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Jul 15, 2012 06:39AM

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I'm probably now on her "Crazies" blocked list! :D

But hey, it's not ME she'll think is mad. It's just the members of this group!! :D

Lannister wrote: "LMAO! Yeah, she's on record for saying that she has the 'smart fans' in the genre. WELL I SURE SHOWED HER!! ;)"
LMFAO
I'd love to see her face when reading your message.
LMFAO
I'd love to see her face when reading your message.

Lmao!
@Sarah So would I.

It's all part of my cunning plan to get more Marlowe in the books, you see. If she thinks that Marlowe has thousands of screaming fans then she might write a nice hot sex scene about him! It's perfectly logical. :)
Hmmm, screaming fans. Does that make Marlowe the Justin Bieber of these books?! LMFAO!

I suppose it's possible that he doesn't have one, cos he's stuck with the Consul all these years, and run his spy network from the Senate Headquarters.
I like that question, Enjee. Did you send it to her?
I wonder if I should ask about the third Marlowe story. Enjee posted this reply from KC like two years ago...
In answer to your question, I had planned a trilogy of shorts for Marlowe and Gillian, but to be honest, the response has been decidedly underwhelming. Only a handful of people have read and enjoyed them, and while I am really happy that you were one of them, it's kind of made me think that doing the shorts wasn't the greatest idea I ever had. They are time-sucking little monsters, both because of the research involved and because, frankly, I'm not the greatest at writing short fiction. And I can use that time better elsewhere.
Don't get me wrong, I understand her reasoning and why she wants to concentrate on other things. But the OCD part of me gets crazy knowing there is one story "missing" so to speak.
I wonder if I should ask about the third Marlowe story. Enjee posted this reply from KC like two years ago...
In answer to your question, I had planned a trilogy of shorts for Marlowe and Gillian, but to be honest, the response has been decidedly underwhelming. Only a handful of people have read and enjoyed them, and while I am really happy that you were one of them, it's kind of made me think that doing the shorts wasn't the greatest idea I ever had. They are time-sucking little monsters, both because of the research involved and because, frankly, I'm not the greatest at writing short fiction. And I can use that time better elsewhere.
Don't get me wrong, I understand her reasoning and why she wants to concentrate on other things. But the OCD part of me gets crazy knowing there is one story "missing" so to speak.
Sarah ♥ Vutch forever ♥ wrote: "I like that question, Enjee. Did you send it to her?..."
No...I thought if I posted it in this thread that someone was collecting the questions and sending them in to KC.
No...I thought if I posted it in this thread that someone was collecting the questions and sending them in to KC.

In Curse the Dawn, Alphonse says of Marlowe "I thought he liked stubborn, powerful, complicated types". Any hints about who Alphonse is talking about? And also, why is Alphonse of all people saying this? I don't get the impression he and Marlowe are best buds. How does he know what 'type' Marlowe likes? Do lesser vampires gossip about Senators' love lives the way we might gossip about movie stars?
Do you think this is a dumb question or what? I thought (hoped!) it was quite funny! :)


"He likes them alive," Mircea said pointedly.
I pretended not to notice.
Obviously he's now talking about Cassie and her taking risks. It's kind of like comparing Cassie to the Consul - being stubborn, powerful and complicated. Apart from maybe complicated, the rest could apply to Cassie, though I find it hard to believe that Mircea would have the same taste as Marlowe and go for that "type"...

Actually, Pritkin's predicament is very confusing for me. Francoise's incubus lover (is his name Randy?) doesn't seem to kill the women he sleeps with, and neither does Casanova. So I can think of two possibilities: 1) Only the lord of the incubi (and by extension his son) are strong enough to kill people through feeding or 2) Incubi can control the feeding and turn it off before they hurt their partner. In fact, didn't Pritkin say in HtM that it's considered bad form to hurt one's partner? So, what's Pritkin missing that he suddenly starts to suck the life out of Cassie? It is that his incubus side is too hungry to stop?
and 2) Where are Mircea's female vampires?
So: Does any one want me to include anything else, and should I ask via email or facebook?
Maybe you could have explained the second one more but let's see what KC says.
I don't think it makes a difference if you ask via e-mail or FB.
I don't think it makes a difference if you ask via e-mail or FB.

Dear Ms. Chance,
I know you must be very busy, so thank you for taking the time to read this email! You're an amazing author and I love reading your books. A few fans and I have a couple questions we were wondering if you would answer.
Firstly, Pritkin's predicament is very confusing for me. Francoise's incubus lover (is his name Randy?) doesn't seem to kill the women he sleeps with, and neither does Casanova. So I can think of two possibilities: 1) Only the lord of the incubi (and by extension his son) are strong enough to kill people through feeding or 2) Incubi can control the feeding and turn it off before they hurt their partner. In fact, didn't Pritkin say in HtM that it's considered bad form to hurt one's partner? So, what's Pritkin missing that he suddenly starts to suck the life out of Cassie? It is that his incubus side is too hungry to stop? (If the answer is too spoiler-y I completely understand.)
And secondly, we were wondering where Mircea's female vampires are. The only two we really meet, Sal and Eugenie, were made by Tony. Wouldn't Mircea want one or two female guards around, for things that Cassie might not want a man for? (Like when she was visiting Augustine and needed to change). Is it simply that Mircea was originally very "close" with the female vampires and doesn't want to rub his past in Cassie's face?
Again, thank you for your time, we really appreciate it!

The capitalization doesn't actually matter. I think it's there just to make it more readable.

And the one about Mircea is very interesting!!
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note...

Mircea didn't turn any female vamps . . . hmmmmmm. Think it has something to do with Dory/dory's mom?

Next time someone submits questions for the Q&A, please include this one:
"It seems that several fantasy and urban fantasy characters have weapons, usually swords, that are named. Does the sword that manifests from Pritkin's tattoo have a name? If so, what is the (non-spoiler) story behind it?"
"It seems that several fantasy and urban fantasy characters have weapons, usually swords, that are named. Does the sword that manifests from Pritkin's tattoo have a name? If so, what is the (non-spoiler) story behind it?"
Ok I know this might be the wrong place to ask but need to know when are we getting another Dory's book
There is no release date yet. KC will make an announcement when she knows. It will be sometime in 2015.
Thank God I am miss Dory and the boys