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		<title>New rules for Vampires?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Vampires are not a new concept. They&#8217;ve been around forever. And, just like humans, have baggage they carry. Humans have their faults. Some are scared of heights, some of spiders, some of even leaving the house. Although fears, and not physical blocks, these humans will adjust their lives accordingly by living in single story homes, asking their husbands to kill the dreaded spider as run to hide in the other room, or even by never leaving their home because of the fear of what the outside could be. Vampires, in the traditional sense, have a lot of issues. Here is a general list: Seed, grains, hairs, etc (OCD behaviors) Garlic aversion Religious objects Thorns Etiquette Daylight Flowing Water Staying Home Destruction A complete description of the items in this list can be found here. So, as a novelist whose main characters are vampires, which ones does the Colony Series adhere to? OCD issues? I think it&#8217;s bad enough to have humans in my life afflicted with this. I wanted to escape in my world, not bring my personal baggage into it. Garlic? Well &#8230;. I like garlic. I&#8217;m not much into Italian food, and it&#8217;s hard to put a pasta dish into a lot of my scenes, so I just skipped over this one. Religious objects? You&#8217;ll see a few religious objects in Sterling&#8217;s book (United Service). Sterling is a very spiritual guy. From the cross above his bed, to the pendant of the Saint he wears around his neck &#8230; Sterling is a believer. There&#8217;s nothing wrong with having a little faith IMHO. Thorns? I don&#8217;t understand this one. I have rose bushes all over the first book (Eternal Service). I like roses. Etiquette? I really did want this one. In the long run though, I didn&#8217;t think kick-butt security guards should be stopped by the threshold of a door. I wanted them to be stronger than this. Daylight? That&#8217;s okay. It does wear them out more so that they&#8217;ll have to drink more blood, but other than that it&#8217;s okay. Flowing water and staying home? I still might use this in my fourth book Reliant Service. Destruction? My vampires can be killed by massive blood loss. Beheading? Sure. A lot of blood loss there. Stabbed through the heart? Ok, but only if the stake stays in long enough to have them bleed out. And here is one I came up with &#8211; Vampire babies! Can vampires procreate other than by turning humans? In my world I do allow my vampires to have natural offspring. After all, for some people having a child is their happily ever after. I do offer a twist though. In my world Vampire men can father children to vampires, half-breeds, and humans. Vampire women can only get impregnated by vampire men or by half-breeds (but only 1/2 their genetic makeup, the vampire side, can get the job done). To explain this further, I&#8217;ll have to explain my half-breeds. They can be male or female and can have children. But, depending upon who they are with, only certain genetic material can be passed on. This is a topic for another post which I will write in the near future. The nice thing about being the author and creating a world is the fact that you can pick and choose what you like and what you want to have in your novel.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Elements of a paranormal romance that I like</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 15:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I love reading paranormal romances. I wasn&#8217;t much of a reader until I discovered the genre and I remember back in school struggling to finish the novels that were forced upon me. To this day I still can&#8217;t read many of the classics that were supposed to enrich my life. Studying in English class way back in the day, I remember learning that the five elements of narrative structure are: Inciting, Escalating Conflict, Crisis, Climax and Resolution. But for me, at least in a romance novel, you need a few more curves in the story&#8217;s roller coaster. I&#8217;ve noticed that in many of the PNR romances I&#8217;ve read that the following rules apply: Once the main character meets the love interest, no one else catches their eye. It&#8217;s obvious who the love interest is. There are usually not two men/women in the story and the reader is confused as to which one the love interest is. In a recent novel I read the main character went on a date with a man after she had fallen for her &#8216;true love&#8217; in the story. The pages involving the date were difficult to get through and I wondered if she truly loved the intended love interest or not. The love interests in the story usually have some sort of conflict. This could be personal baggage, the love interest is kidnapped, etc. There are always 1-2 make out scenes before the love affair. Yes, I do like this. I don&#8217;t want the hot parts in the first 1/3 of the book. I like getting to know the characters and feeling that they are a perfect match before any steamy scenes. I like the sexual tension as well. They get close together, then conflict pulls them apart. Good stuff. Not all paranormal stories follow this, but many do. In the vampire romance novels that I enjoy, these following 5 elements are always there: The vampires do not want for money. In today&#8217;s hard economic times it&#8217;s nice to know others are struggling too, but I read to escape. I don&#8217;t want to read that a vampire is struggling to make car payments or living on the street. The vampires live together in a group (e.g. they work together, travel together, are a family, etc). What can I say? I like close knit groups. Blood is never an issue. They either receive bagged blood, feed off of each other, or have willing volunteers. The vampires do not have to hunt and risk starvation. I don&#8217;t like to see a hungry and desperate vampire. The vampires have a common enemy. This could be other vampires, werewolves, or even vampire hunters. For me, there has to be a reason the vampires are all hanging out together. There is a coven master or other ruling body for the vampires. I like organization. I&#8217;ve read many stories where the 5 elements are not all present, but in most there are at least 3-4 of them. I have discovered that when fewer than 3 of these elements are there that I really don&#8217;t enjoy the book as much. I do my best to adhere to the list above when I write my stories.]]></description>
		
		
		
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