First Flog

[unrund.livejournal.com]

Still can't title anything, but here's the blog.
Because we don´t know what this entry will be about.

In answer to questions: Jon is still sick.Oh woe. Seriously. We all feel for you[and him]. He went to the doctor today and it is officially an upper respiratory infection requiring antibiotics. He's better, but his voice sounds a lot like Michael Dorn (Worf). And when are you going to tell us that would like to not spend your day at the desk writing *winkwinknudgenudge* when you hear that voice? Yes, we still have brown recluse spiders in the house. No more bites, knock on wood. We will be getting the house fumigated later this month when allergic girl (me) can be out of the house for five days and five nights. Yes, I am allergic to the stuff they use to get rid of the spiders. Of course, I am. Hello, who isn´t allergic against something? Want me to tick of my allergies? I can gurantee you that I will beat you in that discipline.

Went to the local comic shop today and we got to see and hold and gaze upon the hardback collection of the first six issues of the Anita Blake comic book with the added short story that Jon and I did together.Let´s pray that these stay the only issues. Jon handed it to me, and he had signed it. "To Laurell, My turn now, love, Jonathon." Can you get any smoopiger? [let´s not discuss if 'smoopiger' is even a word.] Can´t you open your eyes and see what he is doing to you?

For years people have wanted Jon to sign my books at signings. He has been hesitant to do that since as he pointed out, he didn't write those books. That makes me wonder when he will start pointing and saying 'I did that! I want the money.' But when fans said that it was the dedications in front that made them want him to sign it, he reluctantly agreed. He would only sign books where he was indeed mentioned in the dedication, which was our compromise with those who wanted him to sign, too. But this one, well, this one is our book. There is not a page of art or script that we didn't see and work with. Why did we have to buy a copy rather than get one sent free to us? Because we couldn't wait to see it. Jon wanted it in his hands the first day possible. I am sorry that the bookstores are not getting the hardback until the 18th of this month. That was a change in plan that I was not aware of, in future I will strive to be better informed. Sugar, you would be better informed if you opened your eyes and actually looked around you.


Working on the comics has been a true education. Fun, frustrating, exhilarating, maddening, amazing, and it has renewed my spirit somehow. Part of that is watching Jon's excitement about all the firsts he's experiencing. I don't think I'd realized how jaded I'd become about my industry. And you also do not realize how jaded you made your readers. You don't thrive in publishing without acquiring armor around your hopes and dreams. Jon reminded me that you aren't supposed to wear your armor all the time. So here's to enjoying the fruits of victory rather than simply preparing for the next fight. I guess we will be reading those last two lines in the next Larita 'novel'.

That woman makes me want to never read again.

Comments

[cherith.livejournal.com]

Okay, maybe it's me, but "To Laurell, My turn now, love, Jonathon." didn't sound sweet or romantic or any of that. It sounds like "gimme the glory, gimme the credit now!!" to me.

[rin-x-x.livejournal.com]

Somebody needs to copy and paste it. It probably WILL show up. Lol.

[wakarimashta.livejournal.com]

and Laurelita said "when allergic girl (me) can be out of the house for five days and five nights. Yes, I am allergic to the stuff they use to get rid of the spiders. Of course, I am"

Perhaps a habitrail?
A Laurell-jon sized hamster ball?

[witchwillow.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the blogflog. I just couldn't do it. I wanted to do too much stabbity.

I whine in my journal and complain in my journal. Because it's my journal. My private to semi-private depending on flocking journal.

This is her professional blog where she's publically claiming her husband helped her with every aspect of the comic book (though isn't someone else supposed to be writing it? The artist's wife?).

I'm betting Jon's name is not on the comic. She publically claims his work and his hours but his name isn't on there. Won't that come back to bite everyone on the ass?

[unrund.livejournal.com]

Sadly, it wasn´t a very good one, but seeing as I never claimed to be anything except mediocre at flogging ... *shrugs* [seriously, at some peoples flogs I go 'Waha, when I grow up I want to be as witty as you are!' .-.]

I can´t say anything to her 'journal' anymore. It just ... to me it seems more a kind of list of what she did that day which, as you said, is ok in a private or even semi-ublic journal, but has, in my opinion, no buisness in a writers blog. Sure, I don´t expect constant blatherings about updates about your work, and even an occasional 'OMG, my coffee maker broke, coffee withdrawl, kill me now' or something like that, but what she does? Not funny or witty at all.

Oh, believe me, when he finally sues her for the money I will be first in line to pint and laugh because seriously? He is a boy toy with enough brain to see a good opportunity when he sees it.

[unrund.livejournal.com]

Granted, my logic isn´t very .. well, logical, but even I can not explain how 'leaving the house because allergic to the anti-spider-stuff' morphs to 'can only leave house at the end of the month because allergic against anti-spider-stuff'
Does.not.compute.

Not a habitrail, she would probably get lost in it and never wind the way back to her desk ... on second thought, maybe that would be a good idea!

And the hamster ball? It could be like a version of these caleidoscopic thingies. When you roll the ball tab A will go into slot B or slot C in different fun ways *bright smile* XD

[unrund.livejournal.com]

*puts it on sticky note and keeps it at her PC*
I think it will be the last sentences of the next book.

[unrund.livejournal.com]

Ah no, not yet. She needs to make some more money before he starts ripping her off [which she totally deserves, by the way.]

[nightangel486.livejournal.com]

Wait, people want fanboi to sign their books? WHY?? He's a nobody--the only thing that makes people go "Jon who?" is that he married LKH, which, big whoop there. I mean, he's not even good looking...maaaybe if it were somethin glike "oh, here's this guy who comes to signings/conventions and who bears a striking resemblance to character A! Let's take pictures with him, etc!" but this is definitely not the case.

It seems to me like LKH has not only put Jon up on a pedestal, but is now trying to raise said pedestal even higher and get everyone ELSE to bow down to him too. Or try to make him seem more important/cool in her own mind, or both, who knows. Like "what? MY wonderful, loving, bootlicking husband? An unattractiv,e unimportant nobody who in no way contributes anything? Why, how wrong you are! You wouldn't believe how many people ask HIm to sign my books too, that's how wonderful and important he is!"

[cicipsychobunny.livejournal.com]

She is totally digging her own divorce-and-royalty-lawsuit grave.

[ravenclaw-devi.livejournal.com]

Part of that is watching Jon's excitement about all the firsts he's experiencing.

She's sounding like she's talking about a toddler doing his first steps, rather than about her husband.

[dwg.livejournal.com]

My mind is flailing and screaming still, over Les Harlequins spoilers (I will not let her ruin Commedia dell' Arte for me, I will not let her ruin Commedia dell' Arte...), but to have that AND THEN THIS all on the same day?

DO. NOT. WANT.

I don't understand just WHY people would want Jon to sign the damned books. So you got a dedication to you...big woop. The dedications aren't anything to gush over, because most of the time they're a sappy endorsement on Jon 4 EVA and a bitchy backlash at Gary. It doesn't make me want to get Jon's autograph, it makes me want to hunt down Gary and buy him that much deserved beer.

Not to mention, Jon ging her the "To Laurell, My turn now, love." sentiment is...just...so fucking CREEPY. I'm now gonna wait for them both to go on some kinda psycho spree killing where they take turns with torturing and executing people. But it won't happen, not really, because Laurell will make a promise that she won't kill anyone that she loves, and will go about collecting new people so she doesn't have to kill them. Jon will get pissy and turn her into the cops just to escape her clutches.

And lastly, JADED LKH? O RLY??? I NEVER WOULD HAVE GUESSED! *headdesk*

[amamelina.livejournal.com]

Actually, that sounded to me like a line from some seriel killer as he holds his knife up high.

"Bwahahaha! My turn now, love!" Stab! Stab! Stab!

[gweneth-syeira.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she's killed my passion for writing and reading.

OMG. SHE IS SUFFERING FROM THE TOM CRUISE SYNDROME!!!!! OMGZZZ!!!!! JOHN IS IN LEAGUE WITH HIM!!

Yes, we still have brown recluse spiders in the house.
I hope they won't fall prey to the ardeur. RUN LITTLE SPIDERS, RUN!!!

[ex-naomi-ja.livejournal.com]

God, she's special. And not special like Special K special.

[teamlexana.livejournal.com]

She has brown recluse spiders?!! AND has been bitten by them?!! Maybe I am confused, but last I heard is that if one of those effers bite you - they mess you up big time! Worse yet, the spider poision isn't suspose to be that succesfull against them. The best thing you can do is put these stickerpads things in places that they'd most likely crawl around when no one is looking. Mostly, the best hope is that the females will get stuck on the stickerpad because the males mainly just follow around the females. So the less female recluses camping out in your house the better. Not to mention that once the baby factory goes into full effect.....

I'm ranting. Sorry. But those damn recluse spiders freak me out worse then normal spiders!

And oh, Jon signed a book for Merita? AND FANS WANT HIM TO SIGN CRAP FOR THEM AS WELL?! That's creepy creepy too! Unfortunately, I don't think stickerpads can stop that madness.... Maybe just taking out Jon's "female" will make him go away just as succesfully as killing the female recluses... hehehehe....

[saucyirishlass.livejournal.com]

Ooh, werespiders! And if they succumb to the ardeur, afterward they can bite off her head!

[thesaneminority.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'm uninformed, since our house has never been fumigated, but I was under the impression that when they're fumigating you have to leave the house anyway, allergies or not, 'cause, uh, poisonous chemicals anyone?

[unrund.livejournal.com]

I ntake offense in the name of all crazy people. She gives us a bad name!

And yes, I give it maybe five more years and then we will have her howling in her blog about how mean and stupid he is.
If she still has a blog by then, seeing as he seems to be the webmaster of her side also.

[unrund.livejournal.com]

Do not try to understand her logic for it will make you insane and you will start digging out your own eyes with a spork.

[teamlexana.livejournal.com]

Ewwww!!!! I don't know what's worse. Recluse spiders or LKH wannabe darkity dark porn!

She's insane and misinformed.

[vivi-1.livejournal.com]

In her latest blog, she links to an interview and claims to be superior to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And she claims to be firstity first first, of course.

Buffy the movie came out in 1992. Guilty Pleasures was published in 1993.

Re: She's insane and misinformed.

[unrund.livejournal.com]

WHAT? WHERE? Please link me, I can´t find it.

I am going to flog her to death! How dare she even think about being superior to Joss? [who is GOD and should be worshiped!]
In other words: I take offense as Joss fan and will make her see the error of her ways.