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Originally Posted by melanti
I can't believe how many of these books/authors I've read. I can't decide if that's a good thing or a bad thing on some of them.
With Lackey, what I found absolutely unforgivable in her writing is she wrote herself into one of her books. She didn't even bother to change the name, other than some creative spelling. A tiny cameo might be acceptable, but a Mary Sue with the author's name coming out of nowhere then falling in love with and dating the main character, then saving the day by knowing some random obscure facts? There's really no excuse for that behavior with a professional author
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Elizabeth Peters did something similar--but it was completely tongue-in-cheek and actually quite clever. She wrote two series under Elizabeth Peters and also used two other pen names. Years and YEARS ago, she "blurbed" one of her own books using one of the names (I can't remember what it said, but it was cute and obviously a joke. -- Something along the lines of "She steals all the good ideas--I'm going to sue!")
Then in Peters' last book to finish up the Vicky Bliss series, she referred to characters in her other series (which is the Amelia Peabody series and took place in a historical setting--so long before the setting in the Bliss series) Anyway, it was well-done. There was also a character in the last Vicky Bliss series that was "reportedly" an author that had "found" manuscripts that supposedly belonged to Amelia Peabody--which would have actually been a reference to Elizabeth Peters herself! It was a rather tangled mess and only a die-hard fan that had read all the series/books would catch it. Done completely in fun for her fans to get a laugh.
I'm sure some people thought it cheesy, but I enjoyed it. I'm also sure I missed some of the references. I was done with the book before I "Got" one of the references!