(Note: This was meant to be a comment on Sunny's "Mona Lisa Blossoming", on Goodreads, but the damn status update wouldn't let me write a long comment.Authors who try to mimic the one female/ multiple males dynamic in Anita Blake tend to forget one important thing -- the beloved male characters all had to wait and prove themselves before any real ( Read more... )

I thought this was an interesting tidbit considering I was just discussing (in comments) some recent dangling plotlines in the AB series and Laurell's need for a better content editor or system for keeping track of details. Maybe that's a universal need for every author who has a lengthy series.

Charlaine Harris apparently finally had to hire a ( Read more... )

"The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all." - Mulan

( see the tags for warnings and and idea of what's inside - long uncensored stream of consciousness post )

I added a RSS feed for Laurell's Myspace Blog: lkh_myspaceblog. Unfortunately, it's one of the ones that only gives you the beginning of the entry, not the full entry. I'm not sure if that's the way Myspace sends out feeds, or if I need to change some parameter.

Anyway, the news that hit the Myspace blog, but hasn't yet hit the normal blog, lkh_blogfeed is:

I have some ( Read more... )

Finished a book last night. The new Charlaine Harris. Though she has multiple series going now, doesn't she? The newest Sookie Stackhouse book. Haven't read any of her other series. *looks up title, because they never stick in my head* "From Dead to Worse (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 8)". Content aside, doesn't that title say it all ( Read more... )

Did we know Jean-Claude was married?

( Laurell's Blog )

Thanks to celeste_506 for the link.

An Indepth Interview with Laurell K. HamiltonBy Christina Radish ( Read more... )

Laurell K. Hamilton

Anita Blake Series:

1Guilty Pleasures 1994
2Laughing Corpse 1994
3Circus of the Damned 1995
4Lunatic Cafe 1995
5Bloody Bones 1996
6Killing Dance 1997
7Burnt Offerings 1998
8Blue Moon 1998
9Obsidian Butterfly 01/01/2000
10 ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was thinking about the AB series as a whole. In general, each set of three of books seems to have a different overall tone or theme or something. I'll be more specific.

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