But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really haven't read too many, and I can't say I'm crazy about romantic vampires anyway - to me the vampire is simply an evil monster.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The phenomenon of vampires has always appealed to me. Everyone kind of likes a vampire story because it almost could be true.
I was thinking about vampires and, specifically, about what makes vampires a romantic trope: about what people like about not just vampires but supernaturally long-lived creatures in general, which is a thing that shows up in probably fifty to sixty percent of paranormal romances... And then, for some reason, I decided to reverse it.
There were no vampires of note in Western literature until about the 18th century. But they tell us where we park our anxieties, whether its over-powerful women, death or damnation. We make our own monsters.
Not to disparage anything, but most vampire stories tend to be romance novels that are 'Twilight'-ish with metrosexual guys.
Vampires have always been hot. They are one of our most durable monsters. It's one of those stories that galvanizes us early and it's always going on.
All writers are 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.
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 not a vampire movie fan, per se. That's not to say that I haven't enjoyed movies with vampires in them.