Zenkitty, I will say this -- the editor who bought this series has NO experience with sci-fi or paranormal stuff, but was sort of nudged onto the bandwagon because of the demands of the market. If I had still be working there when she bought this, I would have gently told her that KittySue was a bad idea.
That said, who knows if the series will sell well? The first two books are out, and while I've heard some bad reactions I don't know what sales are like. And I'm not sure if the vast majority of romance readers (i.e. a bit older, not necessarily 'Net-savvy) would understand who derivative this series is, or if (like some of the fanfic writers) they would really respond to the fantasy.
I would bet that enough people will respond to the fantasy to keep it selling well enough.
It's not that there's anything really wrong with publishing a fantasy. It's just that I'm jealous - I want someone to publish my fantasies! Preferably without my having to actually, you know, write them down. No one to blame but myself.
The blond Virgin Queen was an alley cat at heart. But her fierce claws promised death to anyone who rubbed this pussy the wrong way!
People continue to buy Anita Blake books. I have ceased to wonder at what people will buy.
::hides Mistral's Kiss under sofa cushion::
Nothing to see here, move along.
For brand-new challenge:
Resolutions
She wished the coming new year didn’t fill her heart and mind with impossible plans. This was the year that she was going to be stylish, organized, productive and, somehow, speak French. Even though Spanish was the language she studied, and the way she used the words made the native speakers giggle in their hands.It wasn’t French she really wanted anyway, not the halting attempts at expression or the mess of conjugation, but that sense of herself as someone accomplished.Instead, she wakes up every day disappointed to see the same face in the mirror and stepping around the piles, part one of cleaning out the closet, still unfinished.
Wow, erika, you wrote about me. (Except it was German, not Spanish.)
Thanks...I've noticed resolution skills have little to do with actually doing whatever I've resolved, more about what it adds to my reflection or self-perception to be a "woman who...". Maybe that's why they don't work.
Wow, erika! You're right on target with that one.
