Even though I don’t read much of the Horror genre, I am a fan of some movies featuring vampires and other creatures of the night. For the most part I like the "old school" movies starring Vincent Price and Christopher Lee. Frankenstein and The Mummy are cool too, but the vampire ones are my favorites.
The thing is, I never thought I would write a vampire story.
Even though I've enjoyed the movies over the years, the thought of writing a
vampire was daunting. I was concerned I'd have to have to go with the usual
vampire tropes. Either having them be evil or perhaps walking the line between
good and evil. Sure, there's a lot to be said of a vampire who is somewhat dangerous
yet uses their powers for good (most of the time). And of course, there's the
undercurrent of sexiness that's built in – which isn't surprising.
So, when I started working on my upcoming book, Blood Red
Moon (in the Worlds of Fire series) I shocked myself when I decided to have the
hero be a vampire. But I didn't want him to be like the vampires I'd seen in those classic movies.
In my book, the hero and heroine go through a portal and
arrive on a world where vampires and shifters live alongside humans. Vampires
have their own culture which can include them bonding with human
"hosts" or forming their own groups and rejecting humanity
altogether. They're not predators – unless they want to be. They have a choice
in how they interact with humans and how they satisfy their need for blood. I
thought about what a human would get from being bitten – why would they crave
it? That's when I decided to create an experience where it was worth being
bitten just to feel it.
Part of the balance the hero has to create with the heroine
is based on his need for her, but their connection isn't one-sided. Vampires
also give to their hosts in the form of energy that passes from them to the
host. What is the energy? A lot of emotion and a bit of magic (because of
course magic is involved). In this way there's a reciprocal relationship
between the vampires and hosts, which means the vampires don't have to take
what would be given freely.
Sure, in this story world there are vampire outliers and the
ones who don't want human hosts. But I'm not writing about them this time
around. 😊 However, when (or if) I do, then I can
explore those other types of vampires a bit more. Right now, I'm glad I changed my mind about
writing them. You never know what ideas will come to you once you decide to try
something new.
Worlds of Fire: Blood Red Moon will be published (tentative
date) 11/10/21 on Amazon and most other online booksellers. Check my website
for a more info: https://dbaileycoach.com/brightbooks/worlds-of-fire-series/blood-red-moon/
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