Out of curiosity...

[klmorgan.livejournal.com]

... did anyone else see this?

Comments

[harpergrey.livejournal.com]

*boggles* Gyah?

And someone is actually willing to pay that much for such a... um... dubious honour?

I think the icon says it all. ;)

[klmorgan.livejournal.com]

I know! So much money!

Well, I mean, as long as they're life on the planet, there will be famewhores. I'm sure when the first amoeba climbed on shore, he wanted everyone to know about it. And after the first cave drawing, someone scribbled beneath: "first post!" ;P

[refche.livejournal.com]

I shudder to think what the name will be used for. Then again, gender isn't specified, so it can't be for sex. (We all know Anita's homophobic inclinations.)

Sadly, I know there are people who would pay for that... er... honor. I'd like to think that they won't pay much for it, but the cause is making me bite my tongue. That bit about the good of the many and all that.

And why does that stupid image have to be plastered all over the place? *shudders* She probably loves that picture. It's one of those things that are incredibly ugly but you've convinced yourself they're the best thing EVAR at the time. Like the 80s. Or the Anita Blake series. LKH will grow up one day and wish for the earth to swallow her up.

[klmorgan.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm, I dunno about the no sex part. She broke the bestiality barrier last time. Maybe LKH has decided to get really racy and have a girl/girl smooch. ;P

Yeah. I DID like the old picture she used to have on books -- the secretive smirk from a side angle -- much better.

[demoncougar.livejournal.com]

*SNERK* With some irony, when I clicked the link and saw LKH's picture, my immediate thought was, "OH MY GOD, she's selling herself via the internet!!! HIGH TECH PROSTITUTION!!!"

I laugh.

[dragonfanguk.livejournal.com]

I hold up my hand and admit that I was thinking the same...

[dragonfanguk.livejournal.com]

On another note... I think that the whole thing is a bit of a cop out. For that much money, I'd let the winner decide and evolve the character aspects themselves.

[klmorgan.livejournal.com]

HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIND!

*hee*

[d3athw1sh.livejournal.com]

I, too, was thinking the same thing.

[living-in-oz.livejournal.com]

LOL. I like how they say that the winner won't have any say in the character's personality or what role they will play in the "plot." I wouldn't be surprised if the character ends up being a random extra that is only mentioned once.

[klmorgan.livejournal.com]

No doubt. Oooh! Or possibly a body! I wanna be a body! And an "I Suffered Through LKH's Bad Porn And Then She Killed Me Dead" t-shirt, too.

[magdollna.livejournal.com]

For the lack of a grand I could be in the next orgy.. DAMN IT.

Okay I am being a bitch but unlike her make belive people she can really talk to me and buy me gifts.

mags

[klmorgan.livejournal.com]

Heeheeheehee!

That argument actually makes sense. ;)

[saadiira.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's not all bad. That one's for charity.

Too, had this been about three books ago, I'd be spending a grand right about now...

lol.

Of course, at this point, I'd probably be willing to pay good money to NOT be in the next book...

-Dira-

[klmorgan.livejournal.com]

Oh, truth be told, I didn't think is was rant-worthy -- hence the lack of accompanying rant. I was just befuddled, and wanted to see what you guys' reactions to it were. :)(Pretty much the same as mine, it turns out.)

[dwg.livejournal.com]

So we are all really clear. It will be your name only. The description of the character may not match you, and they may not say or do what you would, but you get no say on that part.

That's the part that really puts me off. If LKH got hold of my name and decided to create a character in the trend of her secondary female cast *coughRonniecoughDetectiveArnetcough* I'd be deeply offended. I'd hate to have my name attached with a creation like that.

And...how can I totally not give a crap about the Granite whatever animal shelter? I know it's probably nice for them to have a big name author as their patron and all, but I'm pissed off at Darla trying to plug the cause. I could probably understand it more if LKH spent a day a week/fortnight/month actually working in the shelter and helping them out, but just giving money to them and saying, "Yeah, it's a good cause - give monies, because my PR fangirl says so." seems hollow. I get pissed off at the little adoption ads that run on the LKH offical website too. I tend to get pissed off at people's pet causes because I just keep thinking, "Well...why? There are plenty of other charities that I could give to - you're not giving me any reason why I should let you have my money instead of them." plus...I'm nowhere near Missouri, and there's animal shelters closer to home that would probably appreciate my donations more.

No. No. The entire thing just stinks to me. Good intentions or no. I'd be happier if she leapt on a different cause, rather than the token, "Save animals, stop whaling, cure cancer, feed the skinny African kids" ones. Sure, they're good causes, but they're kinda done to death and seems like a bandwagon to get on because it makes her look like a nice person. My POV is that if you're going to be involved in charity work, it should mean something to you rather than something that you can claim on your tax return to make you feel less guilty.

[klmorgan.livejournal.com]

I have to agree.

I also, though I wasn't going to bring it up, am a bit irked at her choice of cause celebre.Part of me feels bad, objecting to saving the cute puppies and kitties. But you know what? A LOT of people save puppies and kitties. Because it doesn't take much to save them; some time, a towel in the corner, and chow. What are is the shelter going to do with a thousand bucks; buy ten years' worth of kibble?

Again, I'm a pet-lover, I adopt mistreated and abused dogs rather than sweet pedigree puppies. (Two times out of three.) But I'd wish it'd been another cause. An abused and battered womens' shelter, or heck, the hurricane victims.

Sorry, I'm not coming across very clear, and possibly unnecessarily nit-picky and self-righteous. It's only because it's late and I'm about to turn in. My original point was: word.

[frabjously.livejournal.com]

On a separate tangent: Have you seen John Safran's Music Jamboree? 'Cause the Foo Fighters have a nice little cause they donate to.

[dwg.livejournal.com]

Yes! (owns Music Jamboree). I was thinking about mentioning that when I was writing my comment.

I might not agree with it, but I have to take my hat off at them for sticking by something...different.

I also want JS vs God.

[oohasparklie.livejournal.com]

Ahahah oh God.

And people have bid it up to $910 already? You've got to be shitting me.

Yes, please use my name and make sure you completely slaughter my character.

But then again, if I get to have sex with Nathaniel, I might bid. Eh heh heh.

[klmorgan.livejournal.com]

*sheepishly raises hand* Sex with Jean-Cluade. The old, Machiavellian, love-em-and-throw-them-in-a-coffin-when-they-won't-get-lost Jean-Claude.

[oohasparklie.livejournal.com]

Man, don't you wish she'd go back to writing good characters like these? (I'm sure people would argue with me about Nathaniel, but I looooove him.)

[klmorgan.livejournal.com]

I admit, I so wish she would.

I also admit to loooooooving Nathaniel -- at one point. Until he started handing out therapists' cards and telling people to get help. Whereupon I am like, "Boy, you are living with an emotionally unavaliable nymphomaniac. Where, exactly, is your psychologically stable high ground?"

not to mention the hair. having hair down to your ankles requires a wee bit of crazy. i speak as one who once had hair down to her butt.

[dwg.livejournal.com]

not to mention the hair. having hair down to your ankles requires a wee bit of crazy. i speak as one who once had hair down to her butt.

Me too! I was at the point where it was taking me two days to dry my hair (if I use a hair dryer, hello split ends, brittle and frizz) and I had to practically wash it every night because otherwise it'd be massively greasy - so I had it cut back up to my shoulders and now start going nuts if it gets any longer. Though, I'm toughing it out for the moment because I want long hair for the medieval festitval. So much fuss, so much bother when it was long - ankle length? Yer crazeh. It's heavy. It's greasy. Split ends, people. It's hard to wash, nearly impossible to dry.

And...speaking as someone that regulars a dingy comic store where one of the guys behind the counter has his long hair in a pony tail at the top of his head? Not a good look. Ever.

[pith]

If I had money to burn, I'd bid and submit a joke name. Like "Mike Untich" *eg*

I know Neil Gaiman and other authors are doing similar things. (Neil's is for your name on a tombstone in a story.) Now, Neil Gaiman's an author I would trust with my name. LKH? I'm always vaguely embarrassed when the fan club newsletter comes in the mail.

[klmorgan.livejournal.com]

I know, I had the same idea. Some terribly obvious porn name. But then she'd probably throw a fit about it.

Neil Gaiman, too? Hmmm.

[frabjously.livejournal.com]

Hey, if it were me, I'd claim my name was "Seymour Butts" or something of similar immaturity.

[firesongvx.livejournal.com]

First of all, allow me to nitpick the auction itself...

"This is probably going to never be auctioned again!"

Is it just me, or is the *wording* of that statement incredibly damned awkward? Shouldn't it be "*never* going to be auctioned again"? Erk. Or how about this one...

"So we are all really clear. It will be your name only..."

So we are all really clear? Followed by an explanation of what the whole thing is about? How about "So *that* we are all really clear?" Or, better yet, dump the unnecessary "really" and just make it "So *that* we are clear." I'm fully aware that this is nitpicking, but *damn*! The annoyingly awkward grammar even crops up in eBay summaries! It's fine to talk however you wish in regular conversation, but at least *try* to sound a bit professional when you're selling something to the public like this. ::annoyed:: Who else thinks that Darla wrote that? :P

And that damned picture is getting to be as bad as the Golden Arches, you can't go *anywhere* without seeing it. I agree that her older photo was much better, at least the *lighting* of that shot didn't blind us with her screaming-ass scarlet lipstick. -_-

I agree with dwg that this just smacks of a "bandwagon" cause, something that the LKH Team has leaped upon to make themselves seem Charitable and Socially Responsible. You want to be socially responsible? How about *not* ignoring the world news in favor of writing six hundred pages of horribly boring porn? I'm not denouncing the cause, or those who genuinely *care* about it, I'm just saying that she's beginning to take it way too far. When you start ramming things like this down people's throats, it stops feeling so heartfelt, LKH. :s

And a thousand bucks for the "honor" of having your name attached to the next book is just ridiculous. Particularly when you get absolutely *no* say in how it is used. ("So we are all really clear.") Let's just hope that the shelter uses it well, ne?

[tsula.livejournal.com]

I'd pay her monies to never use the name "Rena" in any of her books. but then, my name would be considered "exotic" and "female" which would by Anita-verse Law render me "OMG! TEH EBIL V1LL14N3SS! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!11!"

but then again I find it generally creepy seeing my name in books, hearing it in movies, etc.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_shadowstalker_/]

I completely agree! But to make matters worse (or better, I guess, if I were a big fan) my name is Galen. So I'm technically already 'in' the books! (Albeit as a man.)

[tsula.livejournal.com]

*giggles* You got transgendered!

at least Galen didn't bang Anita.

[harpergrey.livejournal.com]

But is banging Merry really all that much better? [/rhetorical] ;)

[tsula.livejournal.com]

at least with Merry that ups the ante on tentacle!pr0n

[dwg.livejournal.com]

And the worst part is, if you were TEH EVIL V1LL14N355!!!1! You'd be defeated by sex-fu. Granted, so would most of the readership, but villians in particular get the brunt of it all.

At least then you could join the other villains down at the pup to discuss the horror of it all.

[dwg.livejournal.com]

Gads, I just realised there's a variation of my name in the books already.

Marguerite is the French version of Margaret. And Marguerite was the OMG SO CRAZY human servant to Yasmeen in Circus of the Damned. And Mags was stupid and blond and stupid! *gah!*

But at least she didn't sex-fu Anita, beacuse...ew, girl germs.

[nanale.livejournal.com]

The same with me. My name is one of the many variations of Catherine. And I liked that character once upon a time

[tsula.livejournal.com]

or, like, group therapy... me and Colin can shiver in post-traumatic horror in the corner, then have a big group hug at the end... awwww!

[dwg.livejournal.com]

And monthly, they can join up with Anita's harem to have a massive group session.

I'm sure Jason would have some horror stories to tell.

[tsula.livejournal.com]

until the therapist throws themselves out of the window to escape the terror