Lovely surprise in the mail.

[shadowscast]

I had an amazing surprise in the mail today. A friend sent me—without even telling me ahead of time—a whole pile of books! Mostly Buffy-related stuff: Slayer Slang: A BTVS Lexicon, BTVS and Philosophy, The Quotable Slayer, BTVS Pop Quiz, and three fairly random tie-in novels.

Needless to say, this pile is shiny and exciting.

But here's a question: does anyone else look at stuff like that and get jealous of the writers? 'Cause damn it, they're doing pretty much the same kind of stuff that we're doing, and they're getting paid for it!

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[that_mireille]

I wasn't. Until that one novel came out this summer (or possibly spring) where Buffy was pregnant with some mystical baby, and I just thought, "If I wrote fic like this, my friendslist would smack me." And then I got cranky because she got paid for that, and I've written things that actually, y'know, make sense.

Of course, I mostly don't read the tie-ins. I've read two; one wasn't bad, and one was... well, never read a tie-in book based on a videogame based on a TV series. That way lies only pain.

The non-fiction, I can't do anyway (I suck at meta and trivia), so I'm far less jealous.

[shadowscast.livejournal.com]

never read a tie-in book based on a videogame based on a TV series. That way lies only pain.

That sounds like sage advice, right there.

[that_mireille]

And advice I wish someone had given me about a year ago, before I bought Chaos Bleeds. ;)