Bwah! (That was to Strega, not to Dana's day.)
It's like anything, though. Fans of Fall Out Boy, for example, always want more. So record companies sign bands that sound like them to fulfill the demand.
Diehard paranormal romance readers want to read ... well, paranormal romance. So editors look for stuff that's a twist on vampires or werewolves, and you get some ... interesting stuff. But as long as readers keep buying it, so will editors.
Barb, if you're looking for story ideas, you can go here: They Fight Crime!
So editors look for stuff that's a twist on vampires or werewolves, and you get some ... interesting stuff.
Like were-dinos.
::bangs head some more, goes off to look at Tom's link::
That's it! It gave me the perfect idea!
He's a lonely pirate werewolf on a mission from God. She's an orphaned Buddhist hooker with a flame-thrower. They fight crime!
Like were-dinos.
Make it were-dino vampires and I think you are on to something.
Today celebrate the 40th anniversary of Douglas Englebart's Mother of All Computer Demos.
I wonder if the dark gothic shape-shifter, when confronted by a kick-ass heroine, shifts the shape of its own ass so that it cannot be kicked.
Heh!
Make it were-dino vampires and I think you are on to something.
How about the epic battle between were-dinos and vampire dinos? That would be an almost unparalleled opportunity for bad CGI.
Loved this guest column from the NYT "Typing without a clue."
While I certainly agree with him,
The idea that someone who stumbled into a sound bite can be published, and charge $24.95 for said words, makes so many real writers think the world is unfair.
Has he met the world? It's pretty unfair in general.
Or, or, were-dino robots vs. vampire dino astronauts!