What inspired me to write about vampires and werewolves?
Whether I am writing for Young Adult readers or Adult readers, I always seem to be writing about werewolves and vampires. Why? Well, the answer is: I’m not sure.I know, and I’ve been told more than once, that this is a frustrating answer to readers and new writers. We always want to think that writers know exactly what they’re doing, know exactly why they do things.
This may be true of some writers—but for me a lot of things come to me because they come to me. I don’t know what inspired them but I’m glad they show up.
In the case of Subversive, and the entire Warrior series, I did have the desire to bring Vampires back to what they were when I was a young adult: scary. I loved the books that are out right now that have a vampire hero who is sweet and non-threatening but those were no the vampires I grew up with.
The same could be said for Werewolves and I have tried to keep them somewhat dangerous while making one of them a potential hero. So, the answer is I’m not sure but I love doing it.
Rebecca will be awarding a $50 Amazon GC to one randomly drawn commenter during the tour and a digital copy of Initiation: The Warrior Book 1 to one randomly drawn commenter during the tour. One randomly drawn host will win a $50 Amazon GC. The tour dates can be found here: http://www.goddessfishpromotions.blogspot.com/2012/05/virtual-book-tour-subversive-warrior.html
As a teenager, Rebecca Royce would hide in her room to read her favorite romance novels when she was supposed to be doing her homework. She hopes, these days, that her parents think it was well worth it.
Rebecca is the mother of three adorable boys and is fortunate to be married to her best friend. They live in northern New Jersey and try not to freeze too badly during the winter months.
She's in love with science fiction, fantasy, and the paranormal and tries to use all of these elements in her writing. She's been told she's a little bloodthirsty so she hopes that when you read her work you'll enjoy the action packed ride that always ends in romance. Rebecca loves to write series because she loves to see characters develop over time and it always makes her happy to see her favorite characters make guest appearances in other books.
In Rebecca Royce's world anything is possible, anything can happen, and you should suspect that it will.
www.rebeccaroyce.com
Current and Upcoming Works
The Outsiders
Love Beyond Time
Love Beyond Sanity
Love Beyond Loyalty
Love Beyond Sight
Westervelt Wolves
Her Wolf
Summer’s Wolf
Wolf Reborn
Wolf’s Valentine
Wolf’s Magic
Alpha Wolf
Angel’s Wolf
Darkest Wolf (coming soon.)
The Warrior
Initiation
Driven
The Conditioned
Eye Contact
Embraced
Sexy Superheroes
Screwing the Superhero
Banging the Superhero
Other Works
Behind The Scenes
First Dimension
Yes, Captain
Return to the Sea
One Night With A Wolf
Another Chance
Light Me Up
I’ll Be Mated For Christmas
I do love my Supernatural creatures to be dangerous. It just makes sense to me.
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Thank you for hosting Rebecca today
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for having me
ReplyDeleteI like the fact that even though you don't know why you write about Vampires and Werewolves, you love doing it!
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Vampires have always scared me. When I was a teenager in Australia my friends and I would always go to the midnight drive-in to watch the Vampire movies.
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I've always preferred werewolves to vamps...I think it's that vulnerability they have, being powerless to outside forces.
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Sounds very good and I love the cover.
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It really shows how versatile you are to be able to move back and forth between YA and adult themes. I have a 10 year old that thankfully loves to read like I do so I'm always on the lookout for what's coming out and who's writing. She may not be ready for scary vampires or shifters just yet but it's good to know who to look for when she is ready.
ReplyDeleteRebecca...You're so prolific. How do you manage to keep it fresh...so it doesn't read like the "same old vamp" story?
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