Giles: I jump out of the circle, jump back in, and, and, shake my gourd. Buffy: Hey, I think I know this ritual. The ancient shamans were next called upon to do the Hokey-Pokey and to turn themselves around.

'Dirty Girls'


Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."


Amy - Jan 22, 2013 8:14:28 am PST #20304 of 28348
Because books.

"you've got a dark horse, you've got a cold kiss..."

Psst, I think it's dark HEART. Not that I can talk. Ask Cass how I mangled Kane lyrics one time.

Cold Kiss was conceived as a single book, so writing Glass Heart was sort of a challenge. I'd like to go back one day and revisit some of the other characters, or explore Wren's family history, but I think I'm happy with where I left Wren herself.


Polter-Cow - Jan 22, 2013 8:16:51 am PST #20305 of 28348
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Cold Kiss was conceived as a single book, so writing Glass Heart was sort of a challenge.

On the one hand, weird to write a sequel to a book you didn't intend to write a sequel to. On the other hand, nice that they wanted you to!


Amy - Jan 22, 2013 8:21:35 am PST #20306 of 28348
Because books.

Yeah. It would have been even nicer if it had done well, but I'm still proud of it.


Sophia Brooks - Jan 22, 2013 8:23:32 am PST #20307 of 28348
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Oh dear.


zuisa - Jan 22, 2013 8:26:11 am PST #20308 of 28348
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)

I just finished my John Green marathon that started a couple months ago with me sobbing my way through The Fault in Our Stars and ended this morning when I finished Looking for Alaska. (Will Grayson, Will Grayson, An Abundance of Katherines, and Paper Towns were in there too)

I found myself wishing he'd been writing when I was in high school. That's not meant as a criticism - I LOVED all of them - but I was such a mess when I was the age his characters are that his books may have been overwhelmingly helpful.


zuisa - Jan 22, 2013 8:26:11 am PST #20309 of 28348
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)

Amy - Jan 22, 2013 8:39:23 am PST #20310 of 28348
Because books.

I didn't mean for that to sound self-pitying. It's just one of those calculated risks in publishing -- do you assume interest will be there for a sequel, or actually wait and see?


le nubian - Jan 22, 2013 10:15:33 am PST #20311 of 28348
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Amy,

it didn't sound self-pitying to me, your remark made me laugh in a dark humor sort of way. I hope you meant it that way!


Amy - Jan 22, 2013 10:17:37 am PST #20312 of 28348
Because books.

Dark humor is the key to publishing. ::nods::


DebetEsse - Jan 22, 2013 10:26:18 am PST #20313 of 28348
Woe to the fucking wicked.

zuisa, I've only read 3 of them, but I completely agree. I intend to recommend Paper Towns and Will Grayson to most of the adolescents I know.