#strange fate

[moonlightreal]

The day after the news

It’s been a roller coaster three months for Night World fans, and we’ve just had a stomach-dropping fall. But when we get our emotional feet back under us, what do we see in the future?

The little obituary I linked yesterday was… not a leak, but not the real, official announcement of Ms. Smith’s passing. There may be an official obituary coming soon from her agent or her family.

Is there anything we can do?

We can be nice to Jesa on facebook. She signed up to be the point of contact for fans during a triumphant return, and now she’s the point of contact for fans who are in mourning and who, sometime in the not too distant future, are going to start asking about the books when she probably doesn’t know, and she just lost a good friend. So poor Jesa is in a situation.

The internet mourns via reddit:

YAlit subreddit

Books subreddit

VD subreddit the Vampire Diaries fans do some memorial ship discussion, because fans gonna fan. :-)

Fauxmoi (celebrity news?) subreddit commenters on this reddit thread are optimistic about the new books, one poster being a personal friend of Ms. Smith’s? I’m not going to fully trust any anonymous poster on reddit but I hope it’s true.

And… what about the new books?

It feels a bit cruel to ask right now, but also we’re all wondering and I don’t see any point to pretending we aren’t. ^^; We don’t know yet. I don’t think we’ll know for a while. I’m sure Jesa will tell us as soon as anything is decided.

[ljsmiths-thenightworld]

A New Website?!

Hello, night world! There’s been a lot of development in the last month with L.J. I didn’t immediately get to post about it, because I was sick and wanted to check it over more before doing so but I’m fairly confident it’s real so I’m here to share the update!

LJ is active currently! Shes’s made a new website, with a current photo of her in a blog post to better sooth the worries of if it’s her or not as well.

Her new website is theljsmith.com (her original is LJaneSmith.net)

I also emailed her account, which I learned she has an admin team now for one. I asked a bunch of questions and between her account and the replies I will sum up the important parts below:

Strange Fate is fully written!!!

It’s so big it became 2 books in general, as well as Lullaby which originally was split from it as well. All 3 appear to be finished, and are currently with her agent.

The names for Strange Fate are now Strange Fate: Mystic and Strange Fate: Apocalypse. LJ also does have a news letter as well, which you can sign up for to keep up with Strange Fate as well as the Strange Fate contest that is coming up in January!

She also no longer has access to the original website, but if she manages to get this going again she will post on it to direct original fans to the new site.

How are all you incredibly patient people feeling about this news?

[darklinaforever]

L.J Smith, I'm still waiting for the final volume of Nightworld (which she's apparently still working on, so all hope is not lost) and her Evensong fanfiction from TVD books, because I need Bamon book endgame... (even if on the other hand I haven't found any news on this subject...)

[bylightofdawn]

God damn, I got to thinking tonight about two books I've been legitimately waiting to get published since the late 90's.

First was Strange Fate which is the last book of LJ Smith's Nightworld series. She's known for her Vampire Diaries series which got made into a couple of shows which I never watched because i never really cared for the books. But fuck me I've been waiting since 1998 for this book to be published.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS I HAVE BEEN WAITING

And the other one, (the one that really cuts more deeply) is the Captal's Tower by Melanie Rawn. That's been since 1999.

And I'm looking online, hoping to find updates and the amount of bitching, wailing and generally entitled attitude of fans everywhere on say goodreads and Amazon is kinda...gross. Yes, I'm frustrated, yes I get frustrated every time they put out a book for a different series but you know what is NOT going to make them write faster?

Grown-ass adults throwing tantrums and generally acting like children decrying the author for being 'cruel' and depriving them of THEIR conclusion of the series. Uhhhh ya'll do know it's their book right?

I mean I've been through the entire cycle when it comes to these books and I'm sure when I was younger I prolly had similar opinions but I didn't post them online and now I look at this behavior and I just shake my head.

NGL a salty part of me that knows LJ Smith has been employing ghostwriters for years just wishes she'd give it over to a ghostwriter so we could get some conclusion. But eh it is what it is.

As for Melanie Rawn? I've kinda accepted that this series will never be completed and it hurts because it had such a huge impact on me growing up. It's very much fantasy Star Wars inspired in a lot of ways. LOL Which is prolly why I liked them as much as I did.

But you're not gonna see me throwing a hissy fit online and generally being a self-entitled twat about it.

I also get a little ironic schadenfreude every time someone complains about how long it takes GRRM to write his GoT book.

[erininsoup]

Reading My Old Fan Fic...

And not completely hating it?! This one is from a Strange Fate/Night World fanfic, and reminded me of how I still haven't given up hope for book #10.

....

"Uncle Bracken's been kidnapped?" The words felt strange on Jez's tongue, but Sarah's response was even stranger.

"Again, I can't say for certain...but, well, it didn't exactly seem like your uncle was being kept there involuntarily. Of course, that doesn't mean anything!" Sarah hastened to add at the blazing look in Jez's eyes. "All I know is what I saw."

"Right...thank you, Sarah." Jez was quite proud that her voice sounded perfectly agreeable, without the slightest tremble or shake. Although it was harder to train her body cooped up in Circle Daybreak's housing, it had given her plenty of time to train her emotions and her expressions. "I'll handle it from here."

Sarah's mouth popped open, as though she was thinking about asking Jez what 'handling it' entailed, but at Jez's fierce look, Sarah decided to retreat instead. Good girl. As soon as the door banged shut, Jez crossed over to her nightstand - fight with Morgead forgotten - and started rummaging for the necessities...like a silver knife, a wooden knife, and a bronze knife. Plus a regular old knife, just for funsies.

"What are you doing?" Morgead demanded.

"What does it look like I'm doing?"

"Okay fine, let's just ignore what Thierry said about not leaving the center…"

"Sounds good to me."

"That was sarcasm, you dolt."

Jez rolled her eyes, and stepped past him, searching her messy room for a suitable pair of combat boots.

"Jez - "

Morgead attempted to grab her wrist, and she scowled at him. Although she could easily break free from his hold, she didn't want to use brute force to get her way. She wanted Morgead - her soulmate - to want to be on her side.

"You don't understand," she told him. "Because you're not the one being forced to stay here."

"Well, and that's probably because I'm not the one with the fire and brimstone and all-consuming powers."

"No, you only act like you are."

Morgead wrinkled his nose, and Jez took advantage of his disgruntled state to reclaim her hand and finish packing. She headed toward her door before placing one hand on her hip and half turning back to Morgead.

"Now, are you in?" she demanded.

He sighed and muttered something under his breath that sounded strangely like an insult, but reluctantly nodded.

Jez clapped. "Good. Think of it like a fun, romantic little road trip."

"Romantic, right," Morgead snorted. It wasn't until he was bending down to put on his shoes that he noticed an obvious problem. "Speaking of road trips, Jez...how are we going to get from here all the way to San Franciso on foot?"

Jez didn't even pause. Instead, she shook out her long, fiery red hair and whipped out her cell phone.

"I don't know about you," she grinned. "But I think it's time for a little reunion."

[shadowcatgirl09]

[xdarkeningkrystals]

Stephenie Meyer Finished Midnight Sun AND It's coming out in August of this Year.

So what's L.J.'s excuse for Strange Fate, this time?

[2020bingo]

Strange Fate by LJ Smith is finally published- only 22 years late