Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Remember that phrase from when you were a kid? I do. It was then, and remains now, a ridiculously wrong statement. Think of all the hurtful words we utter: “retard”, “that’s so gay”, “homo”, “bitch”,...
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Public service announcement time. I’ve been slacking here at MVF in a major way for the last few months. My brain flits all over the place, as it always has, but it used to be able to land on something and stay long enough for me to do something. Not now. The days are short. My life is in major upheaval. I just don’t...
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Jules, you are a light shining in darkness, one of the sweetest, most truly kind and compassionate people I have ever met. I am so glad we’ve gotten to know each other over the past year. I know it’s been a really tough year for you, but that just means better things ahead! I love you, my arm. I hope your birthday is as...
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Most who know me know that I’ve been reading horror for a very long time. I started reading B stories at an age when I should have still been reading Junie B. Jones (cue cultural reference to a book series that didn’t exist when I was a kid). I also have had recurrent nightmares for as long as I remember, before I was...
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I’ve been reading so many vampire stories in which the vampires aren’t human hunting killers that I’ve kind of forgotten about the original vampires. The undead vampires. The vampires that kill us. Several of the recent vamp mythos have kind of neutered the horror story vampires, turning them into creatures to be...
read moreI’ve heard a lot lately about the sexuality surrounding the Black Dagger Brotherhood books. Specifically these books, because they are what I most write about and talk about when I’m talking about things I love to read, but we all know there are many adult series that have graphic sex in them. The discussions I’ve...
read moreShow of hands. Is there anyone here who believes the Brothers are real? Note I didn’t ask if anyone wishes they were real. I know the answer to that question. Do any of you believe there are huge, hunky vampire warriors whose job it is to rid their world of their enemies? Anyone? I didn’t think so. Most of us have a...
read moreI’m surprised to find no one has written a post on Lover Unleashed. I thought our pages would be filled with talk of the book that has now been out for more than a week, the one we all waited for until we thought we’d pee our pants. But no. Silence. What’s up with that? I’m going to assume no one wants...
read moreWith the release of Lover Unleashed so close at hand, I’ve been paying closer attention to the Black Dagger Brotherhood talk on Twitter than I might normally otherwise. I don’t typically discuss theories about new books coming out. I try not to develop expectations about them. Maybe it’s the Buddhist study...
read moreIt feels like forever since I’ve written anything for MyVampFiction. It feels like my real life is always interfering in those things I most want to do and I’ve made a decision. I’m not letting it any longer. I’ve never been emo girl, all down about things, feeling out of control. Two years ago (and I...
read moreThis won’t be much of a post. As the title suggests, I’ve been distracted. So many things fly at each of us every day, and some of us use reading and/or writing to escape. What happens when every avenue of escape is impossible? I won’t whine about what has been distracting me. We all have crazy lives and at some...
read moreThis week has been filled with talk of how violent our society has become. The shooting in Arizona has created a lot of discourse on the topic. Fingers have been pointed; blame laid. People on both sides of the political system are trying to distance themselves from their own use of violent language in their rhetoric, afraid of the...
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