Interview with LKH @ Fantasy Book Review

[dwg]

Interview with LKH @ Fantasy Book Review - this is for the paperback release of Hit List, so a lot of this information we got the first time round back in June.

However, the lack of self-awareness in this part is making my mind slowly retreat to the back of my skull:
Do you think that Anita is tempted to cross over to the dark side? ‘I think dark

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[dwg]

Now I'm going to be thinking of LKH as a phone prompt. "To hear about characters as imaginary friends, press 1 and then #. Your call may be recorded for training purposes. If you wish to speak to the author in person, please hold on the line."

[shadwing]

The problem for LKH is that she has no 'balance' to Anita's actions in her books there is nobody to even whisper that she might have done something horrible and call her on it.

Yes Anita 'questions' her actions but it's after she did the action and then she shrugs it off, there is no panic there is no extending Oh God What Have I Done, there is no attempt to make things right there is "Oh well i did it now I will have sex and feel better about myself"

The fact that Anita IS ACTING EXACTLY LIKE BELLE should be a red flag but it's not...

[baeraad]

Yes Anita 'questions' her actions but it's after she did the action and then she shrugs it off, there is no panic there is no extending Oh God What Have I Done, there is no attempt to make things right there is "Oh well i did it now I will have sex and feel better about myself"

This. Insofar as it's true that it's worrying whether we're good or evil that makes us good, it requires actual worrying, not just spending a token thought on it from time to time. Oh, and actually hesitating before doing something and wondering if it's the right thing to do would help, too - not constantly pretending that you have no choice but to be a selfish, paranoid asshole.

[ex_naomi_ja]

Honestly, I'm not sure how much worrying about whether you're good or bad is a sign you're still good. It's like saying it's okay that you're an alcoholic because you admit you drink too much. If you're not actually going to AA, big fucking deal.

[mariadeangeles]

lmao true

[world_dancer]

ROTFLMAO

Anita is a carbon copy of the villainess in her first book. But with more sex and the body of an adult.

[ellenel13]

In a way, I understand the whole "not-reading your own genre thing" if only to avoid having your ideas be jumbled with another authors. Or to avoid accusations of plagiarism. It's just LKH is always "well, I *know* that no one else is a edgy or talented as I, so why would I ~bother~ to read ~subpar~ versions of my work". It's beyond arrogant.

Plus, she just write vampire/werewolves bullshit. The Merry stuff is supposed to be political intrigue but lulz. She could easily read fantasy/horror/even romance without reading stuff that's in her "genre"