And the Joy Keeps Spreading

[parafan.livejournal.com]

First time poster here, previous lurker.  Love the commentary here in this community. It seems the deserved ridicule heaped upon LKH is spreading even among the professional writing community. I have an excerpt here I came across from  Michelle Rowen's recently published paranormal effort titled "Fanged and Fabulous" that left me howling (pun intended).

On page 214, she writes (no setup required) -

    "First of all don't freak out." Mr Naked said. "it's me Barkley."
    "Barley?" My eyes widened. "The dog?"
    "Werewolf," he corrected and absently scratched behind his ear.
    I gaped at him. "You have got to be kidding."
    "No, not kidding. Thought I was stuck this way forever . . . but boom here I am. What do you know?"
    "Yeah," I glanced at George half-naked in his towel, then at Barkley, completely naked in his . . . nothing. A vampire and a werewolf.
    I shook my head. It was obvious. I was having one of my Anita Blake dreams again.

Gotta love it.

Comments

[booster-blue.livejournal.com]

Comedy Gold!

[bubblefaerie.livejournal.com]

I wasn't sure about getting that book. I read Bitten & Smitten and liked it. Didn't like the angel one. But that sounds like she's got a good sense of humor in it.

I'ts funny how Anita Blake has become one of those things where you can just say the name and everyone gets the joke.

[parafan.livejournal.com]

I read Bitten and Smitten but not the other one you mentioned. And yes she does have a witty, light-hearted style. Hmmm a "Guilty Pleasure" so to speak.

[safrialailo.livejournal.com]

EXCELLENT glad to hear people are doing this in print, it means I can get away with it. (I'm writing a vampire hunter series where the love interest is a bog standard humans but there are lots of jokes about buffy and anita blake in it because well, it's set in our world with a few subtle differences, those series and books have been written and make it difficult to take what the protagonist does...seriously, especially since very few people know vampires exist.

[vlredreign.livejournal.com]

LMFAO

I'll bet that wasn't menat as a compliment, now was it? *snicker*