Comments | lordruthven: I LIKE VIOLENCE

lordruthven

I LIKE VIOLENCE

Aug 08, 2007 22:19

now who's with me?!?

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Yeah........ dracschick August 9 2007, 02:21:39 UTC

I'll go for some vampire violence:)

Re: Yeah........ lordruthven August 9 2007, 02:25:08 UTC

That wretched Queen of the Damned movie was actually rated R for "vampire violence."

Well....... dracschick August 9 2007, 02:28:01 UTC

I don't think I can write what you'd like to read. But you have me thinking. And I'll remember you when I write all the violent stuff.

Re: Well....... lordruthven August 9 2007, 02:34:42 UTC

I am tired of looking for new vampire books and they are all romance books. Or books where the vampires are "just people with problems." My vampires have to be dangerous. Not "bad boy" dangerous. I'm talking "threat of them flipping out and murdering people" dangerous.

Now, I actually like some of the early non-horror stuff. Pat Elrod, Tanya Huff, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Karen Taylor, people like that were pioneers. Sad to say, none of them are experiencing the financial windfall that a lot of other writers are getting. At least Sherri Kenyon has found success, but then again I don't really consider her books vampire novels.

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PS dracschick August 9 2007, 02:45:04 UTC

ooops, should have been three dimensional character. I had a brain freeze. sorry.

One more thing........ dracschick August 9 2007, 02:49:27 UTC

I've been reading Diane Whiteside. She's fairly new and very sexy but reminds me of the 'olden days'. I really like her work. She should have more fans IMO.

Re: One more thing........ lordruthven August 9 2007, 03:15:03 UTC

I saw one of her books but it was published as romance/erotica so I wrote it off.

My take on vampires are, vampires should be compelling IN SPITE of being monsters. I think that has been lost. If this ninja-bad boy-Highlander-romance hero stuff was in the minority I wouldn't care as much, but now it has overtaken the genre. Like when it was St. Germain and Saberhagen's Dracula, it was cool, but now "misunderstood" vampires are in the minority. Sympathy = toothless.

so you're saying........ dracschick August 9 2007, 03:20:57 UTC

basically, don't make one's vampire character into Fabio. Thanks for your sharing your thoughts. I will keep this in mind as I write.

Re: so you're saying........ lordruthven August 9 2007, 03:28:50 UTC

Actually, don't make one's vampire character into ninja-Highlander-bad boys. ;)

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