"Vacation, sort of." June 11th blog post.

[freyalorelei.livejournal.com]

I'd like to add that it had been months since Jon and I got to wonder a bookstore, simply browsing, not because I need something for research. Not because we were buying a present for someone, but simply because we wanted to browse the book shop. We got lots of interesting stuff. I did buy some things for research, couldn't help it. GUIDE TO MARINE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD was the main one I got for research. It's actually going to get used on the current book, if not on stage, it's information that I as a writer would do better knowing. But I bought two books that were just for fun, just because I wanted to read them. Like I said, it's been a long time since I went to the bookstore without a work oriented agenda. The GUIDE TO MARINE MAMMALS was just a happy, useful, accident. Serendipity at it's best.

Now, this is actually kind of interesting. Marine mammals as research for the new AB book? I smell a new werecreature in the offing...who wants to take bets on wereseals or weredolphins or even weremanatees? Part of me is intrigued, another part screams GOD NO NOT MORE SUPERFLUOUS CHARACTERS.

...while Trin is gone on vacation with her Grandma and Grandpa, Jon and I are going to be doing what relaxes us. Good bookstores, reading other people's books, eating at nice restaurants that have no children's menus (all you parents know what I mean), have lots of alone time between Jon and myself (yes, I mean sex), but not just sex, also a chance to talk to each other without a half dozen people running in and out.

...Okay. "Alone time" is already letting we-the-readers know a bit too much about her personal life. We can certainly read between the lines and understand that "alone time" is code for sex. Her actually TELLING us that she had sex with her husband this weekend? T. M. I. We don't need to know that! We don't WANT to know that! Don't misunderstand me, I suppose it's good that she and her husband have a successful relationship on whatever level, but...WE. DON'T. CARE. And we certainly don't need to know about their bedroom antics. For God's sake, she bitches enough about fannish speculation on her sex life as is...why add fodder to the debate?

Comments

[oohasparklie.livejournal.com]

I thought she didn't read books by other authors. ;p

[frabjously.livejournal.com]

At least she didn't write about the cervix grinding orgasms she's going to have, or a description of how to give oral sex.

And for that, I am thankful.

[dwg.livejournal.com]

Marine mammals? She's got enough trouble dealing with the biology of terrestrial animals without tackling the marine ones.

And...um...just as an aside? Books you get from stores, not that brilliant for research. They're a good starting point, but to really know what you're talking about, you have to go to a library.

Personally, I would recommend some high school biology textbooks - which explain the limits of human physiology in an adequate and understandable manner. Never mind the fact that nobody in either series is human, it's just that it's at the point where the sexual antics are that ridiculous, it's asking wayyy too much of anyone to believe.

[refche.livejournal.com]

Um, all right... Why did she write "yes, I mean sex" in brackets and then continued with the same context in the sentence after she closed them? I'm not from an English speaking country, so I don't exactly know the rules, but the brackets seem very out-of-place. Even for LKH...

Also, I wish that she'd stop sounding like a 13 year old... "Vacation, Yay! Am gonna have sex! *does the scooby dance* I'll write all about it when I'm finished!" Paraphrasing, bust still...

And whoa, I can't get over the fact that she reads other people's books! I mean, it almost distracted me from the Ewww! I got when I read what else they were doing. And Jon reads? Whoa... *is amazed*