Talking Stardoc

Crystal Healer
Crystal Healer

A lot of people know I’m a total Stardoc junky. I proudly consider myself one of SL Viehl‘s (aka PBW aka Lynn Viehl)  first stalker fans.  Yeah, yeah, it might not be true, but I emailed her within a few weeks of Stardoc coming out.  I don’t email authors.  Or rather, back before I was pubbed, I didn’t really email authors.  Just didn’t.  At that point, I think I’d only emailed one other author-Nora Roberts.

I emailed, gushed, praised, etc. etc.  And I’ve been loitering around wherever her work can be found ever since, used to routinely check her old  site on Sff.net, reading all the short stories she’d put out.  I remember the first Darkyn story-Alex and Cyprien when it was mostly just a novella.  Have her old Gena Hale books, her Jessica Hall books…okay, you get the point right?

So I get this email.  (warning… minor Crystal Healer spoilers below the cut…don’t read if you hate spoilers/haven’t read/etc)

Marcy emails me:  (emails posted w/permission)

Might you have been the author who said that you loved Ms. Viehl’s Star Doc novels? I can’t decide whether to thank you for introduce me to a wonderful group of novels or not! Her books always end on a cliffhanger, which I can usually manage. I just finished Crystal Healer, one of my favorite stories in the series with a cliffhanger that almost killed me! I simply don’t know how I’m going to wait for her next book! If you didn’t recommend her and you like space opera, I recommend her!

Me:

I’m am the original Stardoc junky.  🙂  I’ve been stalking her since Stardoc first came out, I’m proud to say.  And Crystal healer almost killed me.  Seriously.  I’m dying.  Sigh.

Marcy:

Me too! What are we going to do until the next book is out? It will probably be a year! I just CAN’T wait to find out how Jarn left and Cherijo came back! Poor Duncan!

Me:

Hello, poor Cherijo.  She loves him and she’s going to find out he’s in love with the other ‘self’ that was her for a while.   Her last thoughts were of him and Marel.  Sigh.  That woman just loves to torture her characters and her readers.

Marcy:

Too true! *sigh*

Me:

Gee…. would you mind if i share this conversation?  🙂  Was thinking would be funny on blog.

Marcy:

Not in the least-I would be honored, and maybe we could get her new readers-and maybe she will read it and the next book will come out sooner!

Me:

nah… that ain’t gonna happen.  I’ve already talked with her.  We’re looking at a year.  glum sigh.  But I think it would amuse her.  will probably write up for later this week or next.

End of conversation.

One author I regularly follow, one author who loves to leave people hanging.  An author I love, period.  Sigh.  This waiting thing really sucks.