Sexy Writers ... (which ones would you snog?)

No, he didn't write Dirty Old Town, Fey, though I'm not entirely sure who did. It's an old(ish) one, though. I'll try the bio, thanks, Fey. Hey, Fish, is BB that good-looking spiky-haired blond bloke in the levvers? Coo... It's hard tryin' to keep up when you're an ex-pat.

as i stumble from thread to bed a sense of deja vu overwhelms. is it me or is every thread about bonking? is the forum suddenly full of unharnessed hormones or trivial testosterone? are writers naturally horny or just frustrated masters? do women that describe their bonking behaviour always do it with someone other than the recipient of said description? perhaps that is the humourous bit? why so many queries? have i inadvertantly rejoined readers wives? or perhaps writers husbands. coupled with the front page pics we could become AB Steamy. WARNING: if you must write please try to do it alone or with no more than one partner at once. if you do not know the person you are about to write with then please use a sheaffer on your nib. oh well. football's back on wednesday night.

i've been diligently waiting for someone to mention me in this thread, but alack, no suck a mention that i can see. i rather thought it easier to seduce people through writing than through looks, since not only was i hit with branches of the ugly tree, god uprooted the entire thing and broadsided me with the trunk :O) alas, mope...arr bathsheba

Song writers??? Oooooh..now you're talking..Jeff Buckley..mmmMMmmmMMM sadly, a bit thin these days. But OH...such cheekbones and hips...and his words..and that multi octave voice and...... Ahem.

well if everyone is leaving looks aside, let's leave gender aside too...i'd snog The Independent columnist Mark Steele, a man who knows how to brighten your wednesday and always leaves you wanting more

what's everyone looking at me like that for?

Just thought I'd chuck in my penn'orth. Dirty Old Town was indeed written by Ewan MacColl (father of Kirsty) for one of the Radio Ballads broacast in the 50's by the BBC. I was privileged to know Ewan, albeit only slightly, and he was one of the most respected folk music collectors/performers this country ever produced. He used to run a folk club with his wife Peggy Seeger and I was instrumental in bringing him to my local club, where he eventually performed several times, in the 80's. Sadly he passed away some years ago and the world is a poorer place without him. Dirty Old Town first became popular in 1958 when it was a chart hit for a singer called Mike Preston, I have been trying to get a copy of it for 20yrs now without any success!

So what do you do, Richard? Just send 'em surreptitious notes?

Isn't beauty (and sexiness) in the eye of the reader? I was instrumental in proving this simple point at my recent Conference, Writers or Lookers: Are they synonymous? with guest speakers from Iceland and Argentina. It was a roaring success. And everyone bought the book.

And Brian Patten. Incredibly snoggable for poetry alone.

Nobody could POSSIBLY want to snog Brian Patten.

i write girls notes and hide them in their pockets, but only on warm days c. william carlos williams

*huffy*

i would, if he's up for a romp with me and mark steele

I drank a bottle of wine and had several pints of beer with Brian Patten not long ago. I did not at any point want to snog him, though. Ladies, he has the cheekiest smile you've ever seen. I love him, in the literary sense. He is very funny and I am sure you girls would find him very sexy. He is every bit as likeable and lovely as his poetry. I feel very privileged to have met him. Scouse Power!

It's summer Stormy dear and all thoughts are turning to love (or southern parts in lieu). I would say that yes, writers are sensual beings - it's that imagination that can drift you into very intimate and exciting places. We dream, we want .....ummmm

...we rarely get...

On the subject of Shane McGowan and if we're leaving out looks etc. I'd snog him just for 'Fairytale of Old New York.' He's pissed, stoned, caned, mullered, hammered, dangerous, toothless, bald, ugly (you must have noticed the dodgy wig these days) all at the same time. And I reckon he probably smells a bit iffy too. These are just a few of the things that make him so attractive. Have you ever heard him just stand there, totally out of it, and sing 'Put Another Record In The Record Machine'? Who could resist? Come on, Shaney, baby. The Spinners used to sing Dirty Old Town. I'm ashamed to admit I saw them do it live once at Wolverhampton Civic Hall. If we're on to song writers I'd snog Bob Dylan just for being bloody born. That's if I could drag my sister off him long enough.

.... oh i don't know about that Andrea! ... *winks*

I don't know if she's written any books or songs and frankly I don't care.....but Susan Sarandon.......snogtastic !!

Oh yes! Definitely Bob Dylan, John (and for much the same reason 'cos, let's face it, he ain't exactly everyone's cuppa, looks-wise). Jim Morrison - now THERE was a (past tense, sadly) good-looking and snoggable bloke!

steven berkoff?

yes wolfie, the heat can have that affect. but wasn't it cold today. brrrrrrrr. ummm.

I've just realised that the last part of my post sounds like a child playing with a car. very sensual. this may explain my lack of success in the cattle market disco's of my youth. "would you like to dance?" "yer awlight" ~nudges handbag out of way with foot~ "brrrrrummmmmmmmm!!!!!"

Think Jeff Buckley's cheekbones are even more pronounced now Liana.... (sorry) And as Robert seems to be on the turn and I've been told he's cute, I'm going to add him to the list.

cute?????

It must be a male bonding thing, Fish...

You're dead right about Mr. Zimmerman and his looks. Still, beauty is only skin deep. Although when I used this line on my mate Len Bushell during our 'pulling' days he simply replied 'Well, exactly how deep would you like it to be?' He'd got the pretty one as usual. Gimme brains before beauty any day of the week. If you've happen to have both, of course, nobody is gonna complain. Jim Morrison still looks OK to me, Andrea. It's a male bonding thing you know.

truly robert does have marvellous eyes ... however he still does NOT earn the tag CUTE in my reckoning ... it'd be like ... well ... it'd be like saying you were SWEET liana!

Or the Fish was sober... Glad you clarified that, Liana. There was a bit of confusion there for a sec.

I'm sure it was the fish who told me Robert was cute *he says, ushering his hungry cat into the centre of Trafalgar Square* On the subject of the word "cute" - in my view "hunky" is one of the words whose passing from common use I shall never mourn, so long as I live.

andrew pack ... put down your wooden spoon ... you know VERY well that i would NEVER describe ANYONE as cute!!!

"A"cute, maybe? Definetely NOT hunky, though

Chunky perhaps?

Well, I'll leave out the obvious '**unky' then, shall I? 'Cute' is 'orrible, almost (but not quite) on a par with 'homely'.

andrew, i seem to remember that you were described on a thread somewhere as A Bit of Alright, by ifb no less... * casually checks travelling time to lincoln *

Neil Gaiman (and yes, Andrew, I've been trying to get hold of the graphic novel you mentioned but my local Books etc doesn't have it and some &^*%$ stole my credit card *ages* ago so I can't buy online until my *very* stupid bank sort it out) He's got that dark brooding thing off to a tee and is sardonic, gothic and evocative. Mmmm... Had a thing about Ben Elton when I was younger (until he sold out and did the whole Andrew Lloyd Webber thing - oh for a time machine to warn him back in the 80s!) Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) would probably be good in the sack too - anyone with that good a sense of humour has to be.

good in the sack? .... GOOD in the SACK???? emily????

I wasn't aware you are a sack dweller Emily!

I'm sorry - I obviously meant 'would be very good at kissing' ;-)

Rupert Brooke. When I was much younger, I used to devour every book about him I could get my hands on. Someone once said "I first came across Brookes laying on the cricket field at Eton, clothed in white flannel and indolence" *swoon*

aaaaah... the swoon factor ... V. Important ... *makes note*

Irvine Welsh - because he has a lovely smile.

what about Will Self?

What about Will's Elf?

When it comes to sex, Meatloaf takes some beating (so I'm told)

"White Palace" by Glenn Savan, has some seriously sexy writing........... it got made into a film with Susan Sarandon and James Spader and didn't disappoint.....then again...Susan could not disappoint me.....

I always rather fancied Oscar Wilde. Shame, that...

Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison, Ben Harper. Henry Miller,Aldous Huxley,Brian Patten,Dylan Thomas. Margaret Atwood, Charles Bukowski, Thomas Hardy,Anais Nin. Sexy because they are sensual with words:-visceral and physical.When I have the feeling of devouring a work and not wanting to spit any of it out,when there is truth and danger in a piece,when an author can explore romance,passion,love,desire,depravity and frailty fearlessly-then I find the medium of words provokes an emotional/physical reaction-not actually sexually arousing but sexy in a "I've seen your mind naked and it's rather exquisite" sort of way. You can be sexy without being attractive as you can be attractive without having sexyness.Sexyness of a writer is in the mind, not the body and if invited to snog any of the above in reality I would decline...but it is nice to fantasise..... And therein lies the sexyness of a writer -The complete mental and emotional intimacy of a stranger.

oooooooh megan *quivers*