A chinchilla of decency

[jmc_bks]

I don't generally have opinions about authors as people -- I usually think of them in the context of their work. They are the artist; I'm interested in their art, not their lives/selves. [No offense intended, in the unlikely even that any authors bloghop this way -- the separation keeps me from feeling guilty when I post less than stellar reviews of books.] I've liked Nora Roberts' fiction for a while, J.D. Robb more than NR really, but still, it's all the same person, right? But now that I've read the comments posted to Smart Bitches and at KateR's, I totally swoon for NR. She posted to both entries re: RWA and decency and the letter written by Jan Hudson for the Romance Writers' Report last month. Her follow up re: different subgenres being spokes to the big wheel of romance? Brilliant. How does she do sarcasm and smart so well and succinctly?

It's already morphed though -- it's now a chinchilla of decency. ::gigglesnort::

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

She posted over at Sybil's blog too. A very funny post. Love her.

Jane

[(Anonymous)]

why are there suddenly chinchillas everywhere? they are sort of rodent-y so I guess it would make sense that they'd reproduce quickly.

kate r

dunno

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When I was a kid (maybe influenced by reading The Little Princess?), I totally wanted a chinchilla muff. ::sigh:: Outgrew that.

Chinchillas everywhere? Well, if they're rodent-y or rabbitty (are rabbits rodents? I didn't think so), they'd reproduce fast. Or maybe they've gone viral, like the blogosphere.

Re: dunno

[(Anonymous)]

sad that with all of her riches, poor Nora can't afford more than faux scintilla of decency. There's a moral in there somewhere.

See, this kind of gooberishness is what I'll remember months from now. Or anytime someone says the right words.

kate r, so done with JWB and her ilk
ilk. teehee.