tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post1001598576667035998..comments2024-02-18T00:11:11.490-08:00Comments on Heroines of Fantasy: The Eternal Return of the VampireHeroines of Fantasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169664399606524540noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-72483444381404823142012-10-06T16:10:16.045-07:002012-10-06T16:10:16.045-07:00Thanks, DelSheree! Glad you enjoyed it. I used t...Thanks, DelSheree! Glad you enjoyed it. I used to really be into vampires; now not so much. But I appreciate the thrills they gave me in earlier days. Twilight is on my shelf -- it's just one of those books I haven't gotten around to reading yet. I have heard it's better than the movie, so I may yet give it a chance...Karin Rita Gastreichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788750258292938903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-20324856339613987172012-10-04T18:30:34.841-07:002012-10-04T18:30:34.841-07:00I really enjoyed this post, Karin. You made a lot ...I really enjoyed this post, Karin. You made a lot of good points. I'm sort of on the fence about vampires. I'll admit I got sucked into Twilight at first, but afterward felt a little silly. I've tried a few vampire books since that friends have been super excited about but I just can't get into them. Personally, I'd be interested in a vampire book where eternity doesn't necessarily mean youth forever...maybe just eternity with age, wrinkles, aches and pains included. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01653598793552618042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-38191361224733189932012-10-02T06:07:15.847-07:002012-10-02T06:07:15.847-07:00Thanks Terri, Kim, and Diana!
I had fun writing t...Thanks Terri, Kim, and Diana!<br /><br />I had fun writing this, so I'm glad you enjoyed it too. <br /><br />I'll have to check into Kindred, but it really does take a lot anymore to make me read a vampire novel. The Historian is another one that's been on my list (and on my shelf) for a long time, but I just can't seem to get around to it.<br /><br />Kim, I think middle-aged vampire romances are the future. ;) A friend of mine, Susan Stec, has written a comedy novel called The Grateful Undead on the same premise -- it's a hoot.<br /><br />The issue of maturity is totally glossed over in most of the vampire stories I've seen. What would 'maturity' look like at the age of 400 years? How is it that vampires can be centuries old and yet still act like twenty-something studs? Being that long lived has got to give you a completely different take on life, history, human beings, everything; but we rarely see this taken into account in a lot of the mainstream stories. <br /><br />I wonder if the really old vampires ever go senile?<br />Karin Rita Gastreichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788750258292938903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-72838995702504635942012-10-01T09:00:48.012-07:002012-10-01T09:00:48.012-07:00Thanks for stopping by, Diana! :) You snickered at...Thanks for stopping by, Diana! :) You snickered at the "Madonna" joke, didn't you. I know I did. Hehehehee!Terri-Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468004163467894720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-89527613031683305232012-10-01T08:58:48.725-07:002012-10-01T08:58:48.725-07:00What a great post! Funny, open, and insightful. Th...What a great post! Funny, open, and insightful. Thanks for this! Diana Munoz Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217584389824063679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-81563731448527859332012-10-01T08:46:33.639-07:002012-10-01T08:46:33.639-07:00Kim...do it!!!Kim...do it!!!Terri-Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468004163467894720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-67991823604259456392012-10-01T08:43:25.964-07:002012-10-01T08:43:25.964-07:00Awesome post, Karin! And you are SO right about Ma...Awesome post, Karin! And you are SO right about Madonna! <br /><br />Actually, you have an excellent point about middle-aged ladies. Why wouldn't the vampires want someone a little mature? Someone who knows who she is, what she wants, and has a little more experience? That could be a pretty hot story, actually, even before you factor in hot flashes! :)<br /><br />I can't help it. I love vampires, always have, but I don't like the wussy sparkly kind. I love the dangerous kind. Because honestly, vampires are the bad boys, the leather and motorcycle ones that you're not supposed to hang out with because they're dangerous and they get in all sorts of trouble. <br /><br />And then there's my all-time favorite vampire movie, <i>Love at First Bite</i>. Awesome!<br /><br />Thanks for the great post! Now I feel like writing a little middle-aged vampire romance. Sans sparkles, naturally!writerknvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13606954840446684938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-78461410517752970772012-10-01T08:36:24.441-07:002012-10-01T08:36:24.441-07:00Karin, this made me snicker and laugh out loud fro...Karin, this made me snicker and laugh out loud from start to finish. I never knew you had such a dry sense of humor! Hahahaha! Love it.<br /><br />I have never been into vampires. The whole thing just never appealed. I'm not into gore, and neither am I into the sort of psychological romance necessary for most of the lore. Meh--just never did it for me. So when my book club chose Octavia Butler's "Kindred" to read last October, I was none-too thrilled. <br /><br />BUT!<br /><br />I loved it. It was different than anything I ever knew about vampire lore. It was smart and sexy and disturbing in original ways. The vampire is a little girl--a several hundred year old little girl--who solicits both men and women for her very loving family. It has enough ick-factor to satisfy, and yet--it makes such perfect sense. If you want to love vampires again, give it a read.Terri-Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468004163467894720noreply@blogger.com