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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Tired of Vampires and Werewolves
Let me start this out by saying that I love vampires and werewolves. I currently watch Trueblood, Teen Wolf, and The Vampire Diaries. I love the series Being Human on Syfy. I have read all the Twilight books and have watched all the movies. But, talk about overkill! What if you are a teenager that hates this stuff? What is out there for you to read? I love the sappy romance novel as an adult that I find with reading chic lit. What exists for girls of that age anymore? Every book I thumb through seems to deal with these supernatural creatures or has some sort of issue that is meant to be a lesson you can carry with you for the rest of your life. When I read, I want there to be an escape. I want to enjoy my characters and maybe feel like I am one of them. I think an author has a job to do to make sure that their characters can relate to these people, but at the same time, if I wanted to read about my own life I would. I like romance, I always have. As I sat down to write You Want to Be Me, I knew where I was going with it. I tried to recapture the emotions that were so overwhelming at that time in my life. Lets be honest, sex was a big part of it. How much can you include and what is too graphic? These are the questions I am searching to answer. What do teenagers want to read and how much is too much? Let me know what you think, maybe some input would help me to establish future characters.
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