Guestbook 25

I thought I would repost this information in the new guestbook for anyone who missed it.

1) Sign these petitions to protest the decision of using a ghostwriter for The Vampire Diaries.

http://twitition.com/hqnr9

http://www.petitiononline.com/ljsmith/petition.html

2) Let Alloy/Harper know how you feel.
Email Addresses
NYCassistantalloyentertainment.com
harperteenharpercollins.com

Postal Mail
Alloy Entertainment
151 W 26th St 11th floor
New York, NY 1001

HarperCollinsChildren’s books, a division of Harper Collins Publishers
10 East 53rd Street
New York, NY 10022

3) Spread the word about what really happened on sites that sell or discuss The Vampire Diaries. We really need help spreading the word in languages other than English.

4) Tell everyone you know offline about the situation and encourage them to help.

5) Boycott Phantom

I know that at the top of the Guestbook that L. J. is working on Strange Fate, but what about the other books she is writing? Also, does anyone have any news about those short stories that she posts on this website, and if there are going to be any new ones soon?
Thank You!

If you google on TVD Phantom, you will see lots of site saying it's written by LJ Smith. Oh, the nerve. They fired her and now they're using her name???? I can't believe they have the cheek to do that. :( What do they plan on achieving???? >

While I agree with that what happend to L.J is sad and disrespectful. I DO have something to say about Stephanie. The simularities between their books ARE NOT copied. I have read every singel book LJ Smith has out right now and all of Stephanis' s books and the "simularities" that everyone is saying was stolen was in fact NOT stolen but used by ALOT of athuors who write about vampires and other such fantacy. They are the same things that have been used and reused over and over again. I am a person who studies fraud cases and other copycat troubles and know for a fact that no wrong has been done to our lovely athuor by Stephenie, but the newer one IS very bad. I am sorry but vampires and the like are open and trust me when I say there is only so much you can use until things start repeating themselves. You can get mad if you want but I have read all books in this problem and nothing is being copied that hasn't be done 1000 times over with their own unique ways.

I've gotten hold of this email and have decided to post to show that the L. J. Smith fans around the world intuitively know when something is not right with their beloved characters and plots...

Ms. Smith-

I wasn't able to write a review on amazon, since I didn't buy the book off there and it won't allow me to write one otherwise. (I don't know if the have different regulations on the american site, but the canadian has lots of them.) I did however write a review on Chapters/ indigo site. (It's the more widely used site to buy books in Canada anyways.) Here's a copy of my review"

"I had originally been planning on not reading the new books due to the fact that L.J. Smith wasn't/ isn't writing them. However this one was given to me as a gift and out of sheer boredom I started reading it. Now that I've finished it, I can honestly say that it was one of the worst books I've ever read. The ghost writer completely erased everything L.J. Smith wrote in the other 7 books. As well you'll find that the characters are completely different. There attitudes are nothing like the original characters. Also major flaws in referencing other books. You might also be wondering - if you are unfortunate enough to read the books- why such poor writing accompanied by a terrible and boring plot line made it to print, let me just tell you, you're not alone. There is also close to zero stelena OR delena moments. My recommendation is for all the fans of the series (stelena and delena alike) to not bore themselves with this book but create your own ending. L.J. Smith worked for decades on this series and she and her characters deserve a better ending than the one given to them by the publisher."

I've also emailed the publishing company expressing my displeasure, however to no one's surprise did not receive a reply. Thank you for your kind response, I was not expecting it so fast or at all really. You've just reconfirmed that you will always be one of my favourite authors.

Thank you so much,
-Madison

Hey everyone,
I have the best news possible! I was in Eason's bookshop in Cork and Limerick (Ireland) over the last two weekends and I'm not sure exactly why, but Phanthom wasn't in either of them. Now Eason's has a large chain of bookshops around Ireland and U.K. and more places probably, so they have all the lastest books. I couldn't see it anywhere. Now I don't no if this is the case in all Eason's stores. It might come in or it might never come in, I'm not sure. I was afraid to ask incase they thought I was looking for it and ordered it. This is great because if people don't see it they wont buy it! And I know it's out because I saw it in another shop. I read a line of it and you could tell something was missing, it wasn't Lisa's writing I just wanted to show that our work is paying off, and I say is because there is still a bit to go. Weldone!

What happend to my account on the forum??? I can't log in with the username and password I have got on my email??? Could you tell me what happened???

Hi Chis

Just wanted to let you know thanx for informing me of forum possibilities when G.B was quiet.
I found it very overwhelming at first but as i have dipped into it the more it engages me...
lol

Hi my name is johanna, this things i thought i could write in the commentlist now haven't much to do with books but i just had to write it anyway (i dont got reasons). but btw im from sweden and it was some books in sweden as was going to become movies and then they had put upp some posters in my school about roles and then i might could try to get a role.And then i wrote i mail a little about myself and my name and my hobbies. and then i saved it in the draft on my mail. and next day i walked to the library to write some more on their computers and then i was going to save the letter but then i clicked on the wrong button and i sended it away and i hadde'nt write down where i live or even my mobile number.So i had to write a mail again. SUPER FUN! not i hope they did'nt delit the message.

dear lj smith
i love all your books.im new here cause now i found about guestbook..sorr y i read the old guestbook and i just wanted to tell everybody that i just signed the petition about tvd. i'm really sorry what happend to you and from where i am they will never now the truth about phantom but i will tell my friends cause they're reading them cause i advice them. because just last year they were translated in my language but i've read them before in english. cant wait for strange fate!! and the new book sound really good to me. and u have a great site too.