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[pith]

a) Imagine that. laurellkhamilton.org has been revamped. (No pun intended.) Still not the greatest site design (not that I have the expertise to critique), but hey... almost anything's better than that annoying ripple thing and the huuuuuuge picture. Perhaps refche's in-depth dissection of the site didn't go unnoticed.

b) Please feel free to pimp out authors you DO like (and, if you feel you have to make it relevant, you can compare/contrast to LKH). Tentatively, let's stay within the realms of fantasy and supernatural for pimping for now, since we can safely assume that most LKH readers, disgruntled or not, enjoy supernatural stories.

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[dwg.livejournal.com]

Bzuh. It may just be the UBARRESOLUTION of my work monitor, but the "revamped" version of the site now has a java menu bar right in the middle of the text box. Therefore, my browse options are pastede right over whatever announcements are going on. Yippee! Not that the browse options are any more interesting.

But I will MUAH HA HA over an email address now up for contact.

[refche.livejournal.com]

It's right there, a box! Slapped over "Anita book 13 is tentatively titled: Danse Macabre and publication is expected in July 2006." Which might not be a good design quirk, but it says quite enough about the book. Any mention of it should be crossed over by various ugly menu bars! Firefox doesn't do that unless you open the menus, but we'll forgive.

Thankful for saving us from her huge face, though.

The 'design' still sucks. Because it's the same, except for the main page. You still get the ugly graveyard and I'm too tired to go exploring beyond that...

Reccing an author page evanovich.com (http://www.evanovich.com/), mostly because of the Plum Fun part and it's sub-section of Q&A. It's not a very good deign (though far from bad), but it has a nice feel, light and fun. Like the books. And it works, because you get the feeling that JE has an internet presence. LKH has a blog and I still don't get that vibe.

[saadiira.livejournal.com]

2-

HEAVILY pimping Kim Harrison. She's kinda like the OLD LKH, only a bit more imaginative, and she mixes in her fairies, her demons, and her werewolves and vampires, along with witches, all at the same time. The more the merrier. And it can be funny as hell. (PIXIE LOVE!)

She's got out three books now, and I wish there were FOUR! (Or more, I go through them fast, in spite of trying to make them last a bit...)

1-Dead Witch Walking.
2-The Good, The Bad, and the Undead.
3-Every Which Way but Dead.

(HOPE I got those right. lol.)

They are imaginative, and fun, and I really do not see her as a wannabe LKH. You can't be writing better than someone and be a wannabe. Plus, she writes same genre, but otherwise, original material. Oh, and Rachel isn't a Sue. Every man doesn't want her. Some just want to use her, and some hate her. Some want her dead.

I can also recommend Mary Janice Davidson, and such novels as 'Undead and Unwed.'

They are funny as hell. Chosen one or no, the main character, Elizabeth, is too much of a flippin' air head to ever, ever be a Sue. I howled through half the first two books, and giggled madly over most of the rest.

-Dira-

[tooimpurenangel.livejournal.com]

I loved "Undead and Unwed". I wish I could find the one after it.

[windiain.livejournal.com]

Well, credit where credit is due, it's actually more readable now. However, the site still fucking sucks and looks like a ten year old with a geoshitties site builder made it. Actually, that's inaccurate. Ten year olds these days can produce some really artistic and fab looking sites. So we'll say a 60 year old with a geoshitties site builder. ¬_¬

[nanale.livejournal.com]

Uhm, does anyone else have the links now at the top of the page? Right in the middle of her picture?

If wou want to hear the Wolf Howl reading, there seems to be an audio file on her page.

[nanale.livejournal.com]

I forgot:
The first 3 chapters are up on her page! You can find them under "Books", "Anita Blake 9-13". It's the last gravestone on the bottom.