A quick blog flog

[alondra-del-sol.livejournal.com]

http://blog.laurellkhamilton.org/2007/12/phouka-in-office-and-in-snow.html

Just when you thought it was all going to the dogs...



LKH in Bold me rolling my eyes.

So the first half of the blog was rather boring, going on about her many dogs. Something interesting to note, however, is that this Phouka seemingly 'lost' her (I think it is a she) her tags, and then was found at the neighbor's house and was reluctant to return. Even her pets want to flee from her; however, I'm glad that she seems to take good care of them at least. Micro-chips, tags, pet beds, etc.

Anyway...onto the more fun part.

I've gone through the edits for BLOOD NOIR. Tomorrow begins the real work.

A) Edits?? Oh LKH you tease you.
B) Real work? Is this the part where you go through and actually take the edits seriously?? Oh wait, I'm sorry, I'm confusing you with a real author. How foolish of me.

I guess she hasn't been feeling well and she went to the doctor, and so that's what the tail end of this blog is referring to.

I'm a workaholic, not stupid.
I'm just going to let this comment stand, no flogging necessary.

Modern medicine is a lovely thing. Though watching HOUSE might convince you otherwise. It's one of the shows that we don't let Trinity watch with us, but frankly, sometimes I think HOUSE is too grown-up for me.

First off, this woman really needs to learn how to italicize.
Secondly, there are 5 year olds more grown up than LKH I'm sure, ones even willing to admit they are wrong even.
Lastly...THIS WOMAN RUINS EVERYTHING I LOVE! The music I like, the movies I see, and now the television I watch.

Urrrg, the only reason she feels like its too grown up for her I'm sure is because she knows that if House had read her tripe she wouldn't last two minutes under his barrage of sarcasm and ridicule. Which even if you don't like the show, you have to admit it would be very satisfying watching House knock her down a peg or several.


Then she goes to on to say how real doctors probably hate House, because that isn't how real medicine works. Like how the police hate CSI and etcetera and she ends on this line...

Even when you know it's wrong, it feels so right.
I wonder if this is the attitude she takes toward writing? It would surely explain a lot.

Fin.

Comments

[kessie.livejournal.com]

Which even if you don't like the show, you have to admit it would be very satisfying watching House knock her down a peg or several.

Yes, yes, yes. <3

[alondra-del-sol.livejournal.com]

XD, like I said below, that would be a cracked out crossover, but absolutely priceless.

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

Definitely priceless XD
I am by no means insinuating that someone should write something. Not at all.

[wonderbink.livejournal.com]

Urrrg, the only reason she feels like its too grown up for her I'm sure is because she knows that if House had read her tripe she wouldn't last two minutes under his barrage of sarcasm and ridicule.

Legend has it that Harlan Ellison ripped her a new one when they were on a panel together. Is that close enough?

[alondra-del-sol.livejournal.com]

That would have been priceless to see. Kudos to him if it actually happened, until then I'll just dream about House doing it. That would be a cracked out crossover.

[amyheartssiroc.livejournal.com]

I would pay to see that.

[cywrain.livejournal.com]

It looks like they were on a panel together at Dragon*Con in 2001, but I haven't dragged up any transcripts or juicy gossip about that event. Anyone want to try their skill googling this?

http://www.dragoncon.net/dailydragon/2001/newmillhorror.htm

[alondra-del-sol.livejournal.com]

If anybody else is feeling like a flog the one that is two before this would be a perfect opportunity.

Apparently, LKH doesn't know the difference between color 'coated' and color coded *shakes head*.

[dwg.livejournal.com]

My only response to that was, "You keep using that word. I don't think that word means what you think that word means."

[terrie01.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm. For the first couple seasons, I watched House with my dad, who is a doctor. He loved the diagnosis process because it was very, very real. Yes, there were problems with the actual medicine, but he loved that process.

So, once again, LKH fails to get it right.

[fangedsekhmet.livejournal.com]

... is that really the dog's name?

If so, then... pronunciation ... is it F**ka?

Please say it ain't so! *l*

[easol.livejournal.com]

Fortunately for the poor dog, it's a Celtic word (oh we're so Celticky, aren't we, LKH?), so I believe the H is silent, and the U serves like another O. ;)

[hellfire82.livejournal.com]

Better and more disturbing; in one of the first 2 Merry books, there's a reference to Doyle being part phouka, and the phoukas being very gifted in penis size.

Add that to the Anita/Jason/Nathaniel bestiality...

I say nothing. :D

[easol.livejournal.com]

Hung like a phouka horse, huh?

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

I think it would be pronounced "pooka."

[easol.livejournal.com]

Oh, House would pulverize her with his acid wit. He can "kill a man at ten paces with one blow of his tongue!"

And my cynical little black heart cannot help but wonder if that was a so-very-subtle way of hinting, "Well, Whorenita may not be how REAL detectives and cops act, and her crime work is about as realistic as Nancy Drew's. But it's Great Classic Entertainment, so you can expect all those mean ol' sexist cops and detectives to hate it."

Re: the dog, is she aware that often dogs can navigate by smell alone? I'd be having the dog's NOSE checked if she's getting lost on familiar turf (literally) so easily.

BTW, this isn't part of this particular flog, but I had to get it off my chest.
DECEMBER 13: "Research changes are color coated in one color."
It's CODED, you halfwit!

[atypia.livejournal.com]

Having never even seen snow in person, I have no idea if this is true, but maybe the snow on the ground messed with her blind dog's sense of smell?

That, or she could smell LKH, and was running as far away as she could.

[easol.livejournal.com]

I don't know if snow affects it, but I read a James Herriot book where one of his stories was of a dog going blind. But since the dog had none of the psychological trauma -- and since his ears and nose were much keener than a human's -- he was very happy and active, and had lots of fun on the beaten paths even though he couldn't see them.

[relmneiko.livejournal.com]

My dog's eyesight went to hell in her later years, but since she'd lived in the same house all her life she knew the surrounding area quite well (and there was definitely lots of snow in the winter).

Dogs aren't stupid enough to be unable to find their way home from next door even with limited senses. If a dog is running off and not coming back fairly quickly then there's something else going on - which could be any number of things from not being used to a new house to following another dog to not liking its home for some reason. (Cats are another deal and are generally more independent - I've had more than a few cats leave for days at a time and come back at their leisure, usually males. Dogs are more loyal and are happiest around 'the boss'.)

/semi-relevant ramble from pet-lover who misses her pets now

[dominanefret.livejournal.com]

Don't put down Nancy Drew! She could tear Anita a new one any day.

[easol.livejournal.com]

;) True, but you could never call her crime work realistic. ;)

[raietta.livejournal.com]

I can't believe I'm doing this, but I'm actually going to defend LKH. Dear God!

Professional writers use all caps when naming the title of something, like a book or a show. Not all of them do, I'm sure, but many do, and so do their agents, and so do their editors. LKH is doing okay by using the all caps. (I think I've harped on this here before. Oh well.)

Two, the image of her little blind dog sitting quietly against a wall until someone finds her just makes me want to weep. It's very, very poignant. LKH may be a horrible writer, but she does seem to really care about her dogs. Poor little pug. Disoriented and patiently waiting for help. My cat was like that just before she died. It's very sad.

[voguexcouture.livejournal.com]

A) Edits?? Oh LKH you tease you.

I can't stopping rofl and lmao at that. Cheers for making me giggle. <3