I've always been a Dracula/vampire aficionado, being half-Romanian myself. Dracula has always been close to my heart - in fact, I have a first edition of Bram Stoker's book. I read it over and over again as a young kid.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I read 'Dracula' in high school. I've been around vampires forever.
I definitely fell in love with 'Dracula' when I was 13. I found it so fascinating and so dark and romantic.
For me, Dracula has always been associated with travel and beautiful historical places.
Vampires used to be like Dracula, and now they're young teenage kids, so yeah, I like that.
I bring a copy of 'Dracula' with me wherever I go, the book. It's my favorite book in the world, it's absolutely incredible. My great-great grandfather was the guy who printed the first edition, so he's the first person to ever put 'Dracula' on the written page.
I am a big fan of vampires. I've always been obsessed with the genre, and the beautiful romanticism and erotic kind of nature of the immortal being, the undead who lives on human blood.
I'm 48, and I have been in love with vampires since I was six. I was born in 1962, so I've been through three or four waves of vampires. When I was growing up, we had vampire shows and movies. We were still dealing with Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff and the old Christopher Lee vampires.
I've loved vampires for a very long time. In eighth grade, I guess, my research paper was on vampires.
I have always been into the darker side of things and love the mystery and sexiness of vampires.
When I started writing about vampires, I swore that I wouldn't touch the 'Dracula' legend because it's been done too many times.