It's WRONG, Is All

[bloodyrosemccoy]

An Open Letter To Disgruntled Authors

Please quit hammering on about how your characters are like your children. I realize that your characters are important to you, with a bond that cannot be understood by outsiders, but dammit your simile’s just inaccurate. I have read your books. I know what you do to those poor dopes. Your book is not a nurturing environment.

Therefore, when I hear you say they’re like your children, it makes me want to call child protective services.

C’mon—you can come up with a better comparison. You’re writers. I’m sure you’ll think of something.

Comments

[acrossthelake.livejournal.com]

Yes, this means YOU, Laurel K. Hamilton. Apparently this has gotten so bad for the poor deluded woman that she's "promised them" that she wouldn't kill any of them off or have much long-term bad happen to them. Which basically means her books now consist of about 40% porn, 30% heroine(s) gaining random new powers and 30% what's apparently supposed to be plot if it can be called that with how much of a problem (none) it usually poses to the hero/ines.

(I'm so sorry I haven't been in closer touch. My phones are both FUBAR right now and I'm having trouble keeping up with people as such. What days do you have off this week? Maybe we can do something then.)

[bluetara2020.livejournal.com]

You know, after a certain point I started thinking that her books were more like fanfiction of her first...say five? books.

I mean, at the start her stories had promise, the world was interesting, the heroine wasn't perfect and the vampire/shifter mythos were decently thought out (and I could totally see vampires getting rights before shifters, I mean, centuries to follow laws...for that matter could you imagine a vampire lawyer? (I was there when the law was written you whippersnapper!) no contest) and then...

There was porn. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind porn but when I'm sitting down expect a battle between the forces of darkness and guns blazing and Edward(!), who deserves a mention all on his own, and I get porn I'm at least a little discombobulated. (and hey, I spelled that correctly first try, go me)

I tried some of the books later in the series cause I figured hey, switch from mayhem to smut, new category in my brain...
And came across uber-princess powers activate Anita!

...at that point I shook my head and went you so crazy.

[caprine.livejournal.com]

This. Anita Blake turned into a Mary Sue of herself pretty rapidly.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Hee hee! And that's the flip side--if they do treat their characters like their children, their books suck.

'S okay. Like I said, it's the week of the extra shifts. I get a few days off for Independence Day, though ...