LKH's Booktalk Nation video chat

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Thoughts..

LKH: talks about "heavy mystery plots" - when was the last time we had one?

LKH thinks writers who won't let characters escape the plot are betraying the characters. Looking back, I think this was the most WTF-y moment of the whole interview because hello, now paging Richard Zeeman. If anyone needs to escape the plot, it's him. She mentions something about consequences of the plot, but that's not really something we see much of anymore from her either.

LKH says she is much more tech savvy than she was initially - makes you wonder if she would have ever managed to write the first books if she had access to Twitter. Also, I wonder if she's thought of doing something Twitter-based.

LKH says that first version of KoS "read like Anita with a different cast", had to give her her own voice - too bad she didn't keep doing this. I didn't think KoS sounded just like Anita, but later books definitely did.

LKH has to police herself because they'll publish whatever she sends in, happy she kept KoS from sounding like she phoned it in. Again, pity she didn't keep doing this.

LKH: not a lot of time to read because she writes, she reads like an editor now, can't suspend disbelief

LKH's usual helping build genre claim, she also claims an editor told her the success of her genre helped "save publishing" because sales were dropping off across the board but paranormal saved the day

LKH telling writers to put their butt in the chair and write - Also very WTF-y, although some of her advice is good, but seems to be aimed at people just starting out with an air that she's above that now.

LKH: try a lot to sell before you self-publish on Internet, don't be afraid, GP was rejected 200-plus times