Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.

Andrew ,'Damage'


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."


Hayden - Jun 07, 2006 8:27:40 am PDT #577 of 28530
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

I like Thomas Hardy's novels.


Strix - Jun 07, 2006 8:28:05 am PDT #578 of 28530
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

sicko


Amy - Jun 07, 2006 8:28:57 am PDT #579 of 28530
Because books.

I like them, too. Especially Tess.


Hayden - Jun 07, 2006 8:29:17 am PDT #580 of 28530
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

It's in the privacy of my own home!


DebetEsse - Jun 07, 2006 8:31:10 am PDT #581 of 28530
Woe to the fucking wicked.

C.S. Lewis surely counts.


JohnSweden - Jun 07, 2006 8:35:17 am PDT #582 of 28530
I can't even.

It's in the privacy of my own home!

Other sicko. No, no, still the first sicko. Don't think Homeland Security isn't watching, bub.


Dana - Jun 07, 2006 8:36:24 am PDT #583 of 28530
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Hardy-loving freaks.


ChiKat - Jun 07, 2006 8:42:15 am PDT #584 of 28530
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

Joyce Carol Oates?


Sophia Brooks - Jun 07, 2006 8:42:35 am PDT #585 of 28530
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I too, love Tess.


Amy - Jun 07, 2006 8:47:17 am PDT #586 of 28530
Because books.

Just to be less vague, the column is for Romancing the Blog, which is a group blog of romance writers and readers. I do a column once a month, more or less.

So...I'm looking for more contemporary authors than historical figures (although Heyer is a great example, because she is beloved by romance readers and writers), and I intend to talk about branding, how prevalent it is, why it's not (perhaps) so necessary. Basically, why can't we all just write *books* of whatever stripe without a thousband different identities.