Haven't read the review of Blood Canticle (yet--I'm not immune to rubbernecking either) but I did read some letter on her site that she posted a few years back, where she stated that she didn't think she needed to be editted or words along those lines. Seeing that reiterated here makes me feel a little squeamish.
(I also wonder how people know that it's The Real Anne Rice. I suppose I do tend to take things like that mostly on trust--just like I trust that Michelle is the Real Michelle--but I have to wonder when somebody does something so bizarrely public like this. It's not unheard of for people on the interweb to spoof other people they are obsessed with, for good or for ill.)
I wish she would allow herself an editor. I know the foundation of her work seems to appeal to the purple-prose loving crowd, but I think it's always good to have somebody to rein in your excesses. (Or to prompt them--since my last beta reader told me that my narrator was a bit too narrative and clinical and we never saw any emotions. I suspect Anne is at the opposite end of the spectrum, though.)
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Date: 2004-09-22 03:48 am (UTC)(I also wonder how people know that it's The Real Anne Rice. I suppose I do tend to take things like that mostly on trust--just like I trust that Michelle is the Real Michelle--but I have to wonder when somebody does something so bizarrely public like this. It's not unheard of for people on the interweb to spoof other people they are obsessed with, for good or for ill.)
I wish she would allow herself an editor. I know the foundation of her work seems to appeal to the purple-prose loving crowd, but I think it's always good to have somebody to rein in your excesses. (Or to prompt them--since my last beta reader told me that my narrator was a bit too narrative and clinical and we never saw any emotions. I suspect Anne is at the opposite end of the spectrum, though.)