tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678160392531391500.post8679868514114220308..comments2023-11-05T02:46:34.984-06:00Comments on Monica-Marie a Work in Progress: All agog about vampires.....treatment of vampires--Challenge question--Monica-Marie Vincenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11545096366362556372noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678160392531391500.post-35594538451633334322011-04-25T12:09:27.194-05:002011-04-25T12:09:27.194-05:00I loved vampires when I was a little girl. Early i...I loved vampires when I was a little girl. Early into my teens, I started writing a novel about a girl with a vampire dad. That novel later became <i>The Monster's Daughter</i> and was very, very different than I'd first envisioned it.<br /><br />Part of it was that I was coming at it from the question of what to do when your awesome dad is no longer quite so awesome. ("What if my dad were <i>actually</i> a monster?") A big part of the change is that I no longer have the love of vampires that I used to. If I see a good book that involves vampires, I'll pick it up. Why not? Same as any other type of book!<br /><br />Basically, the fact my books involved vampires was incidental, rather than driven by my desire to write about vampires. <br /><br />Vampires for the sake of vampires bore me. It tickles me now that friends recommend vampire books because I wrote some, involving (largely) vampires that generally aren't very good. ;)Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06036505968642985025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678160392531391500.post-92122900848149274512011-04-25T07:20:18.152-05:002011-04-25T07:20:18.152-05:00Love your point...vampires, werewolves, fairies......Love your point...vampires, werewolves, fairies...the guy next door...there's always something different to be seen through someone else's eyes. <br /><br />Louise @ Between the Covers<br />http://www.betweenthecoversblog.net/Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679139461109329515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678160392531391500.post-72263540613963925822011-04-25T07:02:57.434-05:002011-04-25T07:02:57.434-05:00There is always room for change, even in the world...There is always room for change, even in the world of vampires. Thanks for saying it.Carrie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093923008179106837noreply@blogger.com