So backstory - I created my Dreamwidth account back in 2010 and then forgot to cross-post so I had to hand-import the last 4 years. Not actually that much work ( Read more... )

This post has three things: An important safety tip on LJ, an Anita Blake/Buffy the Vampire Slayer summary, and a rambling dissertation on why I find it so damn hard to write Anita Blake these days.

Don't Cross the Streams

Important news tip about LJ - they are running a heavy cache on the site if you're not logged in, so new posts may not be ( Read more... )

I tried writing this weekend and got about 2,000 words into a Criminal Minds/Castle crossover when I realized it was going in the wrong direction... and then I was out of writing time. I had to step away, and I think I can salvage it by tightening the intro, doing a character reveal a bit sooner, and getting to the meat of the crossover quicker. ( Read more... )

You may not have noticed the little dust-up in Laurell K. Hamilton land in recent days, and all I can say is oh, lucky you. The gist is this: Something happened on the LKH boards (not sure what as I don't go because I can't find anything worth my time, and I never post because they won't allow gmail addresses for registration), and so LKH posted a ( Read more... )

Oh, Supernatual wuv. I'm four episodes into the first season, and I love it so. I have some unanswered questions of course, which I'm sure I'll get answers to soon, but yeah. *swoon ( Read more... )

In a comment on my recent AB fic, necromancer5 brought up the idea of Anita's evolution over time, from where she was at the end of Danse Macabre, to where I have her go in Family Hour

( Cut for DM spoilers )

The Anita Blake Danse Macabre retrospective - Thanks and So Long to the Plot

( In which Mhalachai discusses her opinion on Danse Macabre. Behind an LJ cut for spoilers. Not complimentary )

As I was chatting with ranlynn, I was inspired and I thought about it and this popped out of my head. ( a theory on the whole Mother of All Darkness thing from the latest Anita Blake book (cut for spoilers) )

( A question to the folks who have read Danse Macabre (spoilers, maybe) )

Allow me to clarify my rabidness about the Anita Blake books ( Read more... )