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Entry tags:
- anitaverse,
- book: mg 09: a shiver of light,
- characters: anita blake,
- characters: asher,
- characters: edward,
- characters: jean-claude,
- characters: nathaniel,
- groups: therianthropes,
- media: video,
- merryverse,
- outside links,
- wank: family,
- wank: her so-called editor,
- wank: i do research!,
- wank: jonlove,
- wank: laurell the great,
- wank: lkh knows all,
- wank: mom of the year!,
- wank: namedropping,
- wank: plot,
- wank: poly,
- wank: rejection,
- wank: sex,
- wank: signings,
- wank: the characters are real to me!,
- wank: the darkity darkness of her soul,
- wank: weaponry,
- wank: writing
LKH's Seattle Q&A for A Shiver of Light
Many apologies for not posting this sooner, Lashers:
If the embed doesn't work, the link is HERE. For those who don't want to sit through 90mins of LKH talking or have issues with the audio, mod has done a thorough transcription: DOC and RTF format. It's too long to post to the comm in its entirety but we wanted it to be available.
Highlights of the video include:
● seven minute sexist monologue intro
● 4/24 questions relate to Merry Gentry and one doesn't count because it's a spoiler.
● LKH's opinions on body positivity, polyamory, pregnancy, therapy, Guy Zen, the French, Crocs footwear, and softcore porn. This is in addition to answering questions about the books/characters, writing, research, inspiration, and rejection.
Book/character discussions:
● LKH has notes on Anita going home to her family for Thanksgiving.
● She has no favourite book that she's written, she prefers character arcs and development.
● She has notes for a book about Nathaniel, his traumatic childhood, and giving that some resolution.
● Olaf will probably die. Also LKH does not think Olaf/Anita shipping is cool.
● Apparently Asher has always been a bag of dicks and LKH has no plan on Anita "fixing" his scars. Also he's not ambitious enough to try for a Council position.
● Bernardo Spotted-Horse and Peter will return if/when LKH writes about Edward's wedding.
● Belle Morte may come to America but struggle to adapt there.
● Anita will not willingly get pregnant. If Nathaniel could do it, LKH would go with that.
● There are plans for more books set in Merry's universe; two ideas include stories about Barinthus and Rhys. Merry is "content" so LKH isn't sure where to go with her story.
● The preternatural branch of the US Marshal Service may become its own entity. It has too much power and may go horribly wrong.
● LKH struggles to find myths in order to include more reptillian shapeshifters.
If the embed doesn't work, the link is HERE. For those who don't want to sit through 90mins of LKH talking or have issues with the audio, mod has done a thorough transcription: DOC and RTF format. It's too long to post to the comm in its entirety but we wanted it to be available.
Highlights of the video include:
● seven minute sexist monologue intro
● 4/24 questions relate to Merry Gentry and one doesn't count because it's a spoiler.
● LKH's opinions on body positivity, polyamory, pregnancy, therapy, Guy Zen, the French, Crocs footwear, and softcore porn. This is in addition to answering questions about the books/characters, writing, research, inspiration, and rejection.
Book/character discussions:
● LKH has notes on Anita going home to her family for Thanksgiving.
● She has no favourite book that she's written, she prefers character arcs and development.
● She has notes for a book about Nathaniel, his traumatic childhood, and giving that some resolution.
● Olaf will probably die. Also LKH does not think Olaf/Anita shipping is cool.
● Apparently Asher has always been a bag of dicks and LKH has no plan on Anita "fixing" his scars. Also he's not ambitious enough to try for a Council position.
● Bernardo Spotted-Horse and Peter will return if/when LKH writes about Edward's wedding.
● Belle Morte may come to America but struggle to adapt there.
● Anita will not willingly get pregnant. If Nathaniel could do it, LKH would go with that.
● There are plans for more books set in Merry's universe; two ideas include stories about Barinthus and Rhys. Merry is "content" so LKH isn't sure where to go with her story.
● The preternatural branch of the US Marshal Service may become its own entity. It has too much power and may go horribly wrong.
● LKH struggles to find myths in order to include more reptillian shapeshifters.
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Anita Blake and Merry Gentry just don't seem to have a goal. They have things they say they want and things they need to accomplish, but then they get distracted by the sexy and the whole thing skids off the rails. Problems, when they appear, tend to get hand-waved or else solved very quickly with little effort and no real sacrifice. Throw on top of that the fact that the author herself has said "I don't like to kill anyone" and you've got a real mess. You don't have to kill characters, but if you're not putting them at the risk of some real, permanent loss, they're just going to shuck their oars and drift aimlessly. Hence the long, meandering series LHK has been producing.
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