And there's no actual PLOT anymore -- when's the last time she had an actual CASE?
You mean, waste time working when there's boinking to be done?
But if the world doesn't end, I'm gonna need a note.
Cordelia ,'Potential'
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Katerina Bee - Jan 15, 2004 7:44:56 am PST #553 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
Strix - Jan 15, 2004 7:48:08 am PST #554 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Yo. With a PRETURNATURALly well-hung hottie.
The porn lost me on the cervix-bumping explication in NiC. Ew. So not sexy.
bon bon - Jan 15, 2004 8:11:33 am PST #555 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Then author becomes distracted by the pleasures of wealth and devolves into ho-hum, crank out another one on schedule, I'm so important, pass me a scone.
I would distribute the responsibility for devolving series among publisher, author, author's credit card company, and fans. What do you do when you have a contract and no ideas for the series? I imagine LKH is just as frustrated as we are.
§ ita § - Jan 15, 2004 8:16:34 am PST #556 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I imagine LKH is just as frustrated as we are.
Well, at least she can drown her sorrows in a paycheck.
Katerina Bee - Jan 15, 2004 8:24:54 am PST #557 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
Yo. With a PRETURNATURALly well-hung hottie.
Mmmm, effulgent.
deborah grabien - Jan 15, 2004 8:27:29 am PST #558 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
What do you do when you have a contract and no ideas for the series?
Part of the reponsibility is purely on the author. If she knows damned well she's out of steam, she'd best say so. If the series has made her rich and famous, her publisher will usually be thrilled when they get the call from her agent to tell them "Ms. Blingle has an idea for a Brand! New! Series!"
Part of it is on the publisher, and they're usually pretty good at it, because, well, declining sales means the series is running out of gas.
And part of it is certainly the fan base. Because no matter how much private kvetching the fans do about a series? So long as they keep buying it, so will the publisher.
Betsy HP - Jan 15, 2004 8:44:11 am PST #559 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Sigh. I am enabling LKH. And I can't stop.
deborah grabien - Jan 15, 2004 8:47:04 am PST #560 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Sigh. I am enabling LKH. And I can't stop.
Then you shouldn't stop, love. Because if there's something in there that keeps you buying her books? There's a reason for her to keep writing them, and she's filling a need.
Vortex - Jan 15, 2004 9:10:12 am PST #561 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
if the series has made her rich and famous, her publisher will usually be thrilled when they get the call from her agent to tell them "Ms. Blingle has an idea for a Brand! New! Series!"
see Meredith Gentry series.
deborah grabien - Jan 15, 2004 9:20:38 am PST #562 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Yup. A successful series may linger on for quite a long time after it loses its focus, or originality, just because the readers who loved the early work will keep buying, to see if their beloved characters and theme come back.