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[lovedstrangely.livejournal.com]

"When sex is necessary for the plot of a book, or a character development, then I don't shy away from it. Why should I?"

but laurell...it's NOT NECESSARY. Most of it isn't, anyway.


I have....just....no more words.


she says the DUMBEST shit, man.

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/laurell_k_hamilton.html

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[saadiira.livejournal.com]

I cannot say how strongly I object to people using other people's writing as research. Research is non-fiction, especially for horror, fantasy, science fiction. Do not take your research from other people's fiction. Just don't.
Laurell K. Hamilton

Hmm...aren't her vampires almost straight out of Bram Stoker at base? How about the fey? Such don't exist, but I bet she had to do some kind of research to have Seelie and Unseelie running about.

I'm not terribly fond of soapboxes.
Laurell K. Hamilton

Sure could have fooled me with that write up we posted here the other day. That was a soap box and a half.

If people would write exactly what I wanted to read I wouldn't feel so compelled to write myself.
Laurell K. Hamilton

But where WILL she find someone who can write all about how her ex husband is such a meenie and how she's so lovely and everyone wants to do her? C'mon, where DO you find someone ELSE to write personal wish fullfillment sex for you?

My first book, Nightseer, was much more traditional fantasy, in the vein of Robert E. Howard meets Tolkien. It was meant to be the first of a series.
Laurell K. Hamilton

It was a complete D&D rip off with a little sex thrown in. What happened to not researching for fiction? Hmm. Yes, she later wrote D&D novels, Ravenloft specifically, but this was BEFORE that and the Star Trek one.

Now that I'm being very successful, publishers are trying to mainstream me, but I'm unabashedly genre. It's what I like to read, what I like to write.
Laurell K. Hamilton

What happened to that quote about being professional, there? Besides, they aren't trying to mainstream ya, they're just trying to steer you back toward spelling, grammar, and a plot, I'd guess.