Comments on: 30 Days of Vampires– The Evolution of the Vampire & Contest!

By: Terri W.

Terri W. — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:31:29 +0000

Welcome Shiloh!

I love reading your books (the ones I can find at my library)!

Hmm the movie that caught my eye was “Dracula Rising”!

I like vampires both as a hero and as a villian.

By: Michelle B.

Michelle B. — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:08:27 +0000

I agree about Bram Stoker’s Dracula definitely catching my attention in the erotic way and I believe my first forays in reading were Christine Feehan & Laurell K. Hamilton…

By: Lori T

Lori T — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:21:42 +0000

Hi Shiloh~

I definitely count you in my list of must have vampires…I absolutely adore your Hunters! For me I really think that Buffy was big in pointing me in the direction of wanting to read about vampires that are not neccesarily villianous (I am not sure this is really a word) and I too was just thinking the other day about where my copies of Linda Lael Miller’s books are.

By: Bertena

Bertena — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:47:31 +0000

I am currently working on my thesis – The Rise of the Vampire in Literature and Pop Culture and this is definietley my line of discussion.
In researching Stoker based Dracula on 3 stories- Varney the Vampire Feast of Blood, Vlad the Impaler( historically he did impale his enemies. they just never proved if he ate while they died or drank their blood. romanians today see him as a military hero) and of course Countess Elizabeth Bathory. Dracula was seen as a very feminist based book- with the women having power over the new technology of the time- typewriter- and of destrying Dracula. After that came the Grizzly Nosferatu who was a monster and really until Christoper Lee’s Dracula did we have fangs and some sensuality. But really it was documented that in the early 1970’s Barnabis Collins got all the homemakers hot and bothered
And Anne Rice’s novels came out around that time and caught the readers attention. And from there it hasn’t stopped. I dream of men like Spike, Angel, Mick St John, Bill, Eric, And of course – too young for me- Edward Cullen.
They release something in the modern woman who has to have control over their lives…they for one moment relax and loose control..

Now where can I find me a good vampire???

By: Liviania

Liviania — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:44:43 +0000

I think vampires work well as the hero or the villain. Or both. Who doesn’t like versatility?

By: annalisa

annalisa — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:16:20 +0000

I love my vampires mostly as heroes, but every once in a while it’s nice to read a vamp villain.

By: Pan Zareta

Pan Zareta — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:50:12 +0000

I’ve been fascinated with vampires for years, both as heroes and villains.

By: Margie

Margie — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:48:44 +0000

I’ll take my vamps as either heroes or villains!

By: Shiloh Walker

Shiloh Walker — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:54:47 +0000

Ack…fell behind watching comments, sorry! I have a sick kid and also got some biz stuff going on that’s kept me preoccupied.

Sorry!

Thanks to everybody who’s commented…I definitely love a vampire hero, but I’m also interested in a vamp villain. Just because they are fun, too.

By: Carmen R

Carmen R — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:12:35 +0000

I love vampire and them being hero’s makes it even better. I love how vampires can now be other things besides the villain. I have always though of them as a gray area in a black in white world.