Blog flog: judge her not by the size of her... event

[pith]

Blog Flog: STRANGE CANDY (so important, it needs all caps, baby!)
Link: http://blog.laurellkhamilton.org/2006/10/strange-candy.html

LKH in bold.



Jon and I dressed up. He did a suit and I even did stiletto heels.

I admit it. I initially misread that as "Jon did a slut" and then told myself to be nice.

Although "did" should not be the verb of choice for "stiletto heels" in LKH's world, because you never know when it's literal.

people just didn't feel compelled to come out and play. Or it maybe that this is the third event we've had in St. Louis this year.

Or maybe people are just getting sick of your theatrics. Even her drama isn't anything new, so if you've already seen her once at an event, why go again? Oh, black wardrobe! Oh, bodyguards! Oh, the doting Jon! Take a picture and instead of going to the event, look at the pic. It's cheaper.

So many familiar faces remarked over and over

Maybe because you're really not attracting that many new readers. I don't care what "the numbers" say. Most supernatural fans I've talked to in my area are ashamed that LKH is in the genre.

I suppose there are writers that would have been upset at a smaller crowd, but they have to be writers that have not done four hundred, or more people night after night.

I don't even have to say it, do I?

We'll do some place warm where we won't get snowed in.

Along with "meat" and "spill", I vote that LKH is henceforth banned from using "do".

Comments

[dwg.livejournal.com]

I read that entry and was so terribly torn. A) yes, it's entirely possible that people have lives and don't want to go out to LKH launches every other week, but B) maybe it's because people are being polite and saying "We'll catch you next time." when they really mean, "We'll turn up to an event worth going to - like when you publish a decent book."

Both are valid arguments for the poor turnout, however, two hundred is nothing to be sneezed at. I'm used to launches that only have about fifty people. At best. Not even the allure of free booze and nibbly things got our numbers up.

[rantingmule.livejournal.com]

FREE BOOZE AND NIBBLY THINGS?!? DUDE I'M SO THERE. ;)

*cough* Seriously, she's freaking obnoxious. Her "fame" has gone to her OMG DARKITY DARK OF DARKNESS head. :P

[dwg.livejournal.com]

We tend to have really great nibbly things - the free booze tends to be a bit of a lucky dip, some years it's good, other's it's not. Last major launch that I went to, I wound up taking home a bottle of Jacob's Creek [is people] chardonnay...that I never got to drink because my dad drank it all and tried to make it up to me by getting chateau du cardboard cask. Dammit, I had Jacob's Creek! I had people hitting on me in the street just because I was walking around the city while carrying a bottle of wine. @.@

This year, I have dibs on a free bottle of champagne. I hope I get one. *am a sucker for bubbly*

But yes, we have a lovely lady that does catering and we love her to bits. She does these mini quiches that are sublime.

[pith]

The numbers depend on the market. When I was working at my university's press, we were lucky to have fifty people too—and that was including Press staff and faculty members. But for a "best selling author" who claims to be introducing women to ... well, everything, pretty much... if she's the hotshot she claims to be, I'm surprised she hasn't tried selling out an arena yet.

[dwg.livejournal.com]

I kinda like the small events - specially the underground/indie launches I've gone to. But then, I tend to know a bunch of the publishers/authors and hang out and eat nibbly things with them. ;P