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[alondra-del-sol.livejournal.com]

http://blog.laurellkhamilton.org/2007/07/hardback-collection-is-on-shelves.html

This is my first time doing a flog though I've lurked a long time, but I just had to laugh and comment because she makes it all too easy. Not to mention its short so if its not the greatest flog then oh well. LKH in italics and me in bemusement.



The beginning is her going on about the release of the comic in hard-back form with a bonus Anita Blake short story. Can I call for a moment of silence for the money that will be wasted? *silence* Perhaps a tear for the fact Jon collaborated on it? *tear* Anyway moving on...

It's probably the shortest Anita story I will ever write, and definitely the shortest mystery. I'd begun to wonder if I'd lost the knack of writing short.
You see I was beginning to wonder if she'd lost the knack of writing long books, and does the word Micah come to mind for anyone or maybe the "word" 'novel-lite' (*cough*NOVELLA*coughcough*).

I am thankful that my muse and I like novels, because it's a whole lot easier to make a living at novel length than short stories.
Aha! I finally get it! That's why she drags out a scene that could take two sentences into five pages its all about the 'novel length'. It might also explain the poor dress of the characters; after all, the crazier the out-fit the more words she can use.

That's kind of sad though it just kind of goes to show that she's mostly writing the books for money now rather than enjoyment don't you all think? Of course its been seemingly suspected for some time now, but that's nearly admitting to it.

I ken it, a good old Scottish term.
I ken its random. Not to mention lay off Roland Deschain-isms (if you've read the Dark Tower series by Stephen King you'll know what i mean).

Comments

[found-then-lost.livejournal.com]

Wait Wait Wait!

I ken it? Now, that's used nowadays, but either it's my misunderstanding or she's using it wrong. Cause here in SCOTLAND, 'ken' mean's 'know'. Apartently not in LKH World.

[ainjul.livejournal.com]

I always thought "ken" meant "know" as well. WTF. and *squishy* another Roland fan! I just.... hate her. I cannot fathom how big her head has gotten.

[knomey.livejournal.com]

AH SEE U.

=P

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[kitsu.livejournal.com]

I also immediately thought of the Dark Tower.

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[artemis-rex.livejournal.com]

*icon love*

Roland and David?

[vlredreign.livejournal.com]

So did I!! I remember having mini-heart attacks when SK had his accident. My first thought?

"But, but...The Dark Tower isn't done!!!!!!!"

Ken, yeah. Means "know" as far as I ever knew. But then, this is the woman who still dresses her men in thigh-high boots. And ruffles, and lace. I can live with the long hair, I have a thing for long-haired guys, well, cept for Nate's sweeping the floor, that IS excessive, but...

Actually, the Anita-verse would have been better off as a graphic novel series. Those are to the point. But she'd have found a way to drag a sex scene over 7 or 8 pages, just like she does with the written word. And not even good ones.

[windiain.livejournal.com]

cept for Nate's sweeping the floor, that IS excessive

Cheaper and less effort than buying a broom and sweeping the floor. Kitchen needs a sweep? Just get Nate to walk around with his hair loose!

[kitsu.livejournal.com]

I can't even imagine how long it would take Nate to wash his hair or how dirty it gets.

[kerame.livejournal.com]

Or how long it takes to dry.

In TH he attends a formal meeting in nothing but a g-string because he didn't want to wet his dress shirt after he washed his ridiculous hair.

[wakarimashta.livejournal.com]

she dresses jon like that....... have seen him at signings in a BOWLER HAT and brocade vest.... Like what? Steed from "the Avengers"?

Worst ever? Jon in the pippi longstocking braids.

> eye roll<

[jadelioness.livejournal.com]

Lovely. Not only can she not write worth shit, but she's stealing terms from other authors. Bravo, Laurell.

[dan-lian.livejournal.com]

I don't think anyone here can grok her stupidity. It's useless to even try.

(there's my good-word-hijacked-from-Heinlein)

[lovedstrangely.livejournal.com]

heinlein is the fucking man. it's sad that hamilton and heinlein are usually pretty close to each other on the shelf...

[tehuti.livejournal.com]

Even worse, Kim Harrison is often the very next author in smaller bookstores. Kim and Rachel deserve better company than that!

[alondra-del-sol.livejournal.com]

"I like the collaboration between words and art. I ken it, a good old Scottish term." Looking at the sentence before just makes one go even more 'wtf?'. It doesn't make sense at all. 'I like the collaboration between words and art. I know it.' ??? I suppose she could be saying she's feels familiar with it, like comfortable perhaps; however, that's a stretch a big one. Either way ken is not the proper word there.

I'm glad that people got my DT reference :). I think its her ego trying to tell us that she's as good as SK just because she uses words like him. Which is the point where I roll my eyes.

[kitsu.livejournal.com]

I think its her ego trying to tell us that she's as good as SK just because she uses words like him. Which is the point where I roll my eyes.

I'd roll my eyes so much they'd be in danger of falling of of my head.

[kitsu.livejournal.com]

*out of

[delphinapterus.livejournal.com]

The worst part is that "ken" used to fairly common in early 90s fantasy novels as how elves would make things - by kenning them - and even that usage doesn't make the sense make any more sense.

[leoin.livejournal.com]

Oh hey there I know you!

Good flog. Her idiocy abounds.

[michael-b-lee.livejournal.com]

Aha! I finally get it! That's why she drags out a scene that could take two sentences into five pages its all about the 'novel length'. It might also explain the poor dress of the characters; after all, the crazier the out-fit the more words she can use.

I have absolutely no doubt that this is true. She's running on creative fumes at this point, and drags out every scene she can in order to make her word count.

What's amazing to me is that despite all this ridiculous padding, her books are still getting shorter and shorter as they go along.

[easol.livejournal.com]

That is not the way you use "ken." Good Lord, will she be making a version of the Dark Tower series soon, except that Roland will be a petite twentysomething woman with ever-growing superpowers, who will have to find the man in black by shtupping everything living (and nonliving) in this future world? Will the ka-tet be an ever-expanding gang of long-haired, scantily-dressed femmemen who are all yearning for megasex with Rolita?

Mommymommymommy! *sucks thumb*