the Spring 2006 newsletter

[pith]

Ah, the occasionally quarterly nuggets of wisdom. *L* Newsletter excerpts in italics; yours truly in plain jane text.


Mistral's Kiss. Release 12/12/2006. What a perfect Christmas Gift. And it fits! Merry for Christmas.

Pretentious much? And given her seeming subscription to every religion under the sun and moon, I'm surprised it didn't say "What a perfect Christmas/Yule/Hanukkah/Ramadan/Kwanzaa/Tuesday Gift."

We will finally have sex with Sholto, King of the Sluagh. [ETA: I typoed "sluagh". Sorry, gang.]

Wow! Did you know we get to have sex, guys? Group sex! There's enough tentacles for everybody!

Merry is being [sic] to feel a bit like a pawn of the Goddess!

If you substitute "LKH" for "Goddess"? Yup.

FYI: The [Guilty Pleasures comic book] adaptation will also be published in two graphic novel volumes, available respectively by December 2006 and Spring 2007.

I have surrounded myself with people that would probably pop me upside the head if I got too carried away with my own success. In fact, everyone here doesn't think I enjoy my success enough.

Buh. *flails uselessly* To channel my inner Ent, "There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of men for this treachery." [pp]

Micah, the character, came out of the end of my first marriage. It would take me years and books to figure this out. He is not now, nor has he ever been based on my husband Jon. Sorry, but he's not.

Riiiiight.

One of my friends who often sees things about me that I don't said, 'Micah is a walking, yes.'" [ETA: That grievous comma error, however, is all her.]

He's a walking, talking, fucking yes. He might as well have that tattooed on his forehead. Or maybe he should get his McDonald's employee tag redone: "Hello, my name is YES. May I take your order?"

Micah was originally supposed to be a bad guy, and we were not supposed to date him let alone have sex with him.... Having sex with Micah the first time Anita meets him was as much a surprise to me as to anyone else."

Those who have read my original writings know that I should be the last person bitching about plots that get away from a writer, but... sweet zombie Jesus, there is an editing process. A revision process. A re-vision process. Those are the times when an author should say to him- or herself, "Huh? Where did that come from?"

The second hardest thing was not to get distracted by other plotlines. I'm so use [sic] to juggling a complicated plot that my imagination kept trying to find things to add.

Don't you have to have a plot before you can have a complicated plot? I'm very guilty of constantly adding things, but again, there's a reason—well, many reasons—I don't have a novel published: I want to fix it before I send it out into the world. If she were adding things that weren't based in sex or new powers for Anita, it wouldn't be so bad, but that seems to be all the ammunition she has these days.

Comments

[wickedmommy.livejournal.com]

"and we were not supposed to date him let alone have sex with him.... "

*sighs* I can't find the right words to snark this...But i think it just needed to be seperate and looked at.

[tsula.livejournal.com]

Freudian slip, much?

[mneiai.livejournal.com]

Er, did she use plural first person when talking about Anita having sex with Micah? Whoa. She's...so very crazy.

[temperance22.livejournal.com]

"We will finally have sex with Sholto, King of the Slaugh."

There you have it. She now only thinks of her plot as who "she" is going to have sex with next...

"and we were not supposed to date him let alone have sex with him.... "

"we"...eh, to each their own, but it's time to take a step back from your characters, hunny.

"One of my friends who often sees things about me that I don't..."

Ok, change that to one of my friends and all of my readers and that would be more accurate...


"Micah, the character, came out of the end of my first marriage. It would take me years and books to figure this out. He is not now, nor has he ever been based on my husband Jon. Sorry, but he's not."

we have to make sure everyone knows that Micah is a character now? And, my ass. You need that friend to tell you that, not only has Anita found her YES man, but so have you. He was the head of her fan club...how much more YES do you need to get?!

[troubleinchina.livejournal.com]

He was the head of her fan club...

He *was*?

....

I think I will crawl back into my box of unknowing now....

[gorgeousnerd]

Or maybe he should get his McDonald's employee tag redone: "Hello, my name is YES. May I take your order?"

If people could win at life, I throw you an award ceremony right now.

[gorgeousnerd]

That's 'I'd throw you an award ceremony'. Wow, people can edit things, and they won't spontaneously combust. I wonder if LKH got that memo.

[albinowolf.livejournal.com]

LOL
Ok, I choked on my water for that one

[http://users.livejournal.com/belladonna_/]

I am totally creepified by LKH's consistent use of "we" to refer to a character she's written about. Yikes, much?

I am also excited about her punctuation in this sentence: "Micah is a walking, yes."

Uh, what? See, I know what all those words mean, but when you put them in a sentence together, it doesn't make there be more meaning. I think it actually makes there be less.

Unless, of course, that is that meant to be, like, country talk? "Micah is a-walkin', yes."

[sweetpirate.livejournal.com]

Even I caught that comma--and I don't usually see those. I've got rather spaztic grammer skills myself.


Oh, and you hear country? I heard yoda...

[http://users.livejournal.com/belladonna_/]

I live in Mississippi. :)

[dwg.livejournal.com]

We will finally have sex with Sholto, King of the Slaugh.

Wait...it's not in Stroke of Midnight??? You mean to tell me, I bought a book with the sole purpose of having my goddamned tentacle pr0n - WITH SHOLTO - and it's not even in that book?!?! I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE SEQUEL???

GOD DAMN! WITH A STICK! AND JESUS!!! *Marg SMASH!*



One of my friends who often sees things about me that I don't said, 'Micah is a walking, yes.'"

Your friend is a seeing eye dog, Laurell. Use your friend wisely. Trust in the Force.

Egad, she uses commas like people in the Matrix use bullets. *points to that scene in the first movie with the shells falling like rain*

*headdesk some more*

[dwg.livejournal.com]

And OMG, she misspelt "Sluagh."

[pith]

Actually, that was my bad. *facepalm* I ... was anticipating her typos so readily that I went into the future and made them for her? *L* Nah. Just sleepy. I'll go correct.

[dwg.livejournal.com]

And yet, it wouldn't surprise me if it did turn up as "Slaugh" in the actual book.

*pets*

[saadiira.livejournal.com]

Egad, she uses commas like people in the Matrix use bullets. *points to that scene in the first movie with the shells falling like rain*


I love you. ROFL.

-Dira-

[dwg.livejournal.com]

I know you do, honey. *snugs*

[saadiira.livejournal.com]

Awws. Huggles! :D.

-Dira-

[tooimpurenangel.livejournal.com]

a walking yes?
like, a yes-man?
i'm confuddled.

[troubleinchina.livejournal.com]

Maybe he's supposed to be the type of man that women just look at and go, "Yes, I'll have one of those."

Frankly, I haven't met Micah yet (can't be bothered to read past Butterfly), but having read LKH's defintion of sexy, I think I'll pass.

[holyschist.livejournal.com]

FYI: The [comic book] adaptation will also be published in two graphic novel volumes, available respectively by December 2006 and Spring 2007.

There will be a GRAPHIC NOVEL involving tentacle sex? Oh god.

we were not supposed to date

It...kind of creeps me out that she refers to herself and Anita as "we".

[pith]

Icon love!

The graphic novel is for Guilty Pleasures, but I'm sure there will be an MG one eventually.

[freyalorelei.livejournal.com]

I am a bad disgruntled fan, because the only thing I latched on to was "sex with Sholto" and am now pleased. She's been dangling that in front of us for four books, if you'll pardon the pun, and for once she's actually following through.

[silver-mane.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad I stumbled upon this community because from the state of LKH writing nowadays, I'm relieved that I stopped after Obsidian Butterfly, which was mostly due to being preoccupied with college and Army ROTC.

I don’t think I've laughed this hard at a newsletter in a long time, bravo everyone, this humor is just what I needed today. ^_^

I did pick up the paperback of NIC but I haven’t gotten around to reading it, so I have one question, is this the book that starts the downhill spiral of typo monster insanity + non-plot existence with anatomically impossible intimacy?

Note: I haven’t touched OB or any of the earlier books for about 2 years now so I can’t clearly recall any particular grammar paradoxes. Those typos hurt my poor Professional/Technical Writing degree-seeking mind.

Silver_mane suffers +10 verbal damage to her cerebral cortex. NOOOS!!

[dwg.livejournal.com]

Yeah, NiC is the book where it all goes downhill - but if you want something truly horrific to sink your teeth into, work you way to Incubus Dreams. Where rage gets slacked and the diety is thanked.

*nods*

Oh yes, and welcome to the snark. :D

[silver-mane.livejournal.com]

I guess this means Ill have to put on my wet suit, considering what I have seen in NiC so far, I'll need it. Jeez Anita, get a mop for all that mess your creating, or better yet, extreamly absorbant pantsu. :P

Thanks for the warning dwg.

Diety? My parody senses are tingling. Onward to the train wreakage!