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  • May. 18th, 2008 at 10:42 PM
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I was booked for a signing at a local bookstore and just heard that they decided to cancel because they felt my book was “too hard-core.”

Cue the audience chant: “SHE’S HARD-CORE! SHE’S HARD-CORE!”

It’s funny because I was expecting a lot more of this sort of thing, especially when I paired up with Sue Ann Jaffarian, and this is the first time anything like this has happened.

In other, more geeky and far less hard-core news, I had late night visit from this beautiful hummingbird impersonator:



I had to gently capture her in a Tupperware container and take her back outside. They really do look almost exactly like hummers when in flight.

I had originally planned to include a Sphinx moth in my tattoo backpiece but never found an image that I like. Now maybe I’ve got one.

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[info]es888 wrote:
May. 19th, 2008 06:29 am (UTC)
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I don't suppose you wish to inform your loyal reading public what store this was, do you? I had one store refuse to carry my first novel - although at one point they considered carrying it with a warning sticker saying "adults only" or something similar on it. I had my hopes up. I'm sure that would have helped sales. No such luck though.

Wimps! Fools! Hardcore is at least one of the many things we like about you.
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[info]espeed wrote:
May. 19th, 2008 07:17 am (UTC)
My next tat is a
Lunar Moth.
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[info]demerick wrote:
May. 19th, 2008 02:15 pm (UTC)
Re: My next tat is a
ooh...good idea
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[info]steve_vernon wrote:
May. 19th, 2008 08:07 am (UTC)
Too hardcore? You should thank them for the compliment.

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[info]demerick wrote:
May. 19th, 2008 01:29 pm (UTC)
Gah...censorship at its finest. Oh wait, government censorship is censorship at it's finest.

I love hummingbird moths. My mother had a certain flower at her house that attracted them. It took a long to figure out what they were, but they do look like hummingbirds in flight when they feed.
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[info]whiskeychick wrote:
May. 19th, 2008 01:45 pm (UTC)
ah, they can't handle passionate -- oh wait, they 'spinned' it hard-core. feh!

beautiful image. The lunar moths can be fairly rare. You're lucky to have seen one.

thanks for sharing.
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(Anonymous) wrote:
May. 20th, 2008 06:54 am (UTC)
Canceled reading
I'm sorry to hear about the canceled reading. Sure, it makes a good story, but it's probably a drag, too, especially in this time of consolidation of book distribution and attendant catering to the most conservative of tastes. I mean, you have a living to make. If it's any consolation, I read the opening of "Hoodtown" on a large online retailer's site this week, and you rule. I'm getting that book.

Peter

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Detectives Beyond Borders
"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"
http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/
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[info]sblackmoore wrote:
May. 20th, 2008 06:48 pm (UTC)
There's such a thing as too hard-core? Really? Huh. Sounds like a challenge.

Sorry they canceled the reading.
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[info]josephinedamian wrote:
May. 21st, 2008 12:49 pm (UTC)
hard core?
"They decided to cancel because they felt my book was “too hard-core.”

First reaction: WTF?

Second reaction: Well at least they read your book.

What I also see as troubling is some blog buddies with agents are all lamenting the changes their agents are forcing.. errr.. "suggesting" they make to the MS - basically all character-related stuff to make the character more white-bread, mainstream, "popular" - translation: less edgy, unique and interesting.

Scary.
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