» Mercedes Lackey discusses her new book and what makes her re-telling of the King Arthur myth different from the rest. She is joined by her husband and occasional co-author, Larry Dixon.

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Cute cooking requires a cute muse... and that would be my Scottish Fold cat, Basil Farrow! My flop-eared kitty's adorable antics inspired many of the recipe designs in Cute Yummy Time. He's also one of the main characters in the adventure story that runs throughout the book.

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Okay, confession time.  How many of you were secretly kind of bummed when the Beast became a prince?  Yeah, me too.

What was Beauty's complaint with him anyway?  The Beast was strong, rich, smart, rich, and powerful.  And kept the bed warm at night with his furry self.  We already knew he had a secret gentleness because he loved his magic roses.  And how could anyone object to invisible servants and a house that could only be found when you wished it so?  All that, and he had to have a perfect nose too?

I know the allegory was supposed to be about love taming the savagery inside man.  (Man as in man, not as in mankind, mind you.)  But I never wanted the Beast domesticated.  Nope, I wanted him at my side in all his wild glory.

Thus, the allure of the dark hero.  In the dark hero of romance, the bad boy is never broken, the arrogant alpha needn't cry, the rebel might find his cause but it's the heroine herself, not some socially acceptable outlet for his anti-establishment tendencies.