Well, not literally. But I am crying (once again) for a once great (or at least good) series of books that... Oh, hell, where do I start?

I'm talking about the Anita books. They've never been great literature, but they were full of bang and entertaining in the beginning, now they're full of badly written sex and characters so far away from what they originally were that it is sad to see. On the other hand, it can be interesting to watch as a series you once loved is trashed, especially since the crash itself has some entertainment value.
(I hated the downfall of Buffy because as a series I had loved it very much in the beginning - so that downfall was less fun for me. But somehow Hamilton is pulling off a downfall that is somewhat amusing in and of itself. Strange.

But enough is enough. Okay, I admit I liked Narcissus in Chains, sure there were a few WTF moments, but I could gloss over them because I still thought there was a purpose. Cerulean Sins was (in some ways) worse for me, because before reading that book I learned some of the things I was hoping for by the end of NiC were in fact not going to happen. On the other hand, there were less technical errors in CS, so there was still hope to be had.

Then along came Incubus Dreams, which in my review I summed up in one word (ClusterFuck!). It really was that bad. Discontinuity, misspellings on a level that hadn't been seen before - sure most every book as a few, and Hamilton's tended to have more than others, but still wasn't enough for me to get weird about it. You have to remember I'm just not a spelling/grammar Nazi, but honestly if you don't have those skills at my level or higher, then I am going to notice and think one (especially published author) should do better. Heck, I think I should do better as a non-published net ranter, but that isn't the point.


After ID I told myself that was IT - I was done with Anita. Then (sadly) I started hearing SPOILERS for Danse Macabre and I found myself thinking I might like DM. And, again sadly, I found that I didn't hate DM. Of course, it wasn't on the level with her past works, but it was much better than much of her current stuff.

So, now I'm at an interesting point, or I was. Do I give Hamilton and Anita another chance, or do I consider DM a fluke and move on?
Admittedly, I hadn't thought much about it, because given the way the author has acted, I didn't really have hopes about the series getting back on track. But there were some things in DM that sorta read like hope.

Now we get into the SPOILERS - so if you still read the Anita books, or plan to - you might want to hit the back-button and then click on the second cut for updates on my fanfic and my ankle, if you care anyway.

Anyway, I decided to check out what people were saying and decide if I could find some spoilers. Well, I have and they are depressing, very depressing for Edward fans.

According to the SPOILERS, Edward is indeed (as promised for the past what? Five novels, in this book. But I think by the time all is said and done, Edward fans will find themselves wishing he was not in this novel.

Basically, Hamilton has now turned him into a pimp for Anita. He wants her to feed on the Swan King to save Jean-Claude and Richard - why they need saving I don't know, but you know Anita's men are helpless without her and all...

You know if this was any other series, I would NOT be believing these spoilers, because Edward (the real one) would not give shit about Jean-Claude or Richard, but now we are to believe he is gung-ho about saving their lives, and completely supporting this new Anita. Honestly, the real Edward would now be killing her and as many of the monsters in St. Louis as he could - cause the real Edward loves killing for the sake of killing, the only reason he tends not to kill humans is because he considers it too easy.
PS - According to the same spoilers, Edward (bloody Edward) is now afraid of dying. I would be LOL about this if it wasn't so damn sad!

Actually, I have to wonder if Hamilton threw an-approving-of-Anita-Edward in to hopefully get all the Edward fans onboard with this new (and NOT improved Anita). I could see her truly believing that if Edward approves then many of the Edward fans (who are so-called "Haters") will come back and say "Well, if Edward doesn't object then it can't be all bad!" If she does believe that, this is going to backfire wonderfully. *rubs hands* I almost can't wait!

Because supposedly there is a married couple - the wife refuses to let her husband feed the ardeur (read have sex with Anita), and from some of the comments, it sounds like the husband doesn't want to sleep with Anita, but I'm less sure on that score. Anyway, according to reports, both Anita AND Edward bash the couple for not wanting to bang the cooch of DOOM! Read have sex with Anita.

I mean, I thought Hamilton turned Edward podly in Obsidian Butterfly, but if these spoilers are true - then it is clear that she's actually killed the real Edward and slapped an Edward Mask on JonBoi (read her blog and you'll find out who Jon is - IF you don't already know).

However, I might (yes might) read this book, just to see how low she can truly go. BUT I will not be buying the book. Nope, I might buy the book if she outright killed Edward, but I have no desire to see Edward desend into Podness with all the other characters.



Well, now I want to try and get my new Buffy/Anita crossover posted before this new Anita dribble hits the shelves, because some of the things I play with in this fic will (no doubt) be totally non-canon once the new book comes out and I'd like to get started posting so I can prove I started it before TH hits the shelves. I'm just funny that way. Actually, I've been wanting to get back to this story for a week, but strangely enough life just hasn't worked out that way.

*crosses fingers AND knocks on wood*

Since (with help) I did get my job done today...

The swelling in my ankle had gone down some yesterday, but the pain was worse. Thankfully, today, the swelling is still fading and the pain itself is DOWN! YAY!

So, if I can get the clothes washed this evening, I should have most of the rest of the week free'ish to pretty up the first chapter of the new story and get it posted. And hopefully since some time has passed since I've been able to look the story over, I will be able to work past the "conflict" which tried to lock the story up before.

Of course, we all know about the best laid plans and all, and if something did stop me from working on it this week, I probably wouldn't be able to work much on it over the weekend either, because some of the plants I ordered have come in and I need to get them into the ground as soon as I can, but since it turned back into winter I'm kinda trying to wait and see what the long term will be. I'd hate to plant these puppies only to have it turn off cold again and see them die. So, I might wait another week or two before planting - most of the stuff was shipped in a dormant state so it shouldn't "kill" them to wait a week or so. And the stuff that wasn't shipped dormant I've already had to take care of, or rather make a place in my window for.