tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post1235089667608603988..comments2023-11-03T05:49:10.841-04:00Comments on Storytelling Rules: When good writers go to the dark sideMaureen McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-10675915899607615472010-06-21T00:28:05.155-04:002010-06-21T00:28:05.155-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.prashanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04583385332262124749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-74627660506768093782010-06-05T08:41:48.536-04:002010-06-05T08:41:48.536-04:00Steph - the rape scenes are off page and the heroi...Steph - the rape scenes are off page and the heroine is one tough cookie...that said, I think my biggest problem with this book is that the romance bwteen these two tortured people. SHe could have devoted a hundred more pages to making her transistion between sexual victim to agressor more believable - I mean I get she's a vampire, but it goes way too fast. <br /><br />Seven Lords Love Hopping? Bad series...Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-20975885529684234952010-06-05T01:47:25.402-04:002010-06-05T01:47:25.402-04:00I would suggest Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompso...I would suggest Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson series. She gives us a world where lesser fae beings such as brownies have "come out" to an incredulous public -- were forced out, more accurately,<br /><br />-- because of increasing advances in technology and forensic investigations -- while the greater fae and supernatural buildings -- werewolves, vampires and such -- remain hidden from popular view. <br /><br />Briggs, best known for high fantasy, makes a smooth transition to its dark, contemporary counterpart with the Mercy Thompson series. <br /><br />I really enjoy your blog, RolandRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-46722039998921546112010-06-04T23:07:19.659-04:002010-06-04T23:07:19.659-04:00Cannot wait to read the Ward book. The one thing I...Cannot wait to read the Ward book. The one thing I have to give her, is she is willing to seriously mess with her world to keep her series fresh. <br /><br />Janet Evanovich was on my mind when I wrote this post as well. Those early books were pretty great, but I can't bring myself to read any more.<br /><br />And don't even get me started on the terrible historical series, when seven men are friends because of their deep abiding love for bunnies, and their bad experiences with foxes and the seven remarkable women who have to save them from themselves..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-4998295742459705312010-06-04T16:35:41.870-04:002010-06-04T16:35:41.870-04:00Thank goodness... I needed someone to read the War...Thank goodness... I needed someone to read the Ward book.<br /><br />Molly - how "bad" are the rape scenes? <br /><br />For whatever reason I can't read books with rape - it just stays with my too long.<br /><br />I've only read one Brockman book because in it there was a detailed rape scene - and now I can't trust her or something so I just don't ever read her.<br /><br />I had to put down the latest in death J.D. Robb book because I couldn't take it.<br /><br />If it's talked about, or just alluded to - I can handle. If it's in POV of heroine I can't.Stephanie Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448686465587131952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-42044286402322921092010-06-04T14:06:42.361-04:002010-06-04T14:06:42.361-04:00this is very well timed, because I just gobbled th...this is very well timed, because I just gobbled the latest Ward book. And I skimmed some, sure, and I wondered WTF, sure, but I stayed up way too late reading it. Will I reread it like I do her first five - nope. Will I buy the next one - yup. I think in her efforts to keep the world fresh and avoid the same characters in the same situations problem that the evanovich books had for me - she's switching her world up a lot - which keeps it fresh, but loses some of it's tight world building appeal. <br /><br />I think of those totally incomperable Brockman books at the beginning, the way she was able to keep things fresh and build unbelievable tension so the whole world was wondering - whose book is next? But even that SEAL world got old. Every good story has to have the right ending. And she lost me at Starett and Alyssa. <br /><br />So, yep, it's a problem and I sure wish I had it. <br /><br />KAren NINE BOOKS!!! That's amazing. My other problem is I can't think out past three. Nine is impressive....Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-78185985165683051302010-06-04T12:19:12.514-04:002010-06-04T12:19:12.514-04:00Oh, Steph, I feel your Janet Evanovich pain. To he...Oh, Steph, I feel your Janet Evanovich pain. To her credit, I believe she tried to start a new series. Wasn't there a book called Motor Mouth or something like it? But I don't think there was a follow up. <br /><br />I drive my boyfriend crazy now because I'm completely willing to read the first book of a series, pronounce it wonderful and then drop it. He doesn't understand. I keep saying that I could see where they were going and what they were doing and I'm satisfied. Subsequent books might not do it for me.<br /><br />Some recent exceptions: Patricia Briggs and Ilona Andrews and Chelsea Cain.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-28849574644570101922010-06-04T10:16:31.963-04:002010-06-04T10:16:31.963-04:00Two words: Janet Evanovitch (sp) bu you know who I...Two words: Janet Evanovitch (sp) bu you know who I mean. Lost it I think at book 10. Same thing over and over and over again. It's like come on already.<br /><br />But she keeps putting them out and people keep reading them. It's hard to stop that train. Reading those books is like putting on a comfortable sweater and sometimes that's all readers want.<br /><br />But it's for series like those that I give JK Rowling all the props in the world. Seven stories, one arc, done.<br /><br />I'm in the process of writing book 1 of what I (hope) will be a series. And I'm really trying to think about how this is going to work. And as crazy as it sounds... how it will end.<br /><br />But the one thing I had to agree when I decided to write this story... was that if it does sell. And people do like it... then I will be with these characters for a long time. Even 3 books would be a sick long time for me.Stephanie Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448686465587131952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-87876818434567587362010-06-04T09:12:58.015-04:002010-06-04T09:12:58.015-04:00I know what you mean. I was such as big fan of An...I know what you mean. I was such as big fan of Anita Blake. I have every single book, plys the Princess Merideth series, which I also loved.<br /><br />And the same thing happened on both series. You're a writer, so you can see it too. Buckets of money, so she kept writing when she was tired of it, bored, out of ideas, and I agree - she should have stopped.<br /><br />Laurel K Hamilton is such a great writer that I'd bet she'd be sucessful with any new series she tried. <br /><br />I'm on the 9th book in my Pack series for Harlequin Nocturne. And I'm thinking it might be time for me to try a new series. Recently, I introduced Vampires to my Shapeshifters to mix things up, and that's kept me going for a few more books. But still...Karen Wnoreply@blogger.com