That's a shame, as I have always rooted for Richard and against Jean-Claude. Richard seemed more real and less cliched, which apparently is because he was. If she can't write the character honestly anymore, maybe she should kill him off or have him move to Mars.
Now we're saving a vampire from vampires. I got two words for that -- Nuh and uh.
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Volans - Jun 06, 2004 6:02:38 am PDT #3119 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Connie Neil - Jun 06, 2004 1:18:49 pm PDT #3120 of 10002
brillig
Barbara Hambly apparently had the same problem with her divorce having negative effects on her books. I don't remember the exact title, something about Dragons, but the sequel to the first book was apparently so dark and the antithesis of everything she set up in the first book that people were sending the copies they'd bought to her with notes saying they'd never buy another of her books. She finally put out an apology citing the divorce and promised to try and fix the story.
§ ita § - Jun 06, 2004 1:43:36 pm PDT #3121 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Steven Brust had relationship troubles impact the Jhereg series, I heard. I never minded the changes in the narrative, so I didn't pay much attention.
eta: And google sez ...
Of course things from his life worked their ways into the book. Normally this questions is addressed at the breakup of Vlad and Cawti. To that, Steve wrote, on June 7, 2002:
Oh, I've answered that one before. It was directly out of my life, only I didn't realize it at the time I was working on the book. I figured it out when I read the page proofs, and felt like a complete idiot.
Betsy HP - Jun 06, 2004 4:33:15 pm PDT #3122 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
If she can't write the character honestly anymore, maybe she should kill him off or have him move to Mars.
Problem is, she's written it into canon that if Richard dies, Jean-Claude and Anita probably do, too.
No worries. Next book, Anita will develop her Time-Traveling Self-Resurrection Spell. Now with extra sex!
Betsy HP - Jun 06, 2004 4:34:47 pm PDT #3123 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Note, however, that Brust said in 2002 (same FAQ):
No character in the Vlad novels is secretly another character in the Vlad novels, at least that I know of.
This has turned out to be more than a little not-true.
§ ita § - Jun 06, 2004 4:43:54 pm PDT #3124 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What's that in reference to, Betsy?
Betsy HP - Jun 06, 2004 5:02:38 pm PDT #3125 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Sethra is Kiera.
Pix - Jun 06, 2004 5:04:54 pm PDT #3126 of 10002
The status is NOT quo.
Betsy, have I told you yet how much I love your tag right now? So damned appropriate.
§ ita § - Jun 06, 2004 5:07:27 pm PDT #3127 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A-ha, Betsy. I wonder if he knows. Or knew then.
sj - Jun 06, 2004 5:16:19 pm PDT #3128 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I went to the bookstore tonight and managed to leave with only one book, which must be a small miracle for me, but I had a coupon for only one book. I bought a new book by Helen Fielding, Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination. I haven't read it yet, but I thought I would mention it in case there are any fans out there.