Vampire plot bunny twisted into a slightly different story.

Image found on http://kupika.com/emo_vampire I’m not sure of the name of the original artist. But is cute.

I wrote this vampire plot bunny up (as you know if you read the earlier posts), one chapter to get it solidified (characters, general feel of story), then I mentioned to family members the next day how I can’t seem to write heterosexual stories (your basic woman X man scenario). Then I thought, many hours later, why not translate the chapter into the main character being female. See what happens. See if I can like this person.

Shocker. I liked her. She felt real instead of typical and stale. So! Lesson I learned: write the female character like she’s a man.

And then I had the fun treat of actually removing names in preference of pronouns, because, unusual for me, two genders in a scene. Ha, ah. That was actually an interesting exercise.

So, first chapter polished and prepped, and as a result, lots of plot fell into my mental space while I was occupied with dishes or whatever else while not here at keyboard. I’m happy with this. The basic theme is solid and the plot is solid already too. Have written up notes.

But I must get back to the regularly scheduled mayhem of my other series. I have readers asking for next books.