Dear Stephenie Meyer

[blamebrampton]

Please find an editor who cares for you.

No, I've not taken to reading Twilight, though if my H/D flist doesn't stop its dramas, then I will, and I will devote myself to Mary Sue het fic until people either cheer up or defriend me.

But to those dear friends who have been sending me messages of horror from the BD trenches, I feel your pain.

ETA: Thanks to trubbleclef's kind alerting, you can save yourself the actual horror by reading cleolinda's genius potted version here.

In happier YA fiction news, Martin Millar has a new book out called Lonely Werewolf Girl. I am only 1/5 of the way through its 500+ pages, but am loving it. He has an idiosyncratic style, but it is so much realer and so much more a part of the modern world than Myer could ever hope for. Hunt it down, and ignore the fact that his publishers have mediocre typeset designers on staff.

So far there is a werewolf battle that spans the Highlands of Scotland and the subcultures of London, a laudanum-addicted heroine who is being hunted by at least four sets of enemies, her fashion deisgner/sorceress/werewolf sister who is struggling to complete her next collection, two naive humans who were just hoping for an easy move and regular supply of takeaway pizza, and a transvestite would-be Thane of the werewolves who happens to be the older brother of the aforementioned two undead.

It's delicious.

ETA: I HAVE to get to Wellington. These shoes in apple green are calling to me!

Comments

[shiv5468.livejournal.com]

The book sounds fun.

The shoes look... nice, if a little unsparkly. And flat. And ~tilts head~ where are the shiny shiny buckles.

[empress-jae.livejournal.com]

*snort* twilight.

or as the tweens over at ohnotheydidnt call it, TWATLIGHT.

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Um, I'm pretty cheery. Please don't leave! *clings*

[aunt-agatha.livejournal.com]

I WANT THEM TOO. THEY'RE ADORABLE.

Did you read cleolinda's synopsis/review thingie? Good read!!!

[beatnikspinster.livejournal.com]

Meyer was just interviewed on the morning news show. Oh man, so annoying and clueless. That's why her vampires are sparkly: they're Mormon vampires.

I'll check out the reading rec.

Oh god! Those are great shoes! No online sales is evil. Can you order over the phone?

[jackieohno.livejournal.com]

I love reading (good) YA fiction. Lonely Werewolf Girl sounds right up my alley, except I have about ten other books to get through first.

Re: Stephanie Meyer -- I am mostly creeped out by what her idea of a perfect relationship is: emotionally abusive, with a distant boyfriend/boy-space-friend who blows hot and cold all the time (or at least that's what I get from what I've read about the books). I mean, come on.

[uminohikari.livejournal.com]

My sister, who adores Twilight, informs me that BD is horrible.

...at least she has that much sense left

[absynthedrinker.livejournal.com]

You are absolutely right those shoes in apple green would be divine. I might also like to see them in a pale butter yellow, Cute!

I dislike all things Stephenie Meyer as can be read in my joournal entry of March 10

Thanks for the heads up on Martin M's new book.

Peace,
Bubba

[abusing-sarcasm.livejournal.com]

I admit that I read Twilight (mostly to see what the hype was all about), but I couldn't bring myself to continue the series. When there's a published author and I think to myself, even *I* could do a better job than this, it's just too sad.

Although, I admit that I am tempted to try my hand at really barfy teen vampire fiction. I mean, what the hell, right? I could be rich, too...

And I love those shoes! I have a fetish for green shoes... It's a thing.

[potteresque_ire]

Oh, those shoes are a darling. I would have gotten them too. :)

I've heard a little about the outburst on Breaking Dawn. I haven't read the series - the central theme has not struck me as appealing ... high school romance rarely rang true to me because I didn't have any and is bitter :D. I like HP because of the larger themes of war and social injustice; the romance is like icing on the cake, or broccoli beside the steak depends on which pairing one ships :) .. that said, I may still pick Twilight up and some point just to read for fun - I do feel bad for the readers who're disappointed by the ending, and I am thankful for JKR rounding up HP nicely, at least, to me :).

[goddessriss.livejournal.com]

Have just read that review. Hilarious, but I'm SO glad I never read Twilight. Please, for the love of gods of all types, no more het Mary-Sue fic!

I love the shoes. I have some similar in red. Yum. You definitely need 'em.

[pingrid.livejournal.com]

Shoes: looove the colour of the leaf green. Is that the same one? But - is it the angle of the pic, or is the heel a bit blocky and and odd fit for the cute shape of the rest?

I covet their red T-bars! And the Hannah too; I don't have any '40s compatible walking shoes. I am deprived. And cannot go to Wellington. Must try to find solace in local shoe shops. And play.com, which has just sold me Lonely Werewolf Girl, yay.

[grey-hunter.livejournal.com]

Haha. I'm not really into werewolves and vampires (yes, yes, I know what I'm writing) but now I also want to read that book. :D

So.

[wemyss.livejournal.com]

Those would be, ah, Wellington ... boots ... in green, then?

[/Wurzels-like, rural humour]

[sporkmetender.livejournal.com]

I loved Lonely Werewolf Girl! That man is a genius. I'm glad others are over the ridiculous Twilight craze. Seriously. I haven't even read any of it and it's driving me crazy.

[tnumfive.livejournal.com]

I read Breaking Dawn. *contains mirth*

It's hilarious. Maybe because I'm only a casual fan, but at first there was this sense of shocked disbelief. That woman could not have possibly conned me out of $15 for THIS. Then I read some more and there the shock moved to amusement. It's like a 12-year-old fanficcer switched manuscripts at the last moment, and Stephenie Meyer hasn't noticed yet.

How someone could possibly write 4 books that revolve around vampires and werewolves and yet get pretty much all of the mythology wrong is beyond me. How that person can then somehow confuse vampires and incubi is even worse.

[tomatoe18.livejournal.com]

Don't tell anyone I work with but I am not proud we're selling Breaking Dawn. Or any of the Twilight books. Every time I see the books on display in the story, I feel like printing some of the glorious fanfics I've read in H/D fandom and sell THOSE instead. God knows the writing is much better.

Oh, and, I'm having serious complaints about the publisher of this series. Don't get me started on that one or we'll be here all day. *rolls eyes*