On the subject of looking for new writers... I've been watching (or lurking) on this website of Rachel Vincent for quite awhile now. She has been writing a book, I think this is her first one, called Stray. Well, it is out in bookstores now (though the due date isn't til June). I scraped some money together to buy it and have begun reading the first chapter. So far, it's pretty good. The main character is a female (feline) shapeshifter. Anyway, the book looks promising. No excessive angst, there is 618 pages that look edited, interesting plot, and all for the reasonable paperback price of $6.99. This looks refreshing.
So, though I don't think that lkh has invented this genre, I'm glad that there are so many new writers out there to take a look at. In fact I look for the blurbs on the books that say "if you like early lkh, you'll love..." You do have to wade through a lot of crap to get to the good writers, but thank goodness there is quite a variety out there. Some have been around for awhile and just get better (Kim Harrison, Kelley Armstrong), there are some promising new talent (Rachel Vincent, Ilona Andrews, Vicki Pettersson) -- and sadly there is lkh. Just as sadly there is me, who continues to buy her books, waiting in vain so far for her to stop proving that she'll write whatever she wants, as badly as she wants, as long as she proves that we (the fans, or former fans) DO NOT GET TO QUESTION HER HIGHNESS! HER HIGHNESS MUST TAKE MANY BOOKS (and a lot of your money) TO WORK OUT AND BEAT TO DEATH THE ARDEUR/ARDER/ARDEUUUUER whatever. IT IS SO VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!
NEW book coming out
So, though I don't think that lkh has invented this genre, I'm glad that there are so many new writers out there to take a look at. In fact I look for the blurbs on the books that say "if you like early lkh, you'll love..." You do have to wade through a lot of crap to get to the good writers, but thank goodness there is quite a variety out there. Some have been around for awhile and just get better (Kim Harrison, Kelley Armstrong), there are some promising new talent (Rachel Vincent, Ilona Andrews, Vicki Pettersson) -- and sadly there is lkh. Just as sadly there is me, who continues to buy her books, waiting in vain so far for her to stop proving that she'll write whatever she wants, as badly as she wants, as long as she proves that we (the fans, or former fans) DO NOT GET TO QUESTION HER HIGHNESS! HER HIGHNESS MUST TAKE MANY BOOKS (and a lot of your money) TO WORK OUT AND BEAT TO DEATH THE ARDEUR/ARDER/ARDEUUUUER whatever. IT IS SO VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!
Okay then....