Comments on: Gaijin – Erotic Short Review http://claudiadchristian.com/blog/2010/01/gaijin-erotic-short-review/ Love & Hate. Dominance & Submission. Sat, 12 May 2012 20:50:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: CDC http://claudiadchristian.com/blog/2010/01/gaijin-erotic-short-review/comment-page-1/#comment-90 CDC Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:05:35 +0000 http://claudiadchristian.com/blog/?p=853#comment-90 Dear Louisa: I’m thrilled to read you’ve enjoyed my work! I enjoy RG & it’s great to meet via her generous introduction. Thank you for mentioning me on your blog—I really appreciate it. Sharing is awesome, isn’t it? :) Dear Louisa:

I’m thrilled to read you’ve enjoyed my work! I enjoy RG & it’s great to meet via her generous introduction. Thank you for mentioning me on your blog—I really appreciate it. Sharing is awesome, isn’t it? :)

]]> By: Louisa http://claudiadchristian.com/blog/2010/01/gaijin-erotic-short-review/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Louisa Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:26:44 +0000 http://claudiadchristian.com/blog/?p=853#comment-89 Dear Ms. Christian, I've been reading RG for a while now, and I'm so glad that she's led me to you! I spent my entire Saturday perusing your darkly romantic pieces, and I must say, you live up to all of the praise I've read... so please allow me to add some more! The way that you are able to place fantastical characters and supernatural intervention in stories well-grounded in the breadth of human emotion makes your tales at once entertainment and food for thought. I'm now a subscriber and hope to see more from you soon! Thanks so much and keep up the excellent work! I hope you don't mind, I've mentioned your talent on my blog... I just couldn't keep from sharing! Thanks again, Louisa G Dear Ms. Christian,
I’ve been reading RG for a while now, and I’m so glad that she’s led me to you! I spent my entire Saturday perusing your darkly romantic pieces, and I must say, you live up to all of the praise I’ve read… so please allow me to add some more! The way that you are able to place fantastical characters and supernatural intervention in stories well-grounded in the breadth of human emotion makes your tales at once entertainment and food for thought. I’m now a subscriber and hope to see more from you soon! Thanks so much and keep up the excellent work!
I hope you don’t mind, I’ve mentioned your talent on my blog… I just couldn’t keep from sharing!
Thanks again,
Louisa G

]]> By: CDC http://claudiadchristian.com/blog/2010/01/gaijin-erotic-short-review/comment-page-1/#comment-88 CDC Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:54:32 +0000 http://claudiadchristian.com/blog/?p=853#comment-88 Dear Liras, Thank you for taking the time comment. I really appreciate it. "Gaijin" was so awesome that I just had to share it with the world so I'm glad you enjoyed reading it. :) If interested in reading my work---I'd start off with Suicide Doll or Grim Alice first (you can find them under the WIP link) since those two aren't sequels. Let me know if you have any questions, Liras, and thanks again for stopping by! Dear Liras,

Thank you for taking the time comment. I really appreciate it. “Gaijin” was so awesome that I just had to share it with the world so I’m glad you enjoyed reading it. :)

If interested in reading my work—I’d start off with Suicide Doll or Grim Alice first (you can find them under the WIP link) since those two aren’t sequels. Let me know if you have any questions, Liras, and thanks again for stopping by!

]]> By: CDC http://claudiadchristian.com/blog/2010/01/gaijin-erotic-short-review/comment-page-1/#comment-87 CDC Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:47:05 +0000 http://claudiadchristian.com/blog/?p=853#comment-87 Thanks, RG! Your words are too kind. I'm going to ramble here and it's partly your fault. :) I make no secret over how much I love angst and the emotional mind-fucks that come from it, but I really am a fan of boy-meets-girl stories. I have this odd need to have some sort of happily-ever-after even if it takes blood and guts to get there. That's not the unusual part since many romance novels depend upon it to make a story, but I need my blood and guts to be spilled directly because of the love interest. I love villains and I love villains even more so when they take the "slot" of the hero/heroine. I want to read stories that take black and white and paint it all gray. That's probably why I'm so geeked out over "Gaijin" because you took several themes I love and put them together. I fell into fascination with Shindo and you're probably the only writer in recent memory that has written the EXACT kind of tale I need to read. Unfortunately, there's just not much out there. You have romances, but no violent toeing the line. You have erotica, but not much depth. You have horror and no erotica or romance. As I mentioned above, I do enjoy love stories. Immensely. I just don't get excited over what's out there. You have requisite hero, heroine, and villain. Hero is always a bad-ass before he meets heroine, but somehow he magically transforms and never does anything really wrong. Even if he was a pussy-hound before, just the thought of the heroine makes him turn away from the woman throwing herself at him. Heroine is so special that she just inspires him to be this guy who gives massages "just because." What the hell? I say screw that and I just have to write what it is I want to read. It's been very niche to say the least but I enjoy it! :) So thank you, thank you for writing "Gaijin." It's been forever since I've read anything like this that I didn't write myself. It's so gratifying to step into your worlds and just enjoy my time as a reader. So if you or any of your readers know of anything in the vein of "Gaijin" please let me know. I spent yesterday while cleaning up my husband's computer searching for e-books between scans and not finding what I was looking for. Sorry for the rambling and thanks for dropping by, RG. :) Thanks, RG! Your words are too kind. I’m going to ramble here and it’s partly your fault. :)

I make no secret over how much I love angst and the emotional mind-fucks that come from it, but I really am a fan of boy-meets-girl stories. I have this odd need to have some sort of happily-ever-after even if it takes blood and guts to get there. That’s not the unusual part since many romance novels depend upon it to make a story, but I need my blood and guts to be spilled directly because of the love interest. I love villains and I love villains even more so when they take the “slot” of the hero/heroine. I want to read stories that take black and white and paint it all gray.

That’s probably why I’m so geeked out over “Gaijin” because you took several themes I love and put them together. I fell into fascination with Shindo and you’re probably the only writer in recent memory that has written the EXACT kind of tale I need to read.

Unfortunately, there’s just not much out there. You have romances, but no violent toeing the line. You have erotica, but not much depth. You have horror and no erotica or romance.

As I mentioned above, I do enjoy love stories. Immensely. I just don’t get excited over what’s out there.

You have requisite hero, heroine, and villain. Hero is always a bad-ass before he meets heroine, but somehow he magically transforms and never does anything really wrong. Even if he was a pussy-hound before, just the thought of the heroine makes him turn away from the woman throwing herself at him. Heroine is so special that she just inspires him to be this guy who gives massages “just because.”

What the hell?

I say screw that and I just have to write what it is I want to read. It’s been very niche to say the least but I enjoy it! :) So thank you, thank you for writing “Gaijin.” It’s been forever since I’ve read anything like this that I didn’t write myself. It’s so gratifying to step into your worlds and just enjoy my time as a reader.

So if you or any of your readers know of anything in the vein of “Gaijin” please let me know. I spent yesterday while cleaning up my husband’s computer searching for e-books between scans and not finding what I was looking for.

Sorry for the rambling and thanks for dropping by, RG. :)

]]> By: Liras http://claudiadchristian.com/blog/2010/01/gaijin-erotic-short-review/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Liras Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:46:23 +0000 http://claudiadchristian.com/blog/?p=853#comment-86 Ms. Christian, what a great review of Remittance Girl's Gaijin. I followed the link from her Twitter feed. Will be back to read more of your work soon! Ms. Christian, what a great review of Remittance Girl’s Gaijin. I followed the link from her Twitter feed.

Will be back to read more of your work soon!

]]> By: Remittance Girl http://claudiadchristian.com/blog/2010/01/gaijin-erotic-short-review/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Remittance Girl Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:42:06 +0000 http://claudiadchristian.com/blog/?p=853#comment-85 I once tweeted that I was very lucky that so many of my readers are writers. I meant it. But more than that, I think that both you and I have a love of that dark angst that can elevate a boy-meets-girl story to a certain level of existential self-examination. It's why I read you. You do it so damn well. So deliciously. I once tweeted that I was very lucky that so many of my readers are writers. I meant it. But more than that, I think that both you and I have a love of that dark angst that can elevate a boy-meets-girl story to a certain level of existential self-examination. It’s why I read you. You do it so damn well. So deliciously.

]]> By: CDC http://claudiadchristian.com/blog/2010/01/gaijin-erotic-short-review/comment-page-1/#comment-84 CDC Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:32:30 +0000 http://claudiadchristian.com/blog/?p=853#comment-84 Awesome! Thanks for stopping by, City Different. RG is one of the only writers I've encountered who sees beauty in the profane so I'm definitely a fan. I do hope you enjoy my work---it leans heavily on the angst but it is what moves me. :) However, if not, at least we have RG, right? ;) Awesome! Thanks for stopping by, City Different. RG is one of the only writers I’ve encountered who sees beauty in the profane so I’m definitely a fan. I do hope you enjoy my work—it leans heavily on the angst but it is what moves me. :) However, if not, at least we have RG, right? ;)

]]> By: City Different http://claudiadchristian.com/blog/2010/01/gaijin-erotic-short-review/comment-page-1/#comment-83 City Different Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:58:38 +0000 http://claudiadchristian.com/blog/?p=853#comment-83 I'm so pleased that your review of one of my favorite writers led me here! New work from Remittance Girl is always exciting. I look forward to reading more from both of you! I’m so pleased that your review of one of my favorite writers led me here! New work from Remittance Girl is always exciting. I look forward to reading more from both of you!

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