Two strangers. Four hours. One pitch-black elevator. It’s National Talk in an Elevator Day (seriously!) and what better day to celebrate Hearts in Darkness? This top-rated contemporary romance is about two strangers who find acceptance and dare to find love while trapped for four hours in a pitch-black elevator. And,...
read moreYour Words Affect Me by Megsly (aka The Book Bitch) In the time that I’ve been involved in the Twilight fandom, I have read hundreds upon hundreds of stories. I’ve written (and completed) six of my own, some of which were widely accepted and reviewed, and some which were tiny drops in the ocean (those were my personal...
read moreMVF has been lucky to have a good variety of guest bloggers; some are no longer in blogosphere, some still contribute and some have become staff members. Whatever the situation, MVF has been grateful to each and every person who has stepped up and shared their thoughts and opinions with us. While we are still on Christmas...
read moreAnd now, for our final installment of Mr. Saluki’s Origin of a Legend, which examines the history of the modern vampire. The Modern Vampire On July 21, 1718, a peace accord was reached between the Ottoman Empire and Austria called the Treaty of Passarowitz. Because of this treaty, parts of Serbia and Walachia were turned...
read moreBefore James Cameron ever thought of blue people that plugged into things to control them, or eve wrote the now famous line, “I’ll never let go, Jack, I’ll never let go…” and before Ridley Scott put two women, Thelma and Louise, into a 66 Thunderbird together, not to mention David Fincher and his beautifully made Curious...
read moreIn yesterday’s column, Mr. Saluki took us into the very beginning of vampire legend, which started in 4,000 B.C. This week, he takes us thorugh the legends of Ancient Greece, India, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Come, explore the legends of the creature we are so fascinated with today. Ancient Greece The vampire fore-runner is...
read moreThis blog was posted in November of last year, but as our readership has grown since then, we have decided to go back through our older posts and share them again with our new readers. For our first Blood Donors post, Mr. Saluki delved into the history of the vampire to bring us the Origin of a Legend. This is the first in a...
read moreIt’s no secret; I like to read, as I am sure, most of you do as well. Some of us may have started to read book series at a young age, or stumbled across something in high school that led to bigger and better things. For me, that first series was Harry Potter. I ended up seeing the movie first and coming into the book series four...
read moreRemember the Rhinoceros! an author’s journey through publishing, Part IV by Sandi Layne Keep at it! As I’m typing this, I have on my desktop the manuscript for another novel. It has been written and presented to a round-table of literary professionals who red-inked and critiqued it to my face. They did not handle...
read moreSubmitting to Rejection an author’s journey through publishing, part III by Sandy Layne Where are we? Brief recap – I was invited to write a series of articles to share with the readers of My Vamp Fiction some of the real hurdles that exist between writing a novel and getting it published. I have so far covered the fact ...
read moreI wrote my novel & it’s awesome. Now What? An Author’s Journey through Publishing, part II by Sandi Layne Develop the Hide of a Rhinoceros Writing a super-awesome novel is such a rush! Being able to write “The End” means the world, doesn’t it? You had an idea, you visualized your situations, you...
read moreNot for the faint of heart… an author’s journey through publishing by Sandi Layne An introduction… Once upon a time, I was inspired to write. This was not something I had spent my life working toward – on the contrary, I never intended to make writing my life’s occupation! It was something I read about while...
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