This may sound self-contradictory given what I do for a living

[james_davis_nicoll]

But I do not believe that good things result from authors replying to negative reviews.

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[cliff_s.livejournal.com]

Hasn't she essentially crossed genres from Fantasy (vampire hunter/detective) to Romance (kinky sex! s&m! pointy teeth! more kinky sex!)? Check me on this, but isn't Romance much, much bigger than both Fantasy & SF combined?

If so, it's not exactly surprising or brag-worthy that her sales have increased. She's just switched to the Wal-Mart of fiction genres.

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

Off-topic, but I like your Dore icon. I used to go look at the original of it (an original, anyway: I hear he painted it some four times) at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, VA, and snapped at least one keepable pic of it before we moved. (Does this mean you're the neophyte who is probably going over the wall tonight?)