes, I saw “John Carter”

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

…and it wasn’t bad at all. A friend of mine really wanted to see “John Carter” (which really ought to have been titled “A Princess of Mars”), and she talked me and another friend into going with her. I was … Continue reading →

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Analyzing Antryg

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

I recently re-read one of my favorite trilogies by Barbara Hambly, the Windrose Chronicles. Partly I did so for enjoyment, partly because I intended to blog about the experience (My Heroes & Heartbreakers post). This read, I also wanted to … Continue reading →

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The Gorgeousness of Cat (in The Windflower)

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

I recently wrote about classic romance novel The Windflower by Laura London for Heroes & Heartbreakers. In that post, I didn’t have a chance to talk about one of the most notable secondary characters, Cat, whose surname we eventually learn … Continue reading →

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“Antwerp,” Ford Madox Hueffer

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

Antwerp I Gloom! An October like November; August a hundred thousand hours, And all September, A hundred thousand, dragging sunlit days, And half October like a thousand years … And doom! That then was Antwerp … In the name of … Continue reading →

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“‘Ello, I wish to register a complaint.” – Vintage Erotica Cover

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

This cover proves that the Paranormal Romance subgenre started earlier than we thought it did. Behold the Parrot Shifter.

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Sime-Gen and Slashiness

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

My previous post on House of Zeor (1974) by Jacqueline Lichtenberg is about Sime-Gen and Romance Novels. If you will recall, in my last post I noted that though the author of House of Zeor explicitly excluded sexuality from the … Continue reading →

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