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My Vampire Balls are Bigger than Yours

Or, can we leave Stephenie Meyer the F*uck alone?

I WAS going to do a vlog, but this Halloween weekend has given me dark circles and a sore throat.

Old Faihtful (no, not the NYTs, but Facebook) has once again brought some important news to my attention. Anne Rice (to some, the OG Vampire Queen) has taken a cheap shot at sparkling vampires. Listen, when you read The Vicious Deep, you'll find a quip at the dazzling immortals as well. The difference is I actually enjoyed the Twilight books. Anne Rice claims to have never read them.

So where is the problem?

I'm not an "Lets All Just Get Along" kind of person. But when it comes to writing and writers, I'm more naive. I forget that writers don't all sit around and hug each other (unless you're the Apocalypsies, holla) and love everything the other one has written.

As soon as Anne Rice essentially goes, " my vampires have bigger non-sparkly balls" she gets 10 THOUSAND comments from her fans and Twilight fans verbally duking it out. I am not from the Anne Rice generation. When I was a teen, I read Annette Kurtis-Clause, America Atwater Rhodes, and freaking Nancy Drew. The times I tried to read Anne Rice, I'd shut the book after a few pages and would actually prefer to do my homework reading. This has nothing to do with reading levels. I have always read a combination of teen and adult novels. So haters who say "Twilight" is dumbed down, it isn't. Its voice is concentrated and targeted. While you don't have to be a teenage girl to read it, this IS the intended audience. It is not your grandmother's vampire novel.

I do defend Twilight. I read it in a time and place when I needed some comfort and it provided just that. Should it win a Pulitzer? A Booker? A NBA? Something that makes the high brow literary folk pinch their chins in deep thought over what the color of Bella's jacket symbolizes? Sometimes a brown fucking coat is a brown fucking coat.* It makes a lot of girls happy. Sure, also a little insane. But I can only hope people can feel as connected to my writing.

In the end, I leave you with some pictures of my Halloween adventures. Click on *Read More ->* Beware. That is all.


Actually Team Jacob AND Team Edward at the SAME time like,
Zoraida


no, it's not real. 
Slash and a Sub
Geisha + Vampire Princess
Vampire Queen + Vampire Princess
MY FAKE EYELASHES!
This is how Latins cook
Feeding my pet zombies
Feeding my self. 
[image error] Bourbon Balls!
The red frosting looks pink. Not as scary. But still yummy.(*note: Bella probably wears a brown coat, but in this case it is just an example.)

November is whiskey month

Also known as National Novel Writing Month. 


I am doing NaNoWriMo! Using this whole month to write the sequel to The Vicious Deep.

Follow us Apocalypsies doing NaNo 2011 on Twitter with the hashtag #ApocaNaNo


Stay tuned like,
Zoraida

November is whiskey month

Also known as National Novel Writing Month. 


I am doing NaNoWriMo! Using this whole month to write the sequel to The Vicious Deep.

Follow us Apocalypsies doing NaNo 2011 on Twitter with the hashtag #ApocaNaNo


Stay tuned like,
Zoraida

Sometimes I paint

Sometimes I paint

Cover Reveal for Suzanne Lazear's INNOCENT DARKNESS!

Go to her blog, quick! She's having a very prettyful contest. 

Click on the cover and it will magically transport you! 

Cover Reveal for Suzanne Lazear's INNOCENT DARKNESS!

Go to her blog, quick! She's having a very prettyful contest. 

Click on the cover and it will magically transport you! 

Top Ten Books I Wish I Could Read Again for the First Time

Or, because I NEED to go to bed, but I don't WANNA. 


(Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!)


These are in no particular order, but are followed with some notes as to why I with I could go back to that first read:


Because I read it too quickly and
 there were soooo many good lines. Because the ending KILLED me.  Because it was my inspiration. [image error]  Because it is the ultimate love story.

Because it broke my heart.


Because it ignited my love of werewolves.


Because I learned how to write my myths. Because before all the HATERS,
all I wanted was a boy to want me
the way Edward wanted Bella.








Sleeping like, 
Zoraida

Vlog #2

Or, why the hell is this video so dark!?

Must start vloggling earlier in the day.
(That's what SHE said.)

But seriously, watch me be silly like,
Zoraida

You want the TRUTH?

Or, you can't handle the new cover!