and more updates...

[lagilman]

The interview with yours truly has gone live at Crescent Blues.


In the same e-mail batch as that info came the “time to update your bio” e-mail from the Lunafolk. New press release time for Curse the Dark. *meep* I should send them flowers or something, for being so damn proactive and on-the-ball. Or chocolate. Maybe I’ll make them brownies for Valentine’s Day, although I suspect the HQN offices around Valentine's Day look like our offices used to around Halloween – filled with shaped sugars and festive booze. Okay, maybe they don’t do the booze...

And I also got fan mail. Woo-hoo for fan mail! I love fan mail. It's this gentle hand that comes down and taps you on the shoulder and says 'by the way, everything you're doing? Nice. Thanks.' Of course, it also makes me even more nervous about Curse the Dark. Will it live up to expectations? Will it suffer the sophomore curse? Did I only have that one good story in me? (Neurotic? Writers? Hah. It is to laugh.... *goes back and re-reads fan mail*)



Oh yeah, and finished a new story. Very different voice than what I've been doing with the novels. This pleases me. Now to see if anyone wants to buy it....

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Here's some more fan mail...

[(Anonymous)]

Heyo.

Here's some more fan mail to brighten your day.

Staying Dead? Loved it. Loved itloveditlovedit. Loved it so much I read it, put it down for three days and then read it again (trust me, only ever done this for Winter of Fire ... oh and Ever After, but that was a movie, so it didn't count)

I kept seeing it in Chapters, and kept going .. looks like a good book. But not going to buy anything today .... I'd come back two days later and find myself reading the back cover again. And again: looks like a good book ... but not today. Got that test, and if I start a new book ... third time in the bookstore in a week, bought the book. And read it straight, only stopping for food, sleep and school. Which, for a girl fighting to make her way into med school (and thus, grasping for all marks she can find) is damn high praise.

And as for Curse the Dark ... waiting with thumbs twiddling. And the R3 novel? I worship the ground you walk on.

Favourite line: (well, there were many, but here's one of my favourites...)

"In a building without any identifying signs or the usual indicators of occupancy, on a street that nobody in the city thought to walk down without a good reason for it, the Fatal Friday cocktail party was in full swing .."

and

'He'd seen her at three in the morning, drenched in sweat and splattered with both their blood, and not blinked. So long as she didn't actively ambarrass him in a social setting, she could paint herself in blue-and-green stripes and he'd just say something like, "Interesting outfit, Genevieve."'

AHAHAHAAHA!!!!

okayyyy ... my roomate now thinks I'm insane.

Again, Curse the Dark is going to rock, because your characters are alive, interactive and - basically - very very cool. They've got a history, and the entire story rocks.

Re: Here's some more fan mail...

[lagilman]

*loves you*

*adopts you*

and just for you...


Sergei ran a hand through his hair, shoving the thick strands back off his face. He settled his breathing, then walked the four steps into the apartment, down the hallway, and into the long alcove his partner insisted was an eat-in kitchen.
Wren turned away from the counter and looked at him, then looked down at the mug of tea in her hand as though surprised to see it there. Her eyes narrowed, finely curved eyebrows communicating dismay, amusement and a little bit of disgust before she shook her head and smiled. She handed him his tea, and turned back to the counter to pick up the other mug still steeping.
“Andre was just telling me all about our new assignment.”
Was Andre, indeed? Sergei didn’t like the tone in her voice. It was light, cheerful, almost perky, and boded not-well for anyone who pushed her even one inch further.
The temptation to let Andre hang himself was great, but odds were he’d regret it. Not right away, but eventually...

[adarkjewel.livejournal.com]

Great interview, Laura. It's fun seeing your real face and comparing it to the cartoon avatar. *smile*

[lagilman]

*nervous now*

I hate all photos of myself, with rare exceptions. This 'having my likeness plastered all over the 'net" thing is new, and unnerving (I fought Luna about including an author photo in the first place... lost that fight, obviously. They wouldn't use the avataor, worse luck.).