22 Jun 2011
by curiocat
in About Writing on Wednesdays, Aren't You Curious?, Curio's Meows
Tags: A&E, archetype, Authors, dhampir, Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology, Faith Hunter, genres, Greyfriar, Kalayna Price, life force, Magical Words, Michelle Belanger, monsters, negative energies, psychic, Reelzchannel, Romeo and Juliet, Stepanie Meyer, story, Susan and Clay Griffith, The History Channel, Theresa Bane, Tony Ruggiero, Twilight, vampire, vibes, writer
Edward in the sunlight was shocking. I couldn’t get used to it, though I’d been staring at him all afternoon. His skin, white despite the faint flush from yesterday’s hunting trip, literally sparkled, like thousands of tiny diamonds were embedded in the surface. He lay perfectly still in the grass, his shirt open over his sculpted, incandescent chest, his scintillating arms bare. His glistening, pale lavender lids were shut, though of course he didn’t sleep. A perfect statue, carved in some unknown stone, smooth like marble, glittering like crystal. ~Stephenie Meyer in Twilight
Experts gathered together to discuss more on my favorite subject of vampires: Faith Hunter, Kalayna Price, Theresa Bane, Tony Ruggiero. We had lots of fun in this discussion. This is also the last post about Stellarcon.
Theresa Bane is a Vampirologist and author of Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology. ”Vampires prey on the most precious in society,” explains Theresa. As an expert on vampires she doesn’t believe in the blood drinking fiends or the psychic ones.
The concept of the psychic vampire evolved in the sixties from slang such as ‘negative energies’ or getting certain ‘vibes’.
Those who practice vampirism are called lifestylers. The police call Theresa for help on some of their cases but her expertise is only with the vampire myth. Really? Modern day police actually have to know about vampires? She couldn’t tell us about any of the cases but talk about being freaked out.
Instead of advising them to sharpen some stakes and approach said vampires only in daylight she advises them to call Michelle Belanger who is a lifestyler. I’ve seen Michelle in several specials on TV including: The History Channel, A&E and on the Reelzchannel Twilight specials.
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04 May 2011
by curiocat
in About Writing on Wednesdays, Aren't You Curious?, Curio's Meows
Tags: Anita Blake, Anne Rice, Barbara Hambly, biting, Black Dagger Brotherhood, blood, Bram Stoker, Carpathians, Charlaine Harris, Christine Feehan, coffins, CW, Dark Hunters, daylight, Dracula, fangs, Fevre Dream, George R.R. Martin, Ian Somerhalder, Interview With A Vampire, J.R. Ward, James Asher, Janiene Frost, Kalayna Price, Laurell K Hamilton, Laws of the Blood, monsters, night time, Prime, Salem's Lot, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Smoke Trilogy, Sookie Stackhouse, sparkley vampires, Stellarcon, Stephanie Meyer, Stephen King, Susan Sizemore, Tanya Huff, The Blood Books, The Night Huntress, The Southern Vampire, Tony Ruggiero, Twilight, vampire, Vampire Diaries, Vicki Nelson, Writing, Ysidro
Tony Roggiero and Kalayna Price led a lively discussion about vampires in one of the panels at Stellarcon. This was a treat to myself because I love to read about vampires in all of their incarnations from Bram Stoker’s Dracula to Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series.
My motto has always been better tall, dark and dead than tall, dark and hairy. It is something of a paradox because Paul always says if he ran naked through the woods someone would shoot him as a bear. He’s not that bad but it’s a good thing he’s not inclined toward running nude through the woods either.
Bram Stoker’s vampires walked in daylight. Did you know that? I read the book and completely forgot about this tidbit. In fact vampires in literature were not confined to the night until the 1930′s when the film Nosferatu was released.
Kaylana Price brought up another fact that ironically left me speechless considering the subject. Her point was if you can’t breathe you can’t talk. Hel-lo. Good catch, Kaylana. She wants her vampires to talk based on logic so they breathe.
We had an interesting discussion about the monster vampire versus the Twilight vampire. One member of the audience only wants the monster while I argued for the multilayered vampire.
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