The Genre Pool is Getting Packed...How is LKH Coping?

[hooks-pet-otter.livejournal.com]

With the recent surge in horror/paranormal romance books and series coming out the yang this past year, one has to wonder how Laurell feels about not being the only queen in town. Especially with the emminant filming and release of Stephenie Meyers' Twilight series-based movie. Along with that, Tanya Huff's Blood Ties success, CBS's Moonlight and the slow but sure hostile takeover(in the literary world) of JR Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood. The latter being a much better example of erotica than Hamilton's. Ward uses spell-check and doesn't repeat "hot, wet, and tight" over and over until my eyeballs are "hot, wet, and tight".

I haven't been able to find anything on LKH's reaction and feelings. At least, nothing that resembles the great "Underworld" meltdown.

Has anyone witnessed to the contrary? Or is the Queen of All That Sucks actually staying mum for once on her precarious situation?

Comments

Re: Does she read?

[easol.livejournal.com]

ONE book. Talia Gryphon's. And even then it was a very... ambiguous quote. It didn't praise.

Re: Does she read?

[darkese.livejournal.com]

I looked that up on Amazon and it is 'A unique idea in the paranormal genre.' which really doesn't read as praise. It's also not a 'I couldn't put the book down!' type blurb which means they did read the book.

Re: Does she read?

[dunmurderin.livejournal.com]

Considering how bad "Key to Conflict" is, I have a feeling that ambiguous quote was probably the nicest thing LKH could think to say about it. Hell, Darla's review of it at Amazon.com wasn't exactly gushing praise (amounting to little more than 'I liked this book; I want to read more') for all she gave it five stars *and* apparently helped line edit the book.