She felt that the characters weren't in true jeopardy anymore. I'd been wondering the same thing myself for a little while. But who would I sacrifice to make my fictional world more believable? No one. I hold them all precious.
Sweet Zombie Jesus! What is it with the insane over-identification with the vampire writer ladies? I can't even grasp that kind of egotism. It's like selling your soul for mediocrity. Or less.
the ardeur...
six of one.
I think everybody starts out thinking about writing and their characters that way but I was taught that it was a rookie mistake.
I used to do it BDS.(Before David Simon)
Now, well, it sucks but people die. I can deal with that more easily than the thought that someone I admire would think I write like a punk.
You know, if LKH had any online friends, they'd be telling her "Just walk away from the badfic, honey.
If she had any friends, they'd be telling her to take her meds. The early Anita Blake books must have been written before the voices started talking to her.
I've begun wondering if Obsidian Butterfly was ghost written.
you know, connie you have a point. or she has some weird issue with sex. -- As long as she can't write about it , she does a decent story. As soon as she adds the sex- goodbye story.
she has some weird issue with sex
Well, I think we all know that's true.
The comparison to an overwrought ficcer is ever more appropriate.
Customer reviews for poor old LKH's latest effort are pretty damn amusing. "It's all Mary Sue and porn, and the story languishes."
That blog clip is just so pitifully self-indulgent. I think she and Anne Rice need to have tea and whinge about how the readers just don't understand their suffering and the Greatness of their Art.
Oh, dear, oh, dear...
From the Amazon reviews:
Admittedly, Hamilton DOES try to give Micah new dimensions as a character, by giving him a traumatic background. Unfortunately, this trauma is that his girlfriend dumped him because Micah's Magnificent Member was, uh, too big for her to handle. It will move readers to tears... of laughter. And you can only imagine how the Magnificent Member's, uh, size has an impact on the rather icky sex scene that follows. Although since they have been together for a year, it's not clear why the size is suddenly such a problem.