Work in Progress: Blood Trade

This is what I’ve been working on for the past month and I’ll continue on at least until the end of the school year.  Depending on how close I am to finishing, I’ll either finish it immedately over the summer, or set it aside to  work on The Young Sorceress.

Blood Trade is a vampire story set in Las Vegas.  It is not a paranormal romance.  There’s not much romance in it, but there is a lot of paranormal… and sex, and violence.  The main character is a goth girl, former army ranger, private detective.  One of the ideas I’m playing with is that society is starting to break down as the corruption, violence, and evil of vampires and other monster seep into the everyday lives of regular people.  I’ll fill you in a bit more about the story in the coming weeks.  Right now I’m just finishing up chapter 4 (of 20).

Cissy the Iguana Reviews: Twilight


This is my first book review and the first vampire book I’ve ever read. Being a vegetarian, I find vampires icky. Well, here goes. Descriptions of forest: good. Descriptions of humidity: good. Descriptions of cold weather: bad, bad, bad. No sun: bad, bad, bad.

I give Twilight: 1 Mustard Green (Not recommended for Iguanas).

Books Everyone Should Read – Part 4

Carmilla by J. Sheridan LeFanu

Actually a novella, this vampires story predates Dracula. By far my favorite vampire story, it really plays up the predator-prey aspect of the myth, and of course there is plenty of lesbian subtext. Download it in several eBook formats for free HERE. This is a link to Feedbooks.com, but it can be found in a variety of sites devoted to free books.

Vampire Reading Challenge

Cozymurders.blogspot.com has a vampire reading challenge going. On the one hand, I feel like “more vampires”? On the other hand, I figure I’ll at least read one Twilight sequel. Might as well join in.