In Hamilton's blog (http://www.eridine.com/blog/) she explained in an old post that all the characters in her novels represent various parts of her personality. Richard represents that part of herself which is always telling her to get a real job and quit wasting her time making stories about werewolves/vampires/monsters. Grow up and be a normal person. Some fans were thinking he might be her ex-husband which she is crucifying over and over again in print, so she was trying to set the record straight. She has a conflicted love-hate relationship with Richard too.
I mean the self-loathing about being a werewolf was okay for half a novel and I could empathize,...but he's such a huge whiny baby now. I just pull out my hair whenever he steps in. And poor JC is relegated to the role of negotiator between the two.
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Date: 2005-04-22 08:03 pm (UTC)From:that all the characters in her novels represent
various parts of her personality. Richard represents that part of herself which is always
telling her to get a real job and quit wasting her time making stories about werewolves/vampires/monsters. Grow up and be a normal person. Some fans were thinking he might be her ex-husband which she is crucifying over and over again in print, so she was trying to set the record straight. She has a conflicted love-hate relationship with Richard too.
I mean the self-loathing about being a werewolf was okay for half a novel and I could empathize,...but he's such a huge whiny baby now. I just pull out my hair whenever he steps in. And poor JC is relegated to the role of negotiator between the two.