Hello, I am new to the group

[Robyn]

Francis wrote: "I thought all contemporary erotic romance had vampires these days...

Hi Robyn.

(Penis on fire... that's funny... :-)"


I really thought it said that!!! We do have some Sci-fi, but no vamps....

[Rita]

Francis, behave now,we don't want to run, Robyn, off. Welcome to our group,Robyn. I'm a reader, and, I love the, paranormal. Love, reading, human/vampire love stories. Anything, paranormal, is fine to, as I know, It, really exsits, as I was, with IT, for a few days several years ago. I just called it, my ghost, for lack, of a better word, for it. No No, I'm not crazy, just, reseptive & intuative, to those kind of things. Runs, in the family, so to speak!!!!

[Francis]

Hi Rita - Take a look at:
http://robynpeterman.blogspot.com/201...

Robyn, and anyone else:
How do you like your vampires? Monstrous? Human? Superhuman? Angsty? Male? Female? Other?

[Rita]

I saw the corection, to the word, and pens sound better, & makes a lot more sense. Thanks for pointing that out.

[Angela(demonsangel)]

hi everyone, I haven't been receiving anything from the group. I'm not sure if its been quiet in the group or not. I just went to my groups and thought I would see if any activity has been going on. I believe I had told someone I had a couple of sites they could get daily ebooks for free. I can't remember who though. I'm still here, I didn't opt out of the group.

[Francis]

This group often goes very quiet. It's a little like being in a library, surrounded by books, people scribbling away frantically on bits of paper with those funny little Ikea pencils (free stationery - yay!) while glowering disapprovingly at the kids playing hide and seek between Crime and Mind, Body and Spirit...

[Rita]

Angela(demonsangel) wrote: "hi everyone, I haven't been receiving anything from the . I'm not sure if its been quiet in the group or not. I just went to my groups and thought I would see if any activity has been going on..."

That may have been, me. I was tring to download, one of, Francis's books. I'm Rita, nice to meet you, Angela. I have 3, downloaded books, to read, so dont need any more right, now. I will know who to call on when I do need another book. Thanks.

[Rita]

Francis wrote: "This group often goes very quiet. It's a little like being in a library, surrounded by books, people scribbling away frantically on bits of paper with those funny little Ikea pencils (free statione..."

Funny, Francis. HA! HA!

[Angelia]

Hey y'all my name is Angelia and I am new to the group. I wanted to introduce myself to y'all. I love all things vampire! I have a blog over at http://dixielandcountry.com while it's mostly food related I do book reviews as well (hard copy's only). When I review a book I post my reviews over on my blog, goodreads, librarything, and on amazon. I am happy to be a part of your group, and look forward to meeting y'all.

[Francis]

Hi Angelia - why is it that angels are so attracted to demons?

[Angelia]

I suppose it could be the excitement, the flirting with danger. So what do you think? You must have an opinion on the subject.

[Francis]

Perhaps in the fusion of light and dark, humanity is born... though it's probably just that demons make better lovers.

[Angelia]

Demons do indeed make better lovers, but angels make better companions.

[Francis]

Are you advocating polyamory?

[Angelia]

No not at all. lol.

[Angela(demonsangel)]

Hi Angelia, Welcome to the group *waves*. Its a nice group and friendly. It gets quiet alot but dont worry we all still get post. Most of us are usually reading and some busy writing their books. If you have questions or want to post anything feel free to do so someone will get back in touch with you.
Angela

[Angelia]

Angela(demonsangel) wrote: "Hi Angelia, Welcome to the group *waves*. Its a nice group and friendly. It gets quiet alot but dont worry we all still get post. Most of us are usually reading and some busy writing their books. I..."
Hey there, thank you for the warm welcome *wave

[Babyfacedpreacher]

Hi everyone, I write YA fiction but am also a fan of fangs. And the paranormal trappings. Most looking forward to hearing about new authors and new work...as yet unpublished I'm always happy to get pointers on improving traffic to the blog too...oooh yes, I'm also big on the integrity of the vampiric world and have lost countless hours debating Buffy's Sunnydale Versus Anita Blake's St Louis!

[Francis]

Is there anything left of Sunnydale? Or is it just a big hole in the ground now?

[Babyfacedpreacher]

It was just the mall...but sure there's another hell mouth not too far away!!

[Babyfacedpreacher]

Oooh, I just realised I forgot to include my name, I'm Colleen by the way! Sorry that was so rude!

[Francis]

Just the mall - cool. Okay. (Hi Colleen.) Pop quiz. Is Willow bisexual?

[Babyfacedpreacher]

Oh the semantics of sexuality! (Good one as a pop quiz starter)...I think if you asked her she'd say she fell in love with Tara, but after Tara she was definitely interested in girls...even though Oz was very much a guy (and a werewolf)...is Buffy too old school and too much of a TV program? :)

[Angelia]

Welcome Babyfacedpreacher and fellow newbie & fellow fan of fangs... hope you find what you are looking for here and I am looking forward to reading some of your YAF... Angelia

[Francis]

Joss Whedon is very insistent that she isn't bisexual, perhaps because bisexuality was far too progressive for turn-of-the-millennium TV. So, if she was straight pre-Tara, and lesbian thereafter... I guess that implies fluid sexuality (even more progressive, so unlikely) or - and this is my theory - after she betrayed Oz she felt so guilty she cast a spell to make sure she never loved any other man than Oz.

But who knows.

[Babyfacedpreacher]

Thanks Angelia! I'm only getting to grips with this groups thing so I'm a real newbie!!
I have a bit of original fiction on my blog www.babyfacedpreacher.wordpress.com, was planning on blogging the whole bite sized vampire story as a free book a là Charles Dickens...but it's hard when it seems like no one is watching! ;)
Thanks for the warm welcome!!

[Francis]

I've been blogging since last September and I've only got to about sixty followers.

There are so many vampire blogs it's difficult to be noticed at all. Bizarrely, I get noticed more for my poems and my poetry reviews than I do for my vampire rants and reviews.

[Babyfacedpreacher]

Oooh...I really like that theory...except...well, she only discovered Tara and proper magic at the same time didn't she? Wasn't that the whole 'experimenting' thing.
Gosh I'm surprised that he said that (I'm terrible for not following what the directors/producers say)...I'm not so old as being a teenager in the dark old days pre-acceptance?
Maybe he was working out some sort of personal fantasy? The Spike/Buffy thing in series 6&7 was pretty close to s&m.

[Babyfacedpreacher]

Sorry Francis. Our messages must have passed each other by! 60 followers is pretty good in my book, I have 3...with reviews you are offering a service I suppose, so it draws traffic and then you have to hope people hang around.
I'm sure this is a dumb question. But what's your blog?...will swing by and check it out!!

[Francis]

http://alinameridon.wordpress.com/

I don't usually do review requests, but I like reading about vampires so thought I may as well start doing reviews of what I was reading. Not always, but mostly.

[Babyfacedpreacher]

Cheers Francis. Looking forward to having a browse through it tomorrow.

[Francis]

Whenever. Hope you find it interesting. Good luck with yours...

[Alex]

Hi everyone, I'm Alex and I've loved vampires since I was a kid.
Until less than a year ago all my vampire reading material was directly related to the Vampire: the Masquerade roleplaying game, either RPG sourcebooks or novels. But recently I've broadened my horizons.

[Francis]

I played that a few times. My friends were more into the werewolves.

[Jessica]

Hi everyone I'm Jessica. I love reading Vampire, Mystery, Historical Fiction, & Biography's (depending on who they're about ☺). Looking to discover some new books to read.

[Francis]

Hi Jessica. Welcome. Any interest in Countess Bathory?

[K.D.]

Hello everyone. I'm new to the group also and fairly recent to Goodreads. I have read tons of vampire books, from classic literature to pulp trash. From Dacula and Interview With The Vampire, to some piece of trash I bought on the street for a quarter about vampire cheerleaders. What a colossal waste of time and money that was, and to think I could have bought a compass ring or temporary tattoo.

However, it made me think (hopefully not mistakenly) that I could at least do better than that. So... I have been working on my own Urban Vampire Romance, which I hope to have finished later this year. Maybe when its finished I can convince some of you to be early readers and let me know if I am on the right track.

[Francis]

Hi KD, good luck with the writing - have fun with it.

[K.D.]

Francis wrote: "Hi KD, good luck with the writing - have fun with it."

Thanks.

[Laura]

Yeah, good luck KD. It's a versatile genre.

[Annie]

My whimsical novel, New Vampire Online, is free today and tomorrow, March 28 and 29 on Kindle. You can find it al http://amazon.com/dp/B00HVLODMW

[[deleted user]]

Hi all I'm Keith I just llllllllllllove Vampires ever since Salems Lot gave me nightmares quite a few years ago now lol. But my love for them has grown ever since. My favorite authors are Anne Rice,Brian Lumley, Jeanne Kalogridis, Tom Holland , And Bram Stoker who started many peoples interest.I have quite a few books that I have to get round to reading Hay ho but any new titles any one could add would be most welcome. I also like Fantasy novels Steven Erikson ect.

[Francis]

Hi Keith - be careful what you wish for... :-)

[[deleted user]]

Francis wrote: "Hi Keith - be careful what you wish for... :-)"

HaHa I know the book collection could go up a bit lol.

[Lili]

Hi,

My name is Lili, and I just adore vampire-themed books. I am currently disappointed with the way Stephenie Meyer has degraded vampires to sparkly emo lovers, and am on the lookout for novels that portray vampires for the fanged beasts they are. Also, I am working on a novel that features vampires.

[Francis]

Welcome!
This is a quiet group, but not a bad place for talking about writing.
Good luck with your writing.

[Robin]

Welcome, Lili! I am so glad you don't like Stephanie Meyer. I am writing some vampire stories of my own, and at one point I considered having one of mine kill her in my series before she could write Twilight so that my characters would never read it. Would like to hear about what you are working on, and maybe you'd like to hear about mine. My profile has two sample short stories involving some of my characters ("Blood Ties" and "Too Familiar for Comfort.") You might also enjoy the vampire interviews on my blog at aRobinLayneAuthor.Wordpress.com. The interviewing was all Francis' idea, and it kicked off the whole blog for me, so look at the earliest entries if you want to read them. The last one I wrote is, I think, the best, because I wrote it as an interactive scene instead of just the vampire answering people's written questions. Perhaps you would like to have some of your vampires interviewed--at the risk of the life of the interviewer?

[Francis]

Vampire interviews are always welcome.
(Life insurance not provided.)
http://vampireloverblogaward.wordpres...

[Robin]

Francis wrote: "How do you like your vampires? Monstrous? Human? Superhuman? An..."
I know this question Francis asked is old, but I just saw it for the first time and feel like answering it: YES, to most of those. I will read about various kinds. The ones I write about are usually a combination of monstrous and human. Some are male, some female, and I like them to have some superhuman powers, if that's the right word for something that may not be human anymore--not as much power as Anne Rice's. I don't want to have to create human superheroes to have any characters who can defy, much less defeat, a vampire. There needs to be some balance for proper conflict. As I may have told some on here, my vampires come in two types, living and undead. The living are ones that have not died but have drunk the blood of a vampire and so they have become one. If they are damaged bad enough, they go through a death experience in which their vitals stop working but they are still aware of what happens to them and able to feel everything as their bodies deteriorate for some time. Eventually the bodies regenerate into an undead state with pure white skin and after that what was a sensitivity to sunlight becomes total inability to stand it. I am still working out a lot of the details, but the way that works best seems to be to let it happen as the stories take shape and to let the vampires tell their own stories. As such, I have only created only a few individual vampires so far, and they are all different. They each have their own personalities and levels and forms of evil. They do not sparkle. They cannot long resist killing humans for blood. They are driven by demons within them. But not all of them are completely evil. I learn about them as I go, planning and writing my stories. I may have to have all the series at least planned before I can finish and publish the first book, because I just learned that even a series has to have its own story arc, just as each book does. But my vampires drive the stories on by antagonizing the human heroes into action. I got some of my initial ideas from old folklore rather than novels. It's a rich mine rarely dug these days, so my vampires come out fresh and original in a lot of ways. Seems an odd result from digging such old graves--muahahahaha!--but that goes to show that most writers copy on the foundations of younger sources--movies, fiction, TV shows. Even just going back to Stoker's Dracula leads to some re-thinking about vampires. (The book, I mean, not any of the movies.) For instance, the vampire saw wolves as his comrades and even turned himself into one, clearly against today's common idea that vampires and werewolves are enemies. According to some folklore, the two are basically the same entity. I like associating vamps with animals, but I don't give them too many powers, so I am thinking each of my vampires has a familiar spirit, a demon that allows him or her to astral project into that particular animal. Now as I write this, it occurs to me that I have not assigned an animal to all my vampires at this point, only to 3 of them (a cat, a death's head moth, and a wolf, respectively--all animals that have some connection to vampires in folklore). It's all a process for me; I feel almost like a bystander. And it appears no one else answered the question Francis asked up there. I would be curious to see how others would respond. What one likes to read and what one writes (if one does) may be two different things. As a writer, it helps to know my audience, although I think they will find me when I'm true to my vision, rather than my finding them by copying what they like. I had the scare of my life when I found out Twilight was a bestseller and I actually read the thing. I thought if this was what my audience wanted and expected, I was lost; I couldn't stoop that low, to sugar-coat evil and to forget how to write a proper sentence. Fortunately, I recently heard a high schooler say she was sick of vampires because of Twilight. Since what I'm writing has little resemblance to Twilight, I'm okay, I believe. I'll leave the angst to some of my vampires now and not worry about the fate of the my stories.

[Robin]

Hi, Francis! I hope you're still on. And glad to see you still providing your link to the blog award. Long time no lurk on here together!