Vampire Books Fans, Fangs and Writers discussion

Thanks Fracis. I thought, that was a cute picture. I really, never cared for those dogs, but I stole, my oldest gandaughter's, little one, after, I had to keep, her for a month. Brandi's 2 boys, were, kinda, mean to her, so I kept her, & now she is mine. I call her Little Bit, because of her size, but her real name is Sprinkles. I also have a, Manchester Terrior, I adopted, & 1 very, mad cat.

Hi Guys

I am new to the group (just joined seconds ago).
I am a vampire fanatic! I grew up on hammer house of horrors (does that give my age away?)
I have just released my first book, and yes it is a vampire book. http://www.amazon.com/Behind-Blue-Eye... Today only it is free to down load if you want to take a look at it.
Hope to speak to some of you guys soon

Dee

Hi Dee, welcome. It's quiet in here sometimes - we hide in the shadows most of the time - but it's a nice place to talk about writing. Good luck with the book.

Hi Francis
Many thanks.
I maybe quiet at times also as I work offshore and the wifi system does not always let you on (It like to hide also).

Dee

Hi Dee, and welcome to our, crazy, bunch.HA! I'm a reader, not an author, but still like ithere.

Hi Rita
Thanks for the welcome
Glad you are all a bit crazy too :)

Dee wrote: "Hi Rita
Thanks for the welcome
Glad you are all a bit crazy too :)"

Well,I know I am. have been most of my life. I love to laugh.

Rita wrote: "Dee wrote: "Hi Rita
Thanks for the welcome
Glad you are all a bit crazy too :)"

Well,I know I am. have been most of my life. I love to laugh."

My to, nothing beats a good laugh (I laugh at the really lame jokes, there my favs). :)

Dee wrote: "Rita wrote: "Dee wrote: "Hi Rita
Thanks for the welcome
Glad you are all a bit crazy too :)"

Well,I know I am. have been most of my life. I love to laugh."

My to, nothing beats a good laugh (I l..." Nobody, knows, just what will come, out of my mouth, not even me. It depends on the subject, & my mood at the time. Still, Laughing, is so much better, than crying. I really don't cry often, thank God. Francis, is funny to. He made a remark to me this morning, & just had to laugh, at what he said. Have a good day.

Rita wrote: "Dee wrote: "Rita wrote: "Dee wrote: "Hi Rita
Thanks for the welcome
Glad you are all a bit crazy too :)"

Well,I know I am. have been most of my life. I love to laugh."

My to, nothing beats a goo..." Cool I can tell I'm going to like this group :) Take care

I think you will like it here, just watch out for, Francis, he's crazy, as well. Jeff, has a sinse of humor too. Robin, & Sandrine, as well. I'm a reader, not an, author, but where, would they be, without us? HA! HA! Have a good day, Dee.

I'm only crazy on Tuesdays.

Sure you are. HA! HA!

Don't believe Francis about the only on Tuesday thing. I believe he will only admit to Tuesday, whereas I am crazy on demand.
We are all quite mad here.

I would have to be nuts to admit to being crazy all of the time!

LOL!!!!!!!

HAHA.
Ok I admit nothing...NOTHING!

D, I told you, we were a crazy bunch. I've been laughing most of the afternoon. No, don't admit, anything, around here.

I dont know if I'm crazy but I do get the odd ramdom thought.
Todays was - If I ate the letters from my scrabble game what would my poop say?

D, I don't know, but would'nt want to try it!!!!!! Scary thought.

haha. I could come out of it spelling of roses. (Thats was pretty sad) LOL

I see the warden opened the asylum again. I'll sit back and watch. Tickets anyone? Tickets.

Jeff, I'm afraid your right. Maybe we should hide somewhere, anywhere. Oh my God, I have a day, full of laughing. Its been great.

Rita wrote: "Jeff, I'm afraid your right. Maybe we should hide somewhere, anywhere. Oh my God, I have a day, full of laughing. Its been great."

What fun would it be in hiding? They'd only find us as they attempt the conversions. I fear all is lost. Hot dogs, peanuts, cracker jacks.

Dont get me started on hot dogs...

On a more boring note: I am looking to get some new vamp / horror books, can you guys recommend any good ones (I am in to the gorey type books, no the ones for YA) Cheers

Let me look at my list. You can see my review:http://www.amazon.com/review/R3DTDU8W...

Blood Lines is a good read. Review:http://www.amazon.com/review/R33N3JEA...

If you're looking for something with a true historical backdrop and plenty of blood letting, you might like the one I wrote.

Cheers Jeff
added them to my want to read so I dont forget :)

If you don't mind F/F action, you may enjoy mine also:


But also, check the reviews on my blog, if you haven't already:
http://alinameridon.wordpress.com/rev...

& My Top Ten … Modern Vampire Novels

D.m. wrote: "Cheers Jeff
added them to my want to read so I dont forget :)"

Very good D.m.

Good morning all, I'm taking it slow to make sure the break-out has been secured and all bizarre intruders have been accounted for.

Francis wrote: "If you don't mind F/F action, you may enjoy mine also:


But also, check the reviews on my blog, if you haven't ..."

Wiil do Francis :)

That would be will DOH

DOH?

I put wiil instead of will. lack of sleep does wonders :)

Ah, didn't see that... :-)

I just posted the prologue to the novel I'm trying to finish to my writing section and would love some feedback. Thanks.

Spelling... Grammar...

Do you really need a Prologue? What exactly does it achieve? What is the intention?

Why should the reader care at all what happens to any of the characters?

That said... I've proved well able to alienate readers within a couple of pages of the start of a novel, so don't listen to me!

I'm using it as a teaser and back story. It hopefully gives some insight to how the ball got rolling before the narrative begins.

But Prologues will automatically alienate a certain section of readers, and some people just skip them.

I suppose the questions is: Is this a bit of unnecessary plumage - a DVD extra, so to speak - or is essentially Chapter 1, in which case why call it a Prologue?

Which is not to say you should never have a Prologue, but be aware they are a potential problem.

I don't really know what you were going for, and I only read part of it, but my immediate impression was: "Oh. Another serial killer story. Sigh." And, yeah, yeah, but...

There is something startlingly beautiful about blood in motion, warm and vital, rivulets of bright arterial scarlet cascading down steps bleached white by centuries of unforgiving sunlight.