nothing to report, except these fan vid recs

[mhalachai]

Fic news: Meh. Balancing Act part Three will be out soon. Then Magnolia, but maybe that'll happen after X3 comes out (seeing as how it's set after the first movie and nothing will change). And in this time also comes Promises part II. Also, I realized the other day that the next Anita Blake book comes out soon (like, end of June, right?) so I now have an official deadline for Inevitable!

That's a lot of writing.

So, here, have some fan vid recs! Three is a nice round, er, odd number.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Brothers and Sisters by obsessive24.

This vid focuses on Glory and Ben. I'll be honest, in seasons five of BtVS, I didn't really care too much about Ben, but this vid puts the focus on him and what he's going through. It makes me actually give a damn about the raw deal he got.

Firefly: Must Be Dreaming by corn_child013 (first vid on the Firefly page)

This is a very fast-paced Serenity vid, River-centric. The main gist is this: Is what River is experiencing real? Is it a dream? How can she know? The cuts between scenes are so fast, but in a clear way, that the viewer cannot know. River's emotions, her fragile mental state, carry across well. I love it (and the end was excellent in nine thousand ways).

Harry Potter: The Boy Was A Puppet by wistful_fever

This vid sums up all that Harry is going through, all he's been forced to endure as a puppet of those around him (Dumbledore, Voldemort, the Ministry). It puts a very stark face on what Harry is going through.

Go download them!

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[ligeia-bm.livejournal.com]

That Anita has no detecting to do
*bummed* I like it when Anita has police work to do.

Danse Macabre starts a storyline that will be continued in the next novel, and it includes Edward, mystery and police work.

From LKH blog (Monday 22)

Earlier today I was getting tired, and still hadn't been to work. So I thought I'm either going to have to have a nap, or try to exercise. I chose the exercise. I did the treadmill, and felt better afterwards. It helped me get to my desk and back to work on the next Anita book. Like I said, 22 pages today. Even I was impressed with that after a break of five days, and at a convention on top of that. Usually that throws me for awhile. But the book is ready to go, and I think part of it is that I knew I was close to Edward's introduction in this book. I'll have to go back and do some small changes to the pages I wrote today. Small metaphysical choreography changes, then I get to get the chapters I cut from DANSE MACABRE and put them in. The chapters where I actually had Anita call Edward for help. Edward tomorrow, finally, on paper.

From her blog, today:

Twenty-nine pages. Even I'm impressed. Admittedly a goodly portion of those pages were already written, just a matter of editing and smoothing the edges since they were lifted from DANSE MACABRE. But this is where they belong, this book. Two chapters about Edward, and they fit nice and snug. Cool. I think Richard will be introduced in the next chapter. I've made some notes, and if they work, he will end up surprising Anita and me in a good way. Cool, again.

http://blog.laurellkhamilton.org/

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I read that... I'm sure I'll enjoy DM, but I also really like Anita's police work. Oh well. I'll just have to write some of my own.

I'm glad we're going to see more Edward, though. But is this the next AB book, or the next novella (like Micah)? It looks like the next full-length book.

[ligeia-bm.livejournal.com]

It's the new full-length book. The novellite (Micah-style) was something different, but she said that now she wasn't sure she'd be able to finish that one.

From her blog again:

Feeling some better today. I've never had a book get to ninety pages then just stop, and tell me this isn't working. I think the plot will get used down the road, but there's something about the weretiger stuff that needs to be touched upon in the next as yet unnamed Anita novel. I've learned not to argue with my subconscious, I usually regret it later. But it still feels like wasted effort. I now have an almost equal page count for both books, how weird is that?

So, they are two separate books, both including Edward though.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

Excellent, thanks!