Next week I go to my first writing conference-very excited! All of this weekend will be spent writing and re-writing and throwing fits because I liked the first version better. I didn't get to go to the conference in April, so I am EXTREMELY excited about this!

Newly married, newly a mother, I work full time in Hospitality and try to squeeze in a bit of writing when I can. Currently, I have a few projects in the air, ranging from humor to horror. It's hard for me to write in merely one genre; life doesn't fit into one cookie-cutter pattern, so why should my writing?

Movies are my hobby, especially the classics, as are novels of any sort. My library is currently being packed up, ready to find its new home in a few weeks.

My passion is ...

my family

I know too much about ...

actors who have been deceased for many years

My parents always told me ...

that my mouth would get me in trouble one day

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a vet

My favorite memory ...

is seeing my son for the first time

Why I write ...

therapy, enjoyment, and the hope of nixing my 9-5 routine

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Touch of Madness by C. T. Adams and Cathy Clamp

My first job ...

Dairy Queen!

My best moment ...

walking down the aisle to the Hawaiian version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow

My inspiration ...

my husband

Arts & Humanities > Horror, Mystery & Suspense Top 10 Vampire novels

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The essence of the "vampire novel" has changed drastically in the past few decades. Rarely are they depicted as the blood-sucking antagonists whose sole intentions are to maim and destroy. In popular fiction, vampires are love interests, the next door neighbor who keeps odd hours, and the handsome yet forlorn man who owns the bookstore down the street. As such, the category of "best vampire novel" must be tweaked to allow for the new trend.

Paranormal romance is an extremely popular genre, redefining the quintessential "Alpha Male" to include members of the undead. Even in novels where t...

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