Someone who's characters are plot devices, so the books are neat, understandable, clinical, and utterly organized. My books are logical, to me, understandable to the vast majority of my readers, but they are not neat, they are not utterly organized or clinical. They are big, messy books, a lot like life. I wish you luck out there finding a writer that speaks to you. If we all liked the same kind of writer we'd all read the same books, and we don't. So go out there, find someone you like better, read them. You will be happier. I want all my readers to be happy, so go be happy. Enjoy the rest of your life. I mean that. I'll give you guys a few minutes to stop reading this, or to go into another room. I'll give you a few minutes, before I talk to the positive readers that are staying. If you are still a negative reader, please leave. Please do not read beyond this point. Warning, warning, warning. The next bit of this message is for the positive people. For the people who love my characters, or at least don't hate them. Negative readers, are you gone? Are they gone? Did they leave? So hard to tell online. Okay, now it's just us positive people. Yea! For those who are positive people, and are continuing to read the Anita series, here are hints about THE HARLEQUIN. First, Edward is in the book in a major way. Second, so is Olaf. Yeah, serial killer guy is back. Anita ends up feeding full blown arduer on three characters she's never been with before. And she, and I, are okay with them. Some of the stuff in DANSE MACABRE was over the edge of whatever for both her and me. Anita is really, really, looking forward to having more control over the arduer. I can't tell you who the three characters are without giving too much plot away, sorry. I'll ask Darla and Jon if there's a way to hint without spoiling it. I am sooo bad at hinting. One of the wereanimal groups will betray Jean-Claude, and Anita. Marmee Noir will be back. Belle Morte makes a guest appearance that caught me, and Anita by surprise. Nathaniel will be asking Anita to step up to bat for their relationship. What does that mean? Let's just say that what Nathaniel wants out of a relationship and what Anita wants out of one, may not match. Relationships are all about compromise. I know, I know, Anita doesn't compromise, but she's trying. She really is. The Church of Eternal Life is back on stage. Malcolm is coming to Anita and Jean-Claude for help. You know he must be desperate to come to them, and he is. We learn what happens to bad little vampires when the council decides to act. You didn't really think they did their own dirty work, did you? Asher gets to show there's a reason beyond sentimentality that he is Jean-Claude's second in command. We finally get to talk to Edward about his domestic arrangements in more detail. Is he, or isn't he? Will he, or won't he? Should he? Are those enough hints? Are there too many? I hope it whetted your appetite, but didn't drive you nuts not knowing exactly what I'm referring to. There's so much else I could put down, but I'm not sure I could do it without giving too much away.
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Posted by LKH on 12/29/06 at 08:56 PM