LKH Comic-Con interview

[auryanne.livejournal.com]

Hi folks, long-time lurker, first time poster. I came home to find this magazine from Comic-Con 2007; as you probably know, Laurell is speaking there as a guest this year.There's really nothing ground-breaking in this interview, but I thought people might want to read it anyway. Please pardon the terrible scans, my scanner isn't very good -- but the horrible contrast is their fault, I swear!

Page 1:
http://pics.livejournal.com/auryanne/pic/0012p0aq

Page 2:
http://pics.livejournal.com/auryanne/pic/0012q9bh

Page 3:
http://pics.livejournal.com/auryanne/pic/0012rqhr

Comments

[tsubaki-ny.livejournal.com]

Re: the second page, comments on the Merry Gentry series -- if the fae are dying out exponentially, why does it make sense to kill off a whole bunch MORE of them just for Merry not getting pregnant first?

Also, this is bullshit:

"Most mixed-genre writers strive to make the ordinary fantastic. I take the fantastic and make it ordinary."

This is simply an untrue statement. Unless I'm losing my mind. It is just not so. Does she read?

(Also, some of this magazine's copyediting choices are annoying me. Do NOT ital "Micah" when referring to the character, only when referring to the book title. Gah. But that's not LKH's problem.)

[nightangel486.livejournal.com]

Oh, she makes it ordinary alright. ordinary to the point of boredom.

I also like that she says JC and Asher don't have their own books yet, because THEY haven't come up with ideas for one. Not SHE hasn't come up with ideas, THEY.

And how can she go out for a night on the town with Anita and Merry, if they're just her? I mean for crissake, the pics of LKh and Anita in that interview are nearly identical. I wonder when the pic of LKh was taken, because she doesn't look half bad.

[summersdream.livejournal.com]

I wonder if she's realized that whole fantastic-made-ordinary is kind of... not a good thing.

I think the pic just shows the difference that a professional make-up artist and good lighting can make. She really is attractive when she's not doing that harsh line of black around her eyes. I wish someone would explain how much more her eyes would rock with a smoky look that's more age-appropriate (and honestly, most people in general look better without a harsh black line on their eyes). There might also have been some retouching on the photo, mostly on her face- probably just smoothing some lines.