Darla & LKH?

[unrund.livejournal.com]

Please keep in mind that I know nothing about LKHs private life except that she has a daughter, has been divorced and is now married to Jon.

What is the deal with Darla? Is she living with LKH? [The reason I ask is because she seems to be pretty involved with LKHs private life.]
If anyone could point me towards articles or posts regarding this - or just tell me in the comments - I would be very thankful.
And: Why does LKH need a bodyguard? I know she write bad fiction, but I seriously doubt anyone would order a hit on her for that.

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[drho.livejournal.com]

Darla was apparently a fan that LKH met at some convention and then was hired to be a personal assistant. At least part of her job duties include posting rants on Amazon.com and apparently throwing tantrums on other message boards.

I looked up Darla's myspace for you. I now need brain bleach. http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=92304655&blogID=258673175

[kitsu.livejournal.com]

What exactly does LKH need a personal assistant for?

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

A bestselling author needs somebody to handle mail (yes, Laurell will attend MWA; no she cannot come speak at your kid's school; thank you for loving Laurell's books; hey, Laurell, you should read this lette,r it's really cool...) in short, manage the fact that everybody wants a piece of the author and there are only so many pieces to go around.

[drho.livejournal.com]

Personal assistants manage schedules, review mail, answer phone calls, and that sort of thing. I think Darla also handles a lot of the internet things, but I'm not sure.

I don't think poorly of LKH for needing help, though much of Darla's role seems to be a part of her entourage of ego-stroking sycophants.

[kitsu.livejournal.com]

I think that's where I was confused. I know that authors need help with those sort of things but their relationship seems a bit heavy on the personal part.

[ladyniko.livejournal.com]

It does.... See, I read Sherrilyn Kenyon's blog and man, her assistant Brynna doesn't live with her. Brynna has a full life of her own and from what I understand, lives in a totally different state.

Of course, Darla's probably the best friend that Anita keeps arguing w/ & is now hooked up w/ one of the were-rats... :p

After all, Micah is Jon - quite literally!

She just can't get past making the "self insertion" characters, can she?

And yes, she has a daughter and man, I've said it in the past and will say it again - LKH is a raving lunatic for naming her after the "perfect love" between Anita, Richard & Jean Claude. Poor daughter will never hear the end of it once her peer group gets old enough to read and realize what a lunatic her mother is. :p

[bubblefaerie.livejournal.com]

And yes, she has a daughter and man, I've said it in the past and will say it again - LKH is a raving lunatic for naming her after the "perfect love" between Anita, Richard & Jean Claude. Poor daughter will never hear the end of it once her peer group gets old enough to read and realize what a lunatic her mother is. :p

That's where the name came from? That's awful. Poor girl.

[ladyniko.livejournal.com]

That's where the name came from? That's awful. Poor girl.

Ayup. That's where she got the name. It's like a dedication in one of the earlier books, I think. (I really need to put the books up on Craigslist & get rid of 'em... :p)

[amamelina.livejournal.com]

Ugh! I always thought that LKH named her daughter after that character in the Matrix. I thought that was bad enough, but to name your daughter after a love-triangle in one of your books...Looney!

[ladyniko.livejournal.com]

Ugh! I always thought that LKH named her daughter after that character in the Matrix.

Nope, her daughter is older than the movies.... She should about be a teenager now, because she was like 6 or 7 last I saw her in like '01.

[amamelina.livejournal.com]

Ok, my bad. I never knew exactly how old Trinity was.

[saucyirishlass.livejournal.com]

Of course, Darla's probably the best friend that Anita keeps arguing w/ & is now hooked up w/ one of the were-rats... :p

Actually, it's widely agreed that the character of Claudia is based on Darla. Claudia is a wererat bodyguard who valiantly defends everything that Anita does and first appeared in Narcissus in Chains, along with Micah and the ardon't.

Ronnie, the best friend shacking up with Richard's wererat best friend Louis, has been character assassinated and is now just another one of the jellus h8erz. No, Ronnie is not Darla.

[ladyravana.livejournal.com]

I don't think poorly of LKH for needing help, though much of Darla's role seems to be a part of her entourage of ego-stroking sycophants.

Not to mention personal pit bull. Darla's as nutty as she is, if not moreso. As an earlier poster said, it seems to be one of her "duties" to troll on other messageboards. I've seen her pop up on the Amazon boards from time to time. She's the sort that flames-and-flees. She waits for things to die down, and then comes back to stir things up. She really pisses me off since she also has her minions go on the offensive.

For a personal assitant, much of her behavior is really immature and unprofessional. I would be embarrassed, and fired her LONG ago. But then, this is Laurell's personal assistant we're talking about here, and no sane person would keep a total nutbag zealot like Darla around.

[michael-b-lee.livejournal.com]

One interesting thing I caught on her myspace page: evidently she knew Jon first. They were college buddies, evidently. I guess he got to know LKH through Darla, which makes their whole "triumvirate" even creepier to me than before.

[unrund.livejournal.com]

*is a bit green around teh gills*
*shares brain bleach with you*
Thank you for the link.
[and if I had any clue about computers I would totally hack hers and LKHs and make them crash, hoping that PC illiterate LKH would loose all her written things ..... hm, doesn´t the lair still owe me? *mumbles to herself*]

[ladyniko.livejournal.com]

I don't know if an Anti-Fan attacked her, but there have been reports of creepy stalker fans.

Almost any author will get 'em - esp LKH who insists on being such a drama lahma and keeps going on about the most insane stuff on her blog.

[kerame.livejournal.com]

"Why does LKH need a bodyguard?"

Because she has to find a way to keep all her regular lovers on the payroll.

I'm pretty sure Charles the bodyguard=Cookie Monster, the bodyguard who became lion king when he screwed Anita.

[ladyniko.livejournal.com]

Okay, in the 'shopped pics of "Get into bed w/ LKH!" where she's got her hand on the guy's knee? That's Chuck aka Charles. I know him.

He's ex-army & a cop for like one of the crappy neighborhoods in North St. Louis - either Wellston or Pine Lawn.

I've known Chuck for years......

Oi, I didn't know he was an LKH groupie too, but somehow, well, I'm not too surprised? Yeah. He's said some things in the past that leave me to wonder if he's of the "open relationship" crowd.

**burries face in hands**</> Oi. My brain hurts now....

[amamelina.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I never understood the whole "Open relationship" thing. Always seemed like a recipe for disaster. Of course, I'm a card-carrying prude. :-}

[ladyniko.livejournal.com]

I'm not a prude, but neither am I a fan or have any understanding of the "open relationship" mentality.

But, I guess it takes LKH all types of groupies to "satisfy her needs." *sideways look*

[kerame.livejournal.com]

I doubt LKH's relationships are any more "open" than Anita's. Jon probably doesn't dare look sideways at another woman without express permission from his master.

[nicbemused.livejournal.com]

The original story, as far as I can tell, is that a (singular, like one) fan confronted her in the bathroom at a con to tell her that LKH was screwing up her own books (once, one time). I don't think the original story came with actual violence, though it is possible.

This is the reason she has both a bodyguard and makes the cons clear out the restroom if she needs to use it. (because she was confronted, once, by one, singular, fan)

[unrund.livejournal.com]

*blinks*
*thinks*
You know, I would actually maim her if I had to stand in line for the bathroom [as has been my experience with cons] and suddenly I had to wait because Madam wants to use teh bathroom alone ....

[nicbemused.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's pretty much one of the most ridiculous things I've heard. Total drama queen business as far as I can tell.

[unrund.livejournal.com]

Ahahahahahahahaha *laughs and laughs and laughs* I think I just sprained something laughing because I remembered what happened on one con [it was an anime con seeing as I live in germany and we don´t exactly have a lot of cons ;_;]. Anyway, there was a giant line in front of the loos and I stood there already ten minutes. Two people in front of me was a pregnant woman. I am talking with my friend with my back turned to the door of the loos when I suddenly hear shrieking from behind me. Turns out someone wanted to cut in front of the woman and she catched hell for that. Believe me, no one even dared to think about cutting the line after that. Now I am imagining how LKH is being beaten by a prgenant woman because she blocking the loo. These woman can be vicious, believe me o_o

[ladyravana.livejournal.com]

Now I am imagining how LKH is being beaten by a prgenant woman because she blocking the loo. These woman can be vicious, believe me o_o


LOL, that would be awesome! And would serve her right too, because it would be extremely rude to cut in front of a pregnant woman going to the bathroom,let alone kick one out, since all must exit for Princess Laurell, because none are worthy to even use the bathroom in her presence.

That whole clearing out the bathroom thing is just...so ridiculous. I hope I never see her at a Con. I of course wouldn't hit her, I'd just call her a hack and a has-been. :p

[unrund.livejournal.com]

Hah, this oh so special snowflake would be melted very, very fast if she did that with me in the line. I would take out my trusty dictionary [german/english with special grammar part!] and hit her over the head with it *grumbles*
That woman simply makes me shudder [and I still look at her blog every day -.-]



*points at your icon*
Cute.

[unrund.livejournal.com]

This special snowflake would melt very fast if I was in the line. Let us hope it never comes to that because I would probably block her magical pussyjuice that makes her write so awesomely!!!!!!111!!!!11! *bares teeth*
*writes note to brush up on self defense techniques before attending con with snowflake*

[silent-sybil.livejournal.com]

Which book was it where the assassin comes after Anita in the bathroom? I wonder if that was related.