See, my immediate response was 'YOU are!', because that's what tends to happen when you bring these things up.
I've read the first 3 books. I thought they were pretty good, but I remember being annoyed at this one character that I know I'm probably supposed to like. (I'm contrary that way. *coughs*) Everybody keeps telling me they get better as the series goes along-it's not like they were *bad* or anything-and I was startled to see how many books there *are* now when I passed by the display in Borders the other day. Butcher's been busy!
Have you read Tanya Huff's "Blood" series? There's a few good SPN/Blood Ties fics out there, with Dean and Henry.
FYI-I'm going to be sending you 2 some books/dvd's soon that I hope will be inspirational for your writing (as well as enjoyable, right). They're all either gender-fuckery, apocafiction, or mind-control stuff and will also hopefully be new to you.
Yeah, Murphy. She may improve upon acquaintance, I'll have to see. I just get annoyed at being *told* a character is strong because she acts bitchy, so I should like her. *Show* me she's strong. There's plot issues, too, but maybe it's because he was a newer writer then. I'm still planning on giving them another try, eventually. Too many people that I know like them to disregard their recs.
Tanya Huff is like a better Mercedes Lackey. They write the same kind of stuff, but Tanya plots/writes better-less weeping/prolonged, unresolved plots that drag until you want to kick the characters' asses, etc. IMO, heh.
My favorite of her books is The Fire's Stone, even if it does have too much crying. It still ends up in an intriguing domestic arrangement. \o/
But...timeless lit? Nah. Fun stuff, especially her 'Summoning' series, and she does come up with interesting situations, even if the execution might not be what I'd hope for. Is that damning with faint praise? *laughs*
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Date: 2008-04-21 05:19 pm (UTC)I've read the first 3 books. I thought they were pretty good, but I remember being annoyed at this one character that I know I'm probably supposed to like. (I'm contrary that way. *coughs*) Everybody keeps telling me they get better as the series goes along-it's not like they were *bad* or anything-and I was startled to see how many books there *are* now when I passed by the display in Borders the other day. Butcher's been busy!
Have you read Tanya Huff's "Blood" series? There's a few good SPN/Blood Ties fics out there, with Dean and Henry.
FYI-I'm going to be sending you 2 some books/dvd's soon that I hope will be inspirational for your writing (as well as enjoyable, right). They're all either gender-fuckery, apocafiction, or mind-control stuff and will also hopefully be new to you.
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Date: 2008-04-21 06:39 pm (UTC)Can I ask which character pissed you off? Was it Murphy? Because, um, she's kind of an acquired taste, I'll admit.
I read the first Blood book, was not impressed. I've been told the later ones are better.
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Date: 2008-05-02 03:40 am (UTC)Tanya Huff is like a better Mercedes Lackey. They write the same kind of stuff, but Tanya plots/writes better-less weeping/prolonged, unresolved plots that drag until you want to kick the characters' asses, etc. IMO, heh.
My favorite of her books is The Fire's Stone, even if it does have too much crying. It still ends up in an intriguing domestic arrangement. \o/
But...timeless lit? Nah. Fun stuff, especially her 'Summoning' series, and she does come up with interesting situations, even if the execution might not be what I'd hope for. Is that damning with faint praise? *laughs*