Newbie-lurker here and this one caught my attention....
I can still remember the first day I noticed the books in my fav. bookstore's sci-fi/fantasy/anything goes in the 90's section. And...well...I loved them, Anita was a strong character, I thought it was an interesting spin on the vampire/werewolf/etc mythos (for the time, obviously), and, yeah, I was a huge Edward fan. Absolutely obsessed.
Plus, I loved how Anita just _interacted_ with the characters. She wasn't swooning into JC's arms (no matter how much some of us may have wanted that) and she was doubly interesting, I thought, because she was pretty much working two very interesting jobs.
Plus, Laurell was a nice person. I met her in person once, talked to her, even got introduced to her daughter. The fandom was...amazing, right up until around the time OB was released, I'd say. Everyone was personable and interesting and there wasn't really any HUGE flame wars.
I still look back on those days with nostalgia o.o
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I can still remember the first day I noticed the books in my fav. bookstore's sci-fi/fantasy/anything goes in the 90's section. And...well...I loved them, Anita was a strong character, I thought it was an interesting spin on the vampire/werewolf/etc mythos (for the time, obviously), and, yeah, I was a huge Edward fan. Absolutely obsessed.
Plus, I loved how Anita just _interacted_ with the characters. She wasn't swooning into JC's arms (no matter how much some of us may have wanted that) and she was doubly interesting, I thought, because she was pretty much working two very interesting jobs.
Plus, Laurell was a nice person. I met her in person once, talked to her, even got introduced to her daughter. The fandom was...amazing, right up until around the time OB was released, I'd say. Everyone was personable and interesting and there wasn't really any HUGE flame wars.
I still look back on those days with nostalgia o.o