tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post1825846674379395561..comments2024-03-29T01:33:56.188-07:00Comments on Taliesin meets the vampires: Guest Blog - Caroline Barnard-SmithTaliesin_ttlghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-79514922335502133512011-08-08T09:06:24.574-07:002011-08-08T09:06:24.574-07:00Okay
I have just been to http://www.randomizer.or...Okay<br /><br />I have just been to http://www.randomizer.org/form.htm and had three numbers picked for the winners who are Count Orlock, Clark49 and Tom Olbert.<br /><br />Commiserations to Team Swish.<br /><br />Unfortunately I did ask for contact details, so if I could ask all three to email me at taliesinloki (at) yahoo (dot) co (dot) uk with a contact detail and I'll ensure Caroline gets the winners detailsTaliesin_ttlghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-39852644124665617312011-08-07T11:13:32.115-07:002011-08-07T11:13:32.115-07:00Great article. I agree that vampire fiction is be...Great article. I agree that vampire fiction is better when its on the darker side, as it was meant to be. I agree also that the vampire as anti-hero can be quite compelling. Vampires can make excellent avenging dark angels, empowering victims of human cruelty to rise up and feed on their predators. If I may be allowed a self-promoting plug...In my vampire novelette "Unholy Alliance" <br /><br />http://www.eternalpress.biz/book.php?isbn=9781770650343<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Tom+Olbert&x=0&y=0<br /><br />the vampire is both victim and victimizer, having both a cold predatory side and a longing for love. There is a budding forbidden romance between vampire and vampire hunter, but it is set in dark places where human evil rivals that of the vampire.<br /><br />Congratulations, from a fellow writer of vampire fiction, and best of luck with your literary endeavors.<br /><br />http://tomolbert.blogspot.comTom Olberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816824395647735536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-39251521210936197722011-08-03T15:25:00.105-07:002011-08-03T15:25:00.105-07:00by the way................forgot to say Hello Caro...by the way................forgot to say Hello Caroline, enjoyed your guest blog :)Clark49https://www.blogger.com/profile/01694430083905749806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-77049481127149840772011-08-01T22:16:56.598-07:002011-08-01T22:16:56.598-07:00I have always been picky with my vampires....For e...I have always been picky with my vampires....For example I loved Salem's Lot....I have always been on the lookout for another book with a similar scenario (Like the movie Dark Town)...I tried Anne Rice's books and I have never been a fan. I have never read or watched anything Twilight.Team Swishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11671496335669223692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-16102883317585630682011-08-01T14:35:48.147-07:002011-08-01T14:35:48.147-07:00Excellent article! I personally prefer my vampires...Excellent article! I personally prefer my vampires to be soulless, heartless monsters with no redeeming qualities. A lot of people have used the term "predator" to describe them, as though the vampire were some sort of wild animal, but "disease" is more accurate in my own honest opinion. To me, falling in love with a vampire makes as much sense as falling in love with a cancerous tumor.<br /><br />I've watched loved ones waste away and die, as I'm sure most people have, and it's never a positive experience. The vampire, at its core, is an instrument of that. No matter how developed a character may be, I can't help but be horrified upon their death at a vampire's hands. It's always someone's loved one, or spouse, or child. They had a life, however fictional it may have been, and other fictional people loved them. So, it's hard for me to feel sympathetic for a vampire who would take those lives without batting an eye.<br /><br />And that's how I prefer it. Cancer doesn't discriminate. Why would a vampire? One might say that a vampire has some innate humanity left, while a cancer would not, but then where is the line between human and monster? This opens quite the can of philosophical worms, really, which is a goldmine for storytellers.<br /><br />If there's anything I've learned, it's that complaining about the things you hate won't result in more things to love, so I fully support any movement to get the word out on quality vampire fiction. I'm not one to dwell on the terrible things I've read (I won't name names, but it's not hard to guess). I'd rather spread the word on the good stuff. That, more than anything, can help bring vampires back to their former glory. In short, you can scream about an open wound all you want, but it won't make it heal.<br /><br />With all that said, I'm thankful for this blog, and for anyone who's willing to support the good stuff. If we spread the word far enough, who knows what could come of it? After all, the dead travel fast.Count Orlokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124938958203610503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-30750608436307650062011-08-01T12:16:10.785-07:002011-08-01T12:16:10.785-07:00Have to be honest...............prefer my vampires...Have to be honest...............prefer my vampires as dark feral creatures. the sparkly vampire with "feelings" is more apt to make me avoid the novel/film than encourage me to shell out my hard earned.<br /><br />Bring back the dark side of the genre pleaseClark49https://www.blogger.com/profile/01694430083905749806noreply@blogger.com