Damn am I in trouble. I always fall for my villains. Well not always, always. But always enough that it’s more than a statistical anomaly. Getting into their head I know why they do what they do. To me, except for a few exceptions they’re not villains so much as “pre-heroes.”
I mean Luc, one of my heroes was totally evil 500 years ago. But he’s the good guy now. So why not Cain? Why can’t Cain reform? There was some good in him, deep down.
Now I’m falling a little bit for my new bad guy, Linus. Don’t get me wrong, I love the hero, Anthony, but I still have a little thing going for Linus on the side. I need therapy.
Though what I would tell the therapist I have no idea. “I fall for bad vampires, and they distract me sometimes from the good vampires.” (or incubi if we’re talking about Cain and Luc.) That would get me a big fat prescription for the happy fun drugs.
July 9, 2008 at 9:07 am
My first story, the horrible one that’s floating out there and haunting me, the one where I switched heroes smack in the middle, (it was published and written serially, which was disaster for me since I hadn’t a clue how to write a novella and had no chance to fix my mistakes) happened because I fell in love with a bad guy, a Snape-like character. So the heroine did, too. Oops.
July 9, 2008 at 2:31 pm
hehe Spy. This is why I outline. Though he can’t hope to compete with Anthony. I just have a thing on the side for Linus. And believe me, he’s evil. He’s not just evil-lite. So it’s a mental deficiency on my part, not a “he’s a better hero than Anthony.”
July 9, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Fictional lovers who don’t talk back, leave socks down the back of the couch or whiskers in the sink (and I might add, who you can delete with a click of your mouse) plus “a big fat prescription for the happy fun drugs.”
I fail to see where you have a problem???
July 9, 2008 at 3:11 pm
hahahahaha, Lainey, everyone is so weirded out by their little critters. Last week Edie got a really angry looking one.
I guess if they talk back or leaves socks down the back of the couch it really is happy drug time, huh?
July 9, 2008 at 3:12 pm
*leave
July 9, 2008 at 7:33 pm
I wonder what kind of critter I’ll get this time.
Have you read Karin Tabke’s books? Her heroes are like bad guys, and it works for her. People love bad guy heroes. They certainly aren’t wimps. She starts out with giving them an attitude in the beginning, knowing they’ll be the hero. Maybe you should make your heroes meaner right from the beginning.
July 9, 2008 at 8:43 pm
hehehe, Edie. You got the angry bug again. Unfortunately I haven’t read any of Karin’s books yet. She’s on my TBR list though, most definitely. The only reason I haven’t gotten to her yet is that it isn’t vampires and werewolves lol. And I was reading Janet Evanovich for a bit, then I missed my vampires. But as soon as I get through my current stack I’ll check her out.
July 9, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Oh, Zoe, you are not alone. I blame the bad boys–they’re just too tempting!
July 10, 2008 at 12:12 am
Hehe Cindy, I know! Stupid bad boys. You have an angry looking bug too!
July 10, 2008 at 8:03 am
Just give them a smile and a wink and ask if they want to be your research assistant.
My brother (a respected journalist and newspaper editor) said, “You’re writing bodice rippers?!!” I said, “No, I write murder and sex.”
:)~
July 10, 2008 at 3:59 pm
hehehe. That’s right bitches, murder and sex, step right up!