It's been around for almost a year, I think...she announced the short story collection a while back, with that title attached. I have no idea how or even if it relates to the actual content. Perhaps it's meant to "roll on the tongue like candy", so very, very many things tend to do in her books.
I think the artist just has a massive cache of "erotic" female poses with no facial expression, and slaps one on randomly whenever a new cover is needed.
Although I think a new artist is required because, speaking as someone who knows virtually nothing about art, their sense of anatomy is wonked to hell and back. First it was the holes in Micah's back; now this woman's ear is disappearing into her neck. If people actually looked the way they do on LKH's covers, there would be charities set up to get them the corrective surgery they so badly need.
...and she wonders why people think her books are all about sex? Oy.
This is sad. Almost worse than the 3 or 4 different styles of reprints. Maybe she's not the one gouging the fans, but if she cares about her fans like she claims to, why doesn't she talk to her publishers? She makes them money; they'd be inclined to listen.
Strange Candy is a collection of short stories, most original, some Anita (including, reportedly, the very first AB short story she ever sold). Some have been previously published, some have been written specifically for this collection. I'm not sure if she's including a brand-new AB story as well...there are apparently two AB stories included but whether she counts the first AB one as "brand new!" (since it'll be new to her adoring zombies fans) or older, I have no idea.
According to Darla, there are no Merry stories in it. I'm sort of disappointed, but since Merry doesn't do anything but have sex and gain nifty powers, I don't mind too much. The first would be eye-gougingly boring to read; the second would be better off in a stand-alone book.
According to the cover type it's a collection of stories with new introductions from LKH. One has to assume that new introductionsis meant to imply that all the stories have been published before.
In the beautiful yellow stripe at the bottom is says "all-new Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter story" so going from past experience I guess this means a chuck of the next Anita book.
I think it's a bad sign that that the first time I read that tag line I thought it said "All-Men Anita Blake" and didn't pause because it sounded off.
Wow, on Darla's page she says "Will willing share my views on books I think deserve it. :)" which is great, but apparently she only reviews books that are 5 stars, and mainly LKH's at that. Is it just me, or does this border periously close to self-reviewing? After all LKH is basically providing her job, said job will of course vanish should the net from book sales and spin offs decrease. On the other hand, remarkable instinct for job preservation.
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"Honey, never, ever take candy from strangers. Especially if it's strange candy."
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I was under the impression that the author sketches out what her book will roughly be about and the cover artist puts it down on paper.
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Although I think a new artist is required because, speaking as someone who knows virtually nothing about art, their sense of anatomy is wonked to hell and back. First it was the holes in Micah's back; now this woman's ear is disappearing into her neck. If people actually looked the way they do on LKH's covers, there would be charities set up to get them the corrective surgery they so badly need.
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This is sad. Almost worse than the 3 or 4 different styles of reprints. Maybe she's not the one gouging the fans, but if she cares about her fans like she claims to, why doesn't she talk to her publishers? She makes them money; they'd be inclined to listen.
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It's possible that the answer to this is obvious but I'm just missing it....Help?
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Strange Candy is a collection of short stories, most original, some Anita (including, reportedly, the very first AB short story she ever sold). Some have been previously published, some have been written specifically for this collection. I'm not sure if she's including a brand-new AB story as well...there are apparently two AB stories included but whether she counts the first AB one as "brand new!" (since it'll be new to her adoring zombies fans) or older, I have no idea.
According to Darla, there are no Merry stories in it. I'm sort of disappointed, but since Merry doesn't do anything but have sex and gain nifty powers, I don't mind too much. The first would be eye-gougingly boring to read; the second would be better off in a stand-alone book.
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In the beautiful yellow stripe at the bottom is says "all-new Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter story" so going from past experience I guess this means a chuck of the next Anita book.
I think it's a bad sign that that the first time I read that tag line I thought it said "All-Men Anita Blake" and didn't pause because it sounded off.
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