tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post4891813490363386819..comments2024-03-25T09:03:39.020-07:00Comments on The Uncrushable Jersey Dress: No Roses in June--1961Betty Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-85324963186535942152021-09-20T23:02:51.199-07:002021-09-20T23:02:51.199-07:00Thank you so much for that. I'm laughing so ha...Thank you so much for that. I'm laughing so hard at that answer! She did get so many tiny details right and it takes me right into the heart of her worlds. It makes me wonder how many people (after the larger waves in the 80s, I suspect) have quietly been making Essie pilgrimages to NZ for all these years, on the strength of the descriptions and command of her settings. I've so appreciated your comments, Kenny! Keirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802633046486840052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-53694656249425956932021-09-20T15:49:28.426-07:002021-09-20T15:49:28.426-07:00Keira, I'm going to pass on to you a story tha...Keira, I'm going to pass on to you a story that Bill (Essie's son, not her husband) told me over dinner a couple of years ago, which has to do with her passion for accuracy and with the unusually high number of men who read her books. You have to know what "crutching" is to get the force of the story; so, just in case you don't, crutching is when you shear only the wool on the sheep's rear end, which over time tends to become, shall we say, befouled. Anyway, Essie was always surprised when men told her they liked her books, but according to Bill, one such male reader was especially memorable. He was a crusty old Scots-Kiwi farmer, the very last person you would expect to be reading a Mills & Boon romance. When Essie asked him, "But why do you like MY books?" he replied (and at this point in the story Bill drops into a rich Scots brogue), "Because, ye ken, ye get all the details of th' crutchin' JUST RIGHT!"<br /><br />You can see why I figure Bill and Liz will enjoy your review.Fior Publishinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067870040636613903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-62682515372664874962021-09-20T13:30:20.652-07:002021-09-20T13:30:20.652-07:00So if I look for your work, what do I type into th...So if I look for your work, what do I type into the "Author" search field? (Oh, and it suddenly occurred to me that I seem to be using the company account...my name is actually Kenny, not Fior.)Fior Publishinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067870040636613903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-37730839218468673602021-09-20T07:51:46.071-07:002021-09-20T07:51:46.071-07:00What an absolute joy to get your comment! Ever sin...What an absolute joy to get your comment! Ever since I read that there was a devoted Essie fan out there, doing the hard work of getting her books digitally released, I knew we must be kindred spirits. I've been meaning to pick up my reviews for the rest of her books (suddenly homeschooling too many children during COVID hasn't helped--it was rather like a blizzard when all hands are required to dig out the sheep) and am so pleased you stumbled across my review. While my tone IS irreverent, my admiration of Essie Summers is frank and boundless. I'm a romance author (my stuff can be termed 'clean') and she, more than anyone else, gave me the tools to create stories that don't go much near the bedroom but are, nevertheless, stuffed full of romantic tension, chemistry and attraction. (Seriously, she could teach a masterclass on this. Too many sweet romance authors write like disembodied heads are falling in love.) Coupled with the rich details of everyday life in a manse or a draper's shop or on a backcountry sheep station... There is no one like her. Thank you for making MY day! And THANK YOU, THANK YOU for bringing Essie to a new generation!Keirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802633046486840052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-62679236593583884152021-09-19T20:46:10.905-07:002021-09-19T20:46:10.905-07:00Keira, I got a huge kick out of this review...and ...Keira, I got a huge kick out of this review...and I'm the guy in charge of republishing all of Essie's novels on Kindle. In fact, I really, really badly wanted to find a way to sneak a link to this review into the Afterword of the new edition of Roses, but just couldn't solve the discrepancy in tone. (There is a limit to how irreverent I can allow myself to be in those afterwords, after all.) But I am certainly going to forward the link to Essie's son Bill and daughter Liz, both of whom have very well-developed senses of humor, and both of whom I am sure will enjoy this review as much as I did. Thanks for making my day!Fior Publishinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067870040636613903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-26572363826859146622018-08-31T12:02:52.212-07:002018-08-31T12:02:52.212-07:00Bold & Italics and the hyperlinks are back!
A...<b>Bold</b> & <i>Italics</i> and the <a href="https://www.le-livre.fr/photos/RO9/RO90114626.jpg" rel="nofollow">hyper</a><a href="https://www.le-livre.fr/photos/RO9/RO90114608.jpg" rel="nofollow"><b>links</b></a> are back! <br />And the <b>Recent Comments</b> are working again! Well done, Betty Keira! I am so proud of you! 💖Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12196924805687069270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-26193516977992317892018-08-31T11:32:28.966-07:002018-08-31T11:32:28.966-07:00Sam Elliott! — s w o o n — Thank you for him. 💕Sam Elliott! — <i><b>s w o o n</b></i> — Thank you for him. 💕Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12196924805687069270noreply@blogger.com