Are Vampires Dead?

And I don't mean no longer living, but no longer the big thing? I hope not. I have a few vampires swooping their way into my urban fantasy series for YA. But I've been told that some agents won't even look at a manuscript about vampires.

Has our fascination about these creatures waned? Are zombies the new thing now? How tragic that would be. I still love vampires because of their dark, taboo appeal. We all love a bad boy. You know you shouldn't want them because to them, you're lunch. But we do anyway.

I just read a great book with an extremely hot vampire, Lucas, that makes me think vampires will be in the forefront for a very long time. The book - Love is Darkness by Caroline Hanson.

Of course, Stefanie Meyers Twilight series is still going strong. I also enjoyed the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead. Her world had two different types of vampires; Moroi - living vamps and Strigoi - evil dead vamps.

About the only thing each different type of vampire has in common is the requirement to drink blood. But we all know we'd give up a few pints for just the right vampire. Eric Northman can bite me anytime.

so frustrating

All right. so I stayed up until 2am writing this pivotal scene, only to realize about half way through that my characters would so not act this way. I had this sweet romantic scene in my head but it didn't fit. I guess I just needed to get it out of my system and on the computer screen.

Now, tonight I'll write the scene the way it would happen if my characters were real. I had it way too mushy  and they aren't mushy people. I am, but they're not. I'm a little disappointed, but I know the end result will be much better for the story. More consistent.

Hopefully my two protagonists will be satisfied with how I write the scene tonight. There's nothing more annoying than the hero stopping in the middle of a sentence to look at me and say, "I totally would never say that."

Still plugging along

No, I haven't finished my first draft, but I'm getting close. I'm currently working on the pivotal moment between my two love interest characters. It's exciting, yet daunting. I need to make sure the emotions are natural and compelling without being too mushy. He's not a mushy guy. Neither is she for that matter. These two characters have been rivals for quite some time and I've been building the sexual tension between them throughout the previous chapters, so I hope this chapter works with bringing all that to an exciting climax. And I don't mean sexually. It is, after all, a young adult novel.

But, I do see the light at the end of the tunnel. It's almost easier now since I've already wrote all the build up. Now I have to just let go and let the story unfold how it may. I know where I want to end up, I just hope my characters agree.